Visit a fascinating new photographic exhibition about life in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, North West India, open now in the Courtyard Gallery until January 2025.

In September 2022, photographer Karen Cox was commissioned to spend time documenting the lives of the women in the Thar Desert in India.

Located in Rajasthan in North West India, the women’s daily challenges are many and the basic need for water dominates all else.

An inhospitable environment, extreme temperatures, distances to water supplies, access to food, education and medical care continue to be constant obstacles. Clean water and sustainability are essential and education is key to the empowerment and survival of the desert women.

Nothing is easy yet these women show incredible courage and resilience.

Karen Cox is an award-winning photographer who works both in Ireland and internationally. Her work spans documentary photography and photojournalism to record both known and untold visual narratives. Her photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone among others and also feature regularly in Irish publications. She continues to show her work in exhibitions globally.