
HUMAN EVIDENCE — Sikkim, 2025
Doesn’t Matter #1
Sourish Mukherjee
Colour photograph from an original 120 negative
A human figure stands against a landscape indifferent to human scale. Made at approximately 15,300 feet in snowfall, wind, low oxygen and −9°C cold, the work is about resilience without spectacle.
Why ZINE preserved it
The title states the position: cold, altitude and discomfort do not matter when presence, strength and stillness remain. Shot in natural light using the Sunny 16 method, the warm colour negative holds its own quiet resistance against the snow.
- Object number
- ZINE OBJECT 000002
- Artist
- Sourish Mukherjee
- Subject
- Rumeo Saha
- Series
- Doesn’t Matter
- Classification
- Medium-format analogue photograph
- Camera
- Yashica Mat 124G
- Film
- 120 medium-format Kodak Gold 200
- Physical process
- Traditional chromogenic photographic print from the original colour negative, wherever technically possible
- Dimensions
- Recommended image size 20 × 20 in / 50.8 × 50.8 cm; final sheet, paper and framing specification recorded after first approved print
- Edition
- 3 collector prints plus 1 permanently non-sale ZINE Archive Proof; no new sizes or later editions
- Condition
- Each completed print inspected and recorded before transfer
- Authenticity basis
- Original negative, camera, film, exposure method, registered edition and artist record cross-verified
- Exhibitions
- No exhibition history recorded
- Literature
- ZINE Collection 01 catalogue · HUMAN EVIDENCE
- Shipping
- Signed and numbered print packed to the approved archival specification
- Insurance
- Fine-art transit insurance available by destination and declared value
Registered edition progression
- 1/3 — US$1,800
- 2/3 — US$2,400
- 3/3 — US$3,200
Creation evidence
Proof archived with the work.
- Human conceived and photographed✓
- Original 120 colour negative preserved separately✓
- Yashica Mat 124G and Kodak Gold 200 recorded✓
- Natural light and Sunny 16 methodology recorded✓
- Edition registered before collector release✓
- No generative AI used in image creation✓
Public provenance
A chain beginning at birth.
- 012025 · Photographed by Sourish Mukherjee at Zero Point
- 022026 · Registered as ZINE OBJECT 000002
- 03Edition-level IDs: 000002.1, 000002.2 and 000002.3
Accompanied by
The object arrives with its memory intact.
The original negative remains preserved separately and is not transferred with the collector print.
- 01Signed and numbered photographic print
- 02ZINE Certificate of Origin
- 03ZINE Human Origin Record
- 04Provenance Passport
- 05Artist statement and process record
- 06Archival story card
- 07Conservation guidance
- 08Edition registry entry
Landed-cost planning
Know the journey before the commitment.
Illustrative landed cost
$10,720- Artwork
- $10,000
- Premium / fee
- $0
- Tax / duty
- $0
- Shipping
- $600
- Insurance
- $120
