Tirtha Lawati was born in Nepal and raised in Britain. He grew up across a number of counties—Kent, North Yorkshire, and Warwickshire—before studying photography at Warwickshire College, and then fashion photography at London College of Fashion. His editorials published in Vogue Italia and Dazed narrate fashion collections designed by his peers, of models at ease in clothes worn with confidence; but his own portfolio documents the tentative experience of first-generation Asian youth in the UK, suspended between the worldview of their parents and the accommodation of British values. Therefore, throughout the years, ‘identity' became a prominent theme in his work. His work is an expression of his diaspora experiences as he has lacked ‘belonging’ to a specific country. Over time, he saw the importance of exploring/processing his identity via his craft and perceiving identity as a collective piece of universal reflection and experiences.
