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ALEXANDRA GRILL b. 1974, Austria SEE ME BEAUTIFUL: ACID SURVIVORS IN BANGLADESH Meeting the acid-survivors (mainly in Dhaka, some in their villages) was as impressive as it was shocking for me. Their sadness and strength to believe in the good whatever may come, attributes meaning and value to the survival. Fighting against violence, social injustice and their personal discrimination are also amplifying their self-perception. A deep, touching beauty arises from their courage to face life. |
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AMIT CHAKRAVARTY b. 1974, India INNER CIRCLE These are a selection of photographs from a project I have embarked on for a year and a half. It is not a monograph rather based on fragments of my dreams, documenting parts of my life, my memories, encounters with my family, my surroundings, journeys that I have made. A kind of my personal visual journal to sketch my thoughts and feelings placed in an asynchronous manner, on a more emotional sense… not in the context of any specific time or physical place…. |
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ANUSHA S. YADAV b. 1975, India IN TUNE FOR FAME Bombay, the entertainment capital of India, like its sea, absorbs whomsoever is thrown at it. Albeit, that one must have a dream, is non negotiable. I began photographing a singing reality show's contestants of a popular show to explore just how the likeness for fame, one of the many agents of change, fuels people, especially children from humble backgrounds and small cities. |
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APARNA JAYAKUMAR b. 1984, India FLEX, FEROZE With the Parsis, there’s always reason to celebrate, to drink and dance, to twist and shout. There are always deliciously funny stories to be told about one’s wife, and tender, loving ones about one’s bike. And anything can be a feast if it’s par-eedu! A little-known fact about the community is that they are also great connoisseurs of the body. One winter’s evening every year, hundreds of Parsis throng to a dusty mid-town baug in Bombay to celebrate the community’s most able, muscular bodies at the Annual Zoroastrian Power-Lifting and Bodybuilding Championship. |
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APOORVA GUPTAY b. 1982, India A LOTUS IN THE MUD A Lotus in The Mud is a visual commentary on Bombay. Based on an excerpt from Namdeo Dhasal's poem 'Kamatipura'. It had a huge influence on me and because of which I was compelled to explore aspects of Bombay previously neglected or overlooked by me. It is a visual exploration of my relationship with the city and the current state of decadence that Bombay is in. |
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ATUL LOKE B, 1974, India MY CHAWL – ONE BIG FAMILY I lived in a chawl in Mumbai, in two 10 x 10 rooms with 10 member’s of my family. I was born here. I grew up here. These images are of my home, my family, my friends, my neighbours and their children. This is Me. |
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CHHANDAK PRADHAN b. 1985, India LIPSTICK MEN Being a kothi (an Indian term for effeminate and transsexual man) is still a matter of shame. To earn a living, some kothis become launda (drag) dancers, a cheap substitute for dancing girls at weddings where they soon get used to being cut, bitten and burnt with cigarettes. And while most laundas make extra money selling sex, too often they end up brutalized and gang raped. Lipstick Men is an ongoing project as a part of my Diploma in Photojournalism from Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. |
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CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR b. 1958, UK (resident in France) CLOSE TO WATER Close to Water will be a work in three parts, “Under the Glacier” (1996-1998), “Vestmannreyjar” (2006-2010) and “Stienholt” (2011-), of which two are complete. All are set in Iceland, where my wife comes from, and are related in someway to her family. |
