Courtesy Ford Foundation Gallery, Photo: Jane Kratochvil
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 :
Danish Siddiqui Journalism Award (Photojournalism) 2026.
World Press Photo Contest - West, Central & South Asia Jury 2025.
World Press Photo Safety Training Workshop 2024.
World Press Photo Contest Winner 2024.
Shared Ecologies Photo Grantee 2023.
Space Studio Artists Grantee 2022.
Chennai Photo Biennale Photo Awards 2021.
World Press Photo Contest Winner 2021.
Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (Photojournalism) 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 :
The Washington Post, Icarus Complex Magazine, Mntn Journal, 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 Washington Post, 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.
Exhibitions :
“The Edge” - part of a group exhibition ‘Humid Traces’ curated by Federico Pérez Villoro at the Ford Foundation Gallery, NYC, February to June 2026.
‘SATMAPS’ from “Withering” - part of a group initiative called ‘Dialogue with Nature’ curated by Chennai Photo Biennale for WWF, India, at India Art Fair, Delhi, February 2026.
“The Edge : Remnants” - part of a group exhibition ‘Murmurations’ curated by Ravi Agarwal at the 10th Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa/India, December 2025.
“If I am Watched?!” - part of the inaugural FOTO Bali festival, July/August 2025.
“The Edge”, World Press Photo, Asia - part of the World Press Photo global traveling exhibition throughout 2024.
“Withering” exhibited part of KHOJ CISA 2023 Fellow, Sukanya Deb’s curatorial exhibition at IIC, New Delhi in December 2023.
“The Art of Hatred : The Aftermath of the North East Delhi Riots” showing at the Chennai Photo Biennale 2021 (CPB iii) via Journal ii from December 2021 through February 2022.
“Withering”, exhibited part of “Look, Stranger!” show at the Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF), Goa, India. Dec 2019.
“Withering”, exhibited at the Indian Photography Festival (IPF), Hyderabad, India. Sept-Oct 2019.
“Withering”, exhibited part of the Prix Levallois Prize, Lyon, France, Oct-Nov 2019.
“Withering”, exhibited at the Habitat ‘Photosphere’ festival at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. Feb-March 2019.
“Ellipsis - Between word & image”, a PIX ten year anniversary exhibit at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India. Feb-May 2019.
“Ground Reality” part of Scope - Nepal issue exhibited by PIX in Kathmandu in association with ‘Photo Kathmandu’ festival , Oc 2016.
“Majuli Eroding” exhibited at the Biannual Photo festival ‘PondyPhoto’ in Puducherry between 27th August to 11th Sept 2016.
“95 Mani Villa” first photo book dummy showcase at India Art Heritage, New Delhi 19th August to 3rd Sept 2016.
“Sureli Kattakuppam” at a preview show of “EPOTY 2016” at the Royal Geographical Society, London in June 2016.
“Ground Reality” part of Scope - Nepal issue exhibited in New Delhi for PIX in April 2016.
“Sureli Kattakuppam” Urban Water workshop exhibition in Chennai Feb-March 2016.
“Concupiscible” as a Print show in Kolkata for PIX theme “Embody” Nov 2014.
“Kashmir Living” + “Bokator” exhibited part of the group show “Metonymies/Synecdoche’s” at the Red Earth Art gallery, Baroda,India. Oct 2014.
“95 Mani Villa” exhibited at gallery TARQ, Mumbai, India. June-July 2014.
“Solitary Splendour” showcased as a slideshow at the Frames 2014 in Glasgow.
Part of the 1st Pan-Asia Indo-French Photo Festival “Fete De La’ Photo” in New Delhi, India. March 2014.
“Concupiscible” featured in PIX Theme “Embdoy”, Dec 2013 issue.
“95 Mani Villa” at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi, India. Dec 2013.
“Solitary Splendour” at the Obscura Photo festival, Penang, Malaysia. June 2013.
Part of group exhibition theme “Recovery” for PIX (a quarterly photography magazine), Japan Foundation, New Delhi, March 2013.
“Solitary Splendour” at the Madhurai Photo festival, India. Jan 2013.
Part of group exhibition theme “Freedom” for PIX (a quarterly photography magazine), Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, India. June 2012.
“Solitary Splendour” part of the Delhi Photo Festival, New Delhi, October 2011 at the India Habitat Centre.
“Ek Prathana” at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi in May 2011.
“Kashmir Living” part of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai in May 2010.