"If there is anyone left who clings to the stale image of young South Asians here as a dutiful juggernaut of engineers, he should see 'Fatal Love.' The artists... wear their subversion, exuberance, and rebellion comfortably, suggesting that this wave of desi children has well and truly assimilated."
-Amy Finnerty for The Wall Street Journal 3/22/05
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"From folk art to Bollywood, it offers a decade-long perspective on its subject through works that speak in a rich array of materials and media."
-Museums New York, Winter 2005
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"...the works reflect the desire of Indian artists to retain their identity while meshing with the art world beyond their home country."
-Barbara Pollack for ARTNews, about the exhibition 'Edge of Desire'
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"Naithani has chosen to move away from usual photography to create works that go beyond."
-Suman Tarafdar for The Financial Express 3/19/06
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"She adds a timeless aura to celluloid moments. The moving image emerged from the still. Photographer Pratima Naithani reverses that process."
-Shivangi Ambani for DNA Sunday, Mumbai 4/2/06
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"For Naithani, her canvas is the photographic paper and chemicals are her colours."
-Namita Kohli for The Pioneer
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"The drama that is realised in the works is a result of a deliberate and thereby unique palimpsest. A fragile drama, it draws you into its fold only to evade you by fading away..."
-Gitanjali Dang for the Hindustan Times, Mumbai 4/7/06
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"Pratima has created her own techniques to fuse the past with the present with striking results."
-Bombay Times, The Times of India 4/6/06
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"Pratima Naithani's work on yesteryear's Bollywood stars and her use of chemicals in the dark room is nothing but extraordinary!"
-Indian Express, US edition, 4/2007
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ADDITIONAL QUOTES

"Retake of vintage cinema, Pratima Naithani's re-worked photo art revisits the beginning of Indian cinema"
-Georgina Maddox for the Mumbai Mirror 3/14/06

"Though she doesn't always draw or paint in the conventional sense, what she does is put the two creative elements together to conjure up a third, quite different form of art that fuses photography and contemporary art."

"Naithani culls images from photographs and painting, takes out contexts and puts in her own point of view."
-K.S . Shekhawat for the Indian Business Standard 3/18/06

"You're not quite sure if the final product is a lens image or a smoky charcoal portrait."
-Sulakshana Gupta for The Indian Express 4/5/06

"...made Pratima someone straight out of the superhero league."
-Rituparna Som for DNA Mumbai 4/8/06

"...by actually working on the surface of the photograph she considers her prints originals."
-Georgina Maddox for the Sunday Times of India, Mumbai 3/19/06

"Sepia-toned reminiscences."
-Mid Day, Mumbai 4/8/06

"A young New York-based fine arts photographer makes the transition from west to east with her first two solo shows in India. Her piquant, unusual work revolves around her fascination for Indian art history and film. Her work becomes a vehicle to understand her own heritage and culture. Compelling."
-Outlook 3/13/06

"Naithani has manipulated photographs to create images incongruous with the original impressions."
-Aditi Pai for India Today 4/1/06

"The two back-to-back series revolving around her love and fascination for the Indian film and art history are being welcomed with great praise in India."
-Psychedelia, Feeling the Pulse of the Art World

"Her images, using diverse forms such as miniature paintings from the 16th century, stills from Indian cinema and Indian textile designs, will definitely make you want to stop and take a second look."
-Elle 4/06

"Pratima's works, which weave together three different media of photography, painting, and moving images in judicious juxtapostitions, are an affirmation of her belief that good photography can transform the world."
-Nawaid Anjum for The Asian Age, New Delhi 3/7/06

"When artiste Pratima Naithani experiments and a lot more with negatives, she's hailed as a creative genius."
-Mamta Upadhyaya from The Pioneer, New Delhi 3/14/06

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