A Diwan Manna photograph raises questions about itself and what it represents.

He combines images with objects, moving within a consciously chosen space in order to create a multimedia reality. Coming from a painting and theatre background his work depicts the possibility of crossing boundaries between photography, painting, acting and the body arts. He seeks to search for a sense of belonging in order to illuminate and valorize life as it is. The effort is simply to attract and enhance attention to the momentary, which is the very basis of the permanence.

He tries to come to terms with the insidious and unrecognized forms of the degradation of our sense of life and honour within ourselves as well as in others. He is not merely interested in presenting images of destruction of human goodness, courage and beauty, but tries to tap the unsuspected and as yet unrealized sources of tenderness, fortitude and humanity in us.

Diwan is a thematic photographer. His themes however do not override the aesthetics of these pictures. How he frames them, structures them and works out their textures is the source of strength of his kind of photography.

His pictures have been surprising art viewers for the last twenty years for their extra medial character.

Exhibitions of his work have been held at various prestigious art galleries and museums in Europe and India.