Discount store items transformed into quirky sculptures – in pictures

After moving from his home town of Mumbai to study in Germany, photographer Vivek Manek became fascinated with EuroShops, where everything is cut-price. “I first visited one to get some cutlery so I could eat meals in my student hostel in Bremen. Since then I’ve gone time and again to marvel at the ridiculousness of the stuff stocked there – or to buy a cheap version of an everyday product.” He also visits EuroShops to source materials for his art series 100Rs (100 Indian