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JAEHYUN SEOK b. 1970, South Korea SCENT OF ANGELES - THE STRUGGLES OF PHILIPPINES BAR WORKERS The works presented in The Scent of Angeles are a collection of photographs taken at the male-only bars in Angeles City in the Northern Philippines. The town has over 500 bars that open 24 hours a day for the male customers. I recorded the behaviors of the female dancers trying to attract the customers and the responses of the male customers driven by their libido. I intended to portrait the human desire, commercialized bodies, material culture based on the theories of capitalism and the nobleness of the women who have true love for their families at the same time. |
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JEAN SCHWARZ b. 1976, Brazil IN SEARCH OF THE LAND WITHOUT EVIL Over time, the Brazilian Indians suffer a violent process of decimation. When Brazil was discovered in the year of 1500, there were nearly 10 million Indians. Today that number does not exceed 900 thousand. The majority of Brazilian Indians are in extreme poverty caused by lack of land, natural resources and appropriate policies. |
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KAROLUS NAGA b. 1982, Indonesia TRANS ISLAM ‘Though people will find this place silly and nonsense, but learning the wisdom of Allah is every Moslem’s right, including transvestites!' says Maryani, 48 year old transvestite who is the founder of the Koran School for the transvestites and transsexual named ‘Pesantren Senen – Kamis’ in Notoyudan, Jogjakarta – Indonesia. Today the 'Senen Kamis' Koran School has more than a hundred members from transsexual community, and some of them come from nearby city like Semarang, Jakarta and Surabaya. This is a part of my on going project on transsexuals and religion in Indonesia... |
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KATRIN KOENNING b. 1978, Germany (lives in Melbourne, Australia) NEAR Near is an ongoing portrait of my family, investigating what is ultimately the centre stage of my life. The series explores the complexity of family love and belonging. It captures transient moments of intimacy shared only between members of a family. The work pays tribute to the idea that in the end, we belong to people, rather than places or things. |
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KEVIN FRAYER b. 1973, Canada AIR+EARTH: ANOTHER VIEW OF AFGHANISTAN Air+Earth is a vivid series of aerial images showing the landscape of volatile Helmand province. On the ground it is a hostile swath of land troubled by war, yet from the air those same deserts and fields appear different and at times tranquil. The award-winning imagery, captured over several weeks from a medevac helicopter, creates a poignant bond between air and earth in one of the world's most treacherous places. |
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KLAUS PICHLER b. 1977, Austria SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET, 2008 - 2011 It all started when I happened to catch a glimpse through a basement window of the museum of natural history one night: an office with a desk, a computer, shelves and a stuffed antelope. This experience left me wondering: what does a museum look like behind the scenes? How are exhibits stored when they are not on display? |
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KURT HOERBST b. 1972, Austria YOUNG A series about working kids and adolescents on the streets and garbage dumps of Ecuador. Photographed in Quito, Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, Manta, Portoviejo, Calceta and Chone
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MAGNUM IN INDIA This slideshow is a celebration of Magnum in India and a remarkable photographic journey through the country, showing us work by some of the very first Magnum photographers alongside contemporary images by members working in the country today. Numbering over 300 photographs, the slideshow includes projects by Abbas, Bruno Barbey, Bruce Gilden, Carl de Keyzer, Ferdinando Scianna, Harry Gruyaert, Marilyn Silverstone, Martine Franck, Olivia Arthur, Raghu Rai, Steve McCurry and Werner Bischof. Magnum is represented by Tasveer in India. |
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MARTIN BOGREN b. 1967, Sweden OCEAN There is no sea in Rajasthan. The journey from inner India took almost one day and a night. Thousand of miles on lousy roads. The bus arrives an hour ago. A new day breaks over the Indian Ocean. It is the first time they touch the sea.
