Pictured: Fragment Broken Off by Alyssia Lazin.

At the age of 13, Alyssia Lazin received a camera from her parents. “It was my favorite gift I ever received and it was a great way for me to express myself,” she said. “Photography spoke to me.” Lazin never put the camera down, snapping away through her time as a student at Yale University and a graphic designer in New York City. The international photographer today divides her time between the beauties of Siesta Key and Lucca, Italy, and her latest commission sees 26 photographs selected for display in the Lodha Supremus building in Mumbai, India, designed by the firm of acclaimed architect I.M. Pei.

With continued interest in and inspiration from architecture and abstract painting, Lazin’s own work leans heavily towards the abstract into what she feels comfortable calling “semi-abstract”—objects and subjects remain largely identifiable, but composition and cropping suggest an alternate understanding. Human subjects only recently entered the frame, but even Lazin’s portraiture introduces a hint of subversion, often obscuring or ignoring the face. “I’m interested in the parts of the figure that express something without seeing the face,” she said. A series of subjects with their backs defiantly to the camera only drives the point home.

Brought in on the ground floor by an Indian gallery owner familiar with her work, Lazin was thrilled “to say the least,” she said. Contacted before the building was completed, she worked with developers throughout the construction process to find photographs fitting the design and desired feel. “The overarching element would be color,” Lazin said. “India is full of color and it’s really appreciated there.”

In addition, Lazin and husband Pavel Kapic, a painter, will have a joint exhibit in Pune, India, in 2017.

Pictured: Fragment Broken Off by Alyssia Lazin.