Welcome. This week my guest is Shweta Bist, a photographer currently based in New York City, USA, and a mother of 2 girls.

Shweta was born in New Dehli in India. Both her parents were artistic but put it aside to work. Shweta painted a lot, drew, sang, was in the theatre, acted and danced. Art was an outlet for her even as a child, spending time doing oil canvasses . Art was a way for her to find solace and process things that weren't going right for her as a teenager

In 2007 Shweta moved to Dubai with her husband and lived there until 2013 when she moved to New York with her young family. It was during this time of being a new mother that her interest and enjoyment from photography came to light.

As her experiences with photography developed, Shweta found that the pictures became more art-like, and began to reflect her inner th ...