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MUNEM WASIF – CURATOR NEW WAVE: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS OF BANGLADESH Bangladeshi photography is well known for its black-and-white social documentary centered on issues of poverty, violence and climate change. But now there is a shift – a new breed of photographers have entered the scene and are beginning to deal with new issues, more urban, personal and complex. Through the works of Rasel Chowdury, Adnan Wahid, Tushikur Rahman, Sayed Asif Mahmud, Tapash Paul, Shumon Ahmed & Saiful Haq the curator presents this new wave that builds on the strength of the old. |
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NARIMAN ANSARI B. 1979, Pakistan AMERICAN DREAM The project American Dream stems from my exploration of the relationship Pakistan and America share at the moment. It is a complicated one. There is hostility, warmth, patronage, need that binds us together. There is a great deal of expectation. A lot of give and take. The images in this project were produced as part of a workshop with Magnum Photographer Christopher Anderson in Charlottesville, Virginia. It explored the way I, as a Pakistani, as 'the other' react to the American experience. |
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NISHANT RATNAKAR b. 1982, India FISTFUL OF DREAMS Six-years-old Palguni lives with her mother Veena, and elder sister Akila on the outskirts of Bangalore city. When anyone sees the two girls with their mother, this question follows them in whispers: “Are they adopted?” Yes, both girls were adopted by Veena. It is the colour of the girls’ skin that makes people ask this question — Veena is fair-skinned, whereas the two girls are dark-skinned. Fistful of Dreams is an ongoing project to foreground the issues of gender and racial discrimination in India. |
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PAOLO PATRIZI b. 1965, Italy MIGRATION LINKED TO PROSTITUTION The phenomenon of foreign women, who line the roadsides of Italy, has become a notorious fact of Italian life. These women work in sub-human conditions; they are sent out without any hope of regularizing their legal status and can be easily transferred into criminal networks.
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POULOMI BASU b. 1982, India TO CONQUER HER LAND On September 2009, India’s first ever batch of women soldiers of The Border Security Force were deployed in these infamous borders of Punjab and near the first line of control in Jammu & Kashmir as the country’s first line of defense. I spent some time with some of these young women, both Hindus and Muslims (aged 17-25) at their boot camp, homes and eventually at the zero line exploring and documenting their transformation from a woman to a soldier. |
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RAJ LALWANI b. 1986, India NOT QUITE A FAMILY ALBUM I live in a curious house—old and ramshackled, with corners unexplored. All through my childhood, I would tap on the walls and open drawers, hoping to discover secret passages that would lead me to treasure chests, secret islands and lands of nowhere. A loss of innocence has led me to realise that I was probably conjuring dreams in my head, but the dark corners and eerie passageways of my bungalow continue to fascinate me even today …… Welcome home.
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SAILENDRA KHAREL b. 1982, Nepal LONG, RUGGED ROAD TO REPUBLIC More than 13,000 people were killed and 100,000 displaced in the decades long armed struggled communist rebels launched against the state in 1996. King Gyanendra was forced to give up direct rule in April 2006 and an all-party government, including the Maoists, was formed. April 10th, 2008, was the historic day for the people of Nepal as for the first time they voted for a constituent assembly to decide their own fate, the fate of monarchy and write their own constitution. In May 2008 Nepal was declared a Republic ending the 239- year old reign of the Shah dynasty.
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SAMEER TAWDE b. 1978, India ALL GOOD PORTRAIT An ongoing visual narrative about my mother that travels through her everyday life to portray her personality, sensing the existing environment, illustrating the course of moments, which altogether shape up a form with all the little treasures involved in and around her being. |
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SANKAR SARKAR b. 1990, India FACING ONE’S OWN I was brought up in a ‘red light’ area, Sethbagan close to Sonagachi, Kolkata. My photography journey started in 2000 under the guidance of Suvendu Chatterjee /Drik India when he was working with a project “ Empowering Sex Workers’ Children through Photography” supported by UNICEF. I remember the very first day when he visited our area and asked me “ whom do you love in your family”. I took some time and finally hesitantly responded that I love my mother. The second question was “why”. This time I didn’t have any hesitation to state that ‘I miss her’. He handed over me a small compact analogue camera and asked me to photograph my mother, family and the surroundings revolving around her. My photography journey with my mother started from that period. |
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SOHRAB HURA – CURATOR b. 1981, India UNTITLED Sohrab Hura shows some of the works that have affected him over the past few years. The works are those that have not only evoked a reaction out of him but which have made me hold on to his belief in the medium. His slideshow doesn't intend to limit the works to any particular category. He shows a blend of works, some very old from the early 20th century, others made quite recently by his own contemporaries. Some are reportages, some are constructed – in the end he hopes they all come together to make the audience feel (feel anything). |
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SOUMIK KAR b. 1978, India TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION The Saraswati Mandir Trust imparts education to differently-abled children and fights for inclusive learning measures for them. These pictures explore the being of these children - the wall, the floor, the chair, the crutch and their own bodies become very serious playthings for them. I have seen them sleep on the swings, bang their heads on their chairs, look through their crutch upside down and shake their bodies to any sound, assuming it to be some music.
