Ketaki Sheth was born in Mumbai in 1957. She received her Bachelors degree in English Literature from Elphinstone College, Bombay University, in 1979. In 1980, she completed her Masters degree in Communication Arts from Cornell University in Ithaca. Her most recent solo show, 'Bombay Mix: Street Photographs was held at Cité du Livre in Aix-en-Provence, France, in 2008.

Amongst her most recent group shows are 'Gateway Bombay at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, in 2007; 'Bombay, Maximum City, Lille, France, in 2006-2007; 'Overseas at Gallery Ske, Bangalore, in 2006; 'Sepia at Seven at Sepia International, New York, also in 2006; and 'Faces at Sepia International, New York, in 2003.

Ketaki Sheth began taking pictures of Bombay in the late 1980s, under the guidance of renowned photographer Raghubir Singh. Her fascination with the city of Bombay and its teeming masses extends beyond the three P’s most other photographers seem intrigued by; namely the poverty, the population and the pollution of the city. These four blacks and white photographs are part of the Photograph of Bombay Series.Sheth captures the essence of the ‘Bombayite’; the vivacity of the people that dwell in the ‘city that never sleeps’. Her images focus on the strong undercurrent of unity that prevails over all differences in the city, may they be social, economic, religious or gender related.

With no qualms about what the viewer may or may not prefer to see, Sheth tells it as it is. There is no prejudice or gimmickry in her representations nor is there an intention to portray things as either good or bad, positive or negative. Rather than drawing sympathy from her viewers, Sheth encourages them to rethink the way they see in Bombay.

Ketaki Sheth began taking pictures of Bombay in the late 1980s, under the guidance of renowned photographer Raghubir Singh. Her fascination with the city of Bombay and its teeming masses extends beyond the three Ps most other photographers seem intrigued by; namely the poverty, the population and the pollution of the city. These four blacks and white photographs are part of the Photograph of Bombay Series.

Sheth captures the essence of the 'Bombayite; the vivacity of the people that dwell in the 'city that never sleeps. Her images focus on the strong undercurrent of unity that prevails over all differences in the city, may they be social, economic, religious or gender related. With no qualms about what the viewer may or may not prefer to see, Sheth tells it as it is. There is no prejudice or gimmickry in her representations nor is there an intention to portray things as either good or bad, positive or negative. Rather than drawing sympathy from her viewers, Sheth encourages them to rethink the way they see in Bombay.