Photographer Nirmala Karuppiah's 'conversational' tribute to late father

Photographer Nirmala's father - the late RTD Warrant Officer 1 P. Karuppiah - in the Republic of the Congo, Africa in 1961. Her new exhibition is her tribute to him through "conversational" photographs and texts. Photo: Handout

American author Jimmy Neil Smith once said: “there isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.”

This cannot be more true in the relationship Nirmala Karuppiah shared with her late father RTD Warrant Officer 1 P. Karuppiah.