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. The social and familial experience interested me in stories about refugees, migration and environmental issues aware .
Awards & Grants
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. 2014.
Finalist in Nikon photo contest, 2014. Asian Heritage Council Award. 2013.
Financial Aid for Master Class Program by Oslo University. 2012.
Exhibitions
Publications
Book
Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops 2023.
Art Explore Gallery, New Delhi 2022.
Son of the Soil at Parliamentary Gallery, New Delhi by SAHMAT 2020.
SubAltern Festival, Calicut 2019.
Serendipity Arts Foundation at Goa 2018.
Jadavpur University Photo Festival at Calcutta 2017.
Charukala, Dhaka University in Dhaka on The Bloodiest Border 2016.
Shilpa Kala Academy, Dhaka Bangladesh 2015
'Urbanisation' at Kolkata, Ahmadabad, Delhi,Berlin & Cologne in Germany 2015 & 2014.
Montreal, Canada by Asian Heritage Council 2013.
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Burn Magazine, The Polis Project , PIX Magazine, VII Agency - Amplified Students Voices, the BBC, (UK), Deshabhumi, Art Dose Magazine
The Gaze of X Ray - the Border Violence