Lapho uClele ehlola umsebenzi kaH Singh, uyayibamba njengesibonelo salokho okufanele abathwebuli bezithombe abenze. Njengoba uthayipha,
izenzo umsebenzi [Singh] Okuqukethwe esisemthethweni McCurry: isimo sezwe subcontinental, umbala wamehlo okuhlaba umxhwele, khona abantu futhi acirc; & euro; & brvbar; Singh unika ifotho [izilaleli] ngaphambilini empilweni: hhayi kuphela okuhlangenwe nakho okuqinisayo noma izigcawu kubuhlungu, kodwa futhi phakathi lezo zikhathi ukukhukhuleka ezakha kakhulu izinsuku zethu (Cole, 972).
Ngenxa yalokhu isitayela, Cole uthi Singh has a "iso yeningi" futhi iya ngaphezu ukuthatha izithombe lonke Isikhala social "amadolobha, izitolo, emifuleni, ethembekile, abasebenzi, imisebenzi ukwakhiwa, izithuthuthu, izithombe, ifenisha yanamuhla, izingubo, nokunye okunjalo "(Cole, 972). U-Singh uthatha izindlela ezivela emathonyeni amakhulu kakhulu, njengo-Edgar Degas noHelen Levitt, futhi kubonisa. U-Singh uyakwazi ukutshela indaba ngezithombe zakhe ngakho uMcCurry akenzi ngoba uMcCurry awuthathi isikhala esiphezulu somphakathi.
Esikhundleni sokusebenzisa ukwakhiwa kwe-cliché futhi ku-eacute; s, Singh uyakwazi ukukhiqiza indaba okungukuthi uzinikezele ngempela ukuhlinzeka umgomo ezingaphezu kuka imizamo ukuyeka obusuvele unayo imibono incazelo. Ukuhluke kwalaba ababili bezithombe zaseCole kukhulu. Nakuba kungakacaci kahle nje "njalo ophanayo ngokomzwelo" uma kuziwa ukuqaphela izikhonzi zakhe njengoba benjalo, umsebenzi McCurry sintula ukujula kuyinto "umyalezo esheshayo [ka] ubumnandi, bokubanga, amahlaya" ezingeke ukuletha ngaphezulu ngaphezu kwemingcele yabo yokuzibophezela (Cole, 974).