I’m Shweta, though my childhood name, Mili, has followed me through the years, especially in my work with children who remember it with ease. I am a photographer, visual artist and garden designer with an interest in memory, ecology and the small stories that shape our everyday life.

 

I began my career far from where I am now. I trained as an engineer and moved into photography professionally in Switzerland in 2010, working on commercial assignments across cultures and cities. Those years shaped my eye for detail, for textures, for people and their rhythms. Over time my work grew into something more personal, more rooted in place and lived experience.

 

Today I work between family photography, long-form artistic projects and garden design. My photographic practice explores memory, land and the way people inhabit their environments, often drawing from the landscapes of Goa where I live. I work through visual essays, field notes and documentary storytelling that reflects how environments, emotions and relationships intertwine.

 

My love for nature naturally expanded into designing gardens and ecological spaces. This side of my practice grows through A Million Forests, where I design plant-forward spaces, installations and greenscapes that honour local ecosystems and the slow intelligence of plants. A Million Forests is not only a studio but also a growing idea: that gardens can be art, shelter and story at the same time.

 

My work with families and children remains an important part of who I am as a photographer. Years of photographing children have made me instinctively patient and perceptive, attentive to the gestures and moments that hold meaning. Whether I am documenting a family, building an artistic project or creating a garden, my intention is to stay present, observe deeply and make work that feels lived and honest.

 

Across everything I do, my aim is simple: to honour people, memory, land and the spaces where our inner and outer worlds meet