Santasil Mallik is a PhD Candidate in media studies at Western University, Ontario, and he holds an MA and MPhil in English literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interests include visual cultural studies, documentary media, iconology, critical humanism, and the history and theory of photography. He has written on these areas across journals and magazines including Trans Asia Photography, Studies in South Asia Film and Media, Millennium Film Journal, and Senses of Cinema, among others. As a practitioner, he works with experimental film and video art.