“Exploration” is a stunning Coffee Table book of black and white photographs by Raj Sarkar and Deb Lahiri that captures an artistic process of 20 years. The collection is sensitive to human candid photography in depth, as this collection has been carried of concentric black and white photographs. Each photograph has the capacity of an entertaining and extreme style of narrative that takes the audience into the lives of different people in especially rewarding and interesting ways that convey their unique joy, sadness and introspection.
 
And these images go further than quotidian; they involve a detailed face of the social and contextual development of personal and collective history. That is, complex stories are located somewhere within the effortlessly captured temporal instance via Raj and Deb’s camera, one that invokes a sense of realism that is powerfully grounding for the audience.
 
More than an illustration based project, “Exploration” is a shared in the possible scope of living. Some images are particularly striking, suggesting to the reader what lies inside each of them prior to their viewing, and creating a bond that reaches beyond the page. There is a place provided for the reader to think about the sentiments as well as feelings that are commonly experienced making the book on this particular subject a worthwhile one about the man. 
 
There is a preface by Padma Shri Raghu Rai which adds more value to the book. The book is published by Redshouts Network Private Limited in association with Retro Kolkata and spans 116 pages with "Exploration", promising to be visually pleasing for every viewer.