My interest in humanity drew on activism to pursue photography and after leaving my corporate job in 2012. Then I joined as a photographer in a small newspaper in Calcutta and worked there for a few years. In the meantime, I’ve attended various workshops on documentary storytelling. My upbringing was in a refugee colony as my parents migrated from East Pakistan and settled in Calcutta. The social and familial experience interested me in stories about refugees, migration and settlement issues - I have been deeply aware since young days through social and political programs. These issues are continuing even decades after India's independence and their sufferings and apathy goes on. ​

 

I'm a post-graduate in Finance and live in Calcutta.

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Email can reach me at parthasphoto@gmail.com

 

Artists Talk

 

                                                     VII Agency - Amplified Students Voices, 2020

                                                     SAHMAT, an artist trust. New Delhi. India. 2020.

                                                     Sub-Altern Festival. Calicut. India. 2019.

                                                     Association at People Democratic Front (APDR). Calcutta. 2018.

                                                     Jadavpur University Calcutta. 2018.

                                                     ATN Bangla TV Channel. Dhaka. Bangladesh. 2017.

 

 

Awards & Grants

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                                                     Finalist in the Chennai Photo Biennale in the Documentary Photography category. 2023.                                                                               The International Centre of Photography - Documentary Practice & Visual Storytelling Fellowship. 2022. 

                                                     A Short Commissioned Grant from Artisinal. 2021.     

                                                     Nominated in 6X6 World Press Photo Contest. 2020.

                                                     Finalist in the Documentary Photography Grant. 2019.

                                                     Grant from Serendipity Arts Foundation. 2018.

                                                     Shortlisted in the Emerging Photographers Contest. Burn Magazine. 2018

                                                     Short Commissioned Grant by German Council of Science and Arts in 2014.

                                                     Finalist in Nikon photo contest, 2014.

                                                     Asian Heritage Council Award in 2013.

                                                     Fund support by UNICEF on Child Marriage in 2013.

                                                     Financial Aid for Master Class Program by Oslo University in 2012.

 

Exhibition

                                                   

                                                     Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops 2023.

                                                     Art Explore Gallery, New Delhi 2022.

 Son of the Soil at Parliamentary Gallery, New Delhi by SAHMAT in 2020.

                                                     SubAltern Festival, Calicut, 2019.

                                                     Serendipity Arts Foundation at Goa in 2018.

                                                     Jadavpur University Photo Festival at Calcutta in 2017.

 Charukala, Dhaka University in Dhaka on The Bloodiest Border in 2016.

                                                     Shilpa Kala Academy, Dhaka Bangladesh in 2015

                                                     'Urbanisation' at Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Delhi,Berlin & Cologne in Germany in 2015 & 2014.

                                                     Montreal, Canada by Asian Heritage Council in 2013.

 

Publications

 

                                                     Burn Magazine, The Polis Project , PIX Magazine, VII Agency - Amplified Students Voices, the BBC                                                             (UK), Deshabhumi, Art Dose Magazine,

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