Portrait credit - Brijesh Kumar @Sunny Colour Lab, Noida.
An independent photographer and visual artist since 2005. My work stems from intuition and passion which blends into the personal and sometimes eclectic. I work in many genres in the field. The art of making a photograph thrills me and thus releases me from preconceived notions of visual imagery or expectations from the various schools of thought. I love working with different textures, formats and art forms, even using the art of motion picture and sound in my creative pursuits. My work has been featured in both, commercial and non- commercial collections, exhibitions and publications worldwide.
Professional Training / Workshops / Recognition / Grants :
World Press Photo Award 2024.
Shared Ecologies Photo Grantee 2023.
Space Studio Artist’s Grantee 2022.
Chennai Photo Biennale Photo Awards 2021.
World Press Photo Award 2021.
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award 2019.
Prix Levallois Prize Finalist 2019.
Prix Levallois Prize “Audience Award” 2019.
CatchLight Fellowship Finalist 2019.
British Journal of Photography “Ones to look out for” Nominee 2019.
India Habitat Centre Photosphere Grantee 2018.
Prix Pictet Nominee 2016.
Joop Swart Masterclass Nominee 2015.
Certificate of excellence at the Indian National Press Council Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2012.
Foundry photography workshop (Istanbul) 2010.
Angkor photography workshop (Siem Reap) 2009.
Published :
Aperture Magazine, Telegraph Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Narratively, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Telegraph Magazine (UK), Private magazine (Italy), The Chronicle (Luxembourg), The Australian, The Sun (Australia), The Daily Telegraph (Australia), The Sunday Guardian (UK), The Times (UK), Wall Street Journal online, SOS Children’s Villages internal publications worldwide (Nepal earthquake 2015), The Caravan Magazine, Agenda magazine, Better Photography, Deccan Herald, Hindustan Times Café, Mid- Day, Mumbai Mirror, OPEN magazine, PIX Quarterly, Platform magazine, The Economic Times, The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Sunday Guardian (India), The Times of India, TimeOut magazine, Verve Online, Centre for Science and Environment, Creative Image magazine.
Clientele :
The END Fund, The New York Times Magazine, UNICEF, UNDP, Telegraph Magazine (UK), NETFLIX, StudioRiley, Girls Count, Firefox cycles, Footprints, SOS Children’s Villages (Int), Aamir Khan Productions, Asian Paints Pvt. Ltd, Aquarius Ad agency, Ambuja Cement Foundation, Brio Media, Canvas films, Deutsche Bank, FOX Int, Green Peace (India) , India Take One Productions, ISnetwork, Kriti productions, Marg publications, Micky Mehta’s 360 degrees, Platform magazine, preservationsproject.com (Salima Tyabji), Raj kumar Hirani films, Sesame Street Workshop (India), Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Sofie Ahmed Art collection, Sula wines, www.thebigindianpicture.com, The Dance Academy (Shiamak Davar), The Scindia School, Think festival (Tehelka magazine), Vinod Chopra Films.