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SWAPAN NAYAK b. 1965, India SHADOW OF LIVING Without any expectation from the solemnity of my heart, I was brought into a city, called Kolkata, as if a nameless living being situated itself in the core of this unknown place. Now in this city, I can see, shadow is a transitory visual of living and nonliving forms and formalities.
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TOBY BINDER b. 1977, Germany MATERNAL MORTALITY IN SIERRA LEONE Maternal mortality is one of the biggest problems in Africa – for a woman it‘s even more dangerous to get a baby than suffering from diseases or war. Sierra Leone counts among the countries with the highest maternal mortality rate worldwide, which is partly owed to the many years enduring civil war. In the country one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth compared to a one in 76 average in the rest of the developing world and one in 8.000 in the developed world. |
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TOBY BINDER b. 1977, Germany CHILD WITCHES OF NIGERIA About 160 children stigmatized as witches live in the Centre of the Child‘s Right And Rehabilitation Network“ (CRARN) in Eket, Southeastern Nigeria. Evangelical pastors are helping to create a terrible new campaign of violence against young Nigerians. Children branded as evil are being abused, abandoned and even murdered while the preachers make money out of the fear of their parents and their communities.
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VALENTINO BELLINI b. 1984, Italy GHANAIANS Ghanaian community of Palermo is one of the largest in Italy. In a difficult city like Palermo, where people lives every day, at all levels of society, with phenomena such as the notorious Mafia and crime in general, the desire of life and redemption and the warmth of a migrant community like that of the Ghanaians, seems to be ever more impressive. |
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VIDURA JANG BAHADUR – CURATOR b. 1975, India WITHIN This is an effort to bring together and share the work of individuals and organizations that through photography empower youth communities, groups and individuals to explore their worlds and express themselves |
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VINCENZO FLORAMO b. 1968, Italy THE RECYCLERS Along the Thai-Burmese border, the town of Mae Sot has become a refuge for many Burmese immigrant families. Thousands of citizens of Myanmar (formerly Burma) cross the border to escape from one of the most cruel and unjust regimes that still exist in the world. Many have done so for economic reasons, or to escape the extreme conditions of poverty and forced labor imposed by the Burmese army. This severely limits their options and forces many people to live at a large rubbish dump just outside of Mae Sot. Despite the filthy and unhealthy conditions they have to endure, the rubbish dump offers the opportunity to earn a higher wage than they could receive in Burma. |
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WAHID ADNAN b. 1983, Bangladesh THE CHILDHOOD OF ANOTHER KIND The state, the society, the religion decides what family is and when children are living outside the bondage of family umbrella the society pity them, they become underling and assume to have no future. Yet children growing up in orphanage are no less than the privileged ones. They laugh, they live, they too have dreams; may be their dreams are not as the aspiring as the one in the social views but they are dreams no less. It matters little to these children what the world is conceiving about them while they are growing up in a religious orphanage, they are not part of any propagandas; they are victims of pure cants. For the time being they are just children like any other… full of life. |
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WEI LENG TAY b. 1978, Singapore CONVERGENCE From 2009-2010, Tay photographed and interviewed up to 49 families and individuals of ethnic Chinese descent in Singapore and Malaysia. Like many of her sitters, Tay’s family had originally migrated from Southern China to Malaya and Singapore. Looking inward at her own disjuncture from the traditions and habits of her own culture, Tay embarked on a journey that allowed her to discover shared experiences, and explore feelings of disconnection and displacement as she tried to reconcile the past with priorities of