TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Enticement.Solitary“) © Tanmoy Nayak, 2011 I particularly liked this set of diptychs by young and talented photographer, Tanmoy Nayak, from Calcutta. More on his flickr stream.
Category Archives: India
Bharat Sikka
Diametrically opposed to my previous post, Bharat Sikka’s Indian Men is a series that well…focuses on Indian men. While the palette is decisively darker (shades of Edward Hopper), the sitters’ colorful personalities shine through. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Indian Men“) © Bharat Sikka, 2002 These environmental portraits are filled with interesting characters – all males [...]
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Blow.Up, Photographic Street Intervention
Last week, the folks at Blindboys hosted a photography exhibition in the streets of Bangalore. Prints mounted on the sidewalks of an Indian city? Wonderful! Read more on the event here. I thought that this approach was very innovative and exposes different segments of the society to photography. It is a warm step away from [...]
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Mahesh Shantaram
Mahesh Shantaram is an independent art/documentary photographer based in Bangalore, India. He is working on a long-term project on Bangalore, as the city moves through an interesting transitory period. TOP FROM BOTTOM, (from “Bangalore: Steady State 2012“) © Mahesh Shantaram His project, Bangalore: Steady State 2012, documents the rapid changes the city undergoes as it [...]
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Sohrab Hura
Sohrab Hura’s Land of a Thousand Struggles depicts the harsh realities of the rich-poor divide in India. While we witness high rises growing rapidly in the major cities, many live below the poverty line, often working for less than minimum wage and under absurd conditions. TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Land of a Thousand Struggles“) © [...]
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Photoink
Photoink is an agency/publisher/gallery based in New Delhi, India. It represents work by contemporary Indian photographers such as Serena Chopra, Anita Khemka, Anay Mann and Dileep Prakash. ABOVE, from (“About Neetika“) © Dileep Prakash, 2002-2006 ABOVE, from (“Between Me and I“) © Swapan Parekh ABOVE, from (“Trash“) © Vivan Sundaram, 2008 Photoink hopes to provide [...]
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Atul Loke
Atul Loke is a photojournalist from India. Didn’t manage to find out much about him except that he won an award and a fellowship in 2002. However, he has a website up with some works. Images below are taken from his My Chwal and Aids in India series, both on-going projects that show much potential. [...]
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Avinash Veeraraghavan
Avinash Veeraraghavan’s I Love My India:Stories for a City (2004) caught my attention while I was looking for photography from India. Avinash Veeraraghavan is a young graphic designer who runs a design studio in Bangalore, India. He trained under and went on to work with the Italian designer Andrea Anastasio. I Love My India is [...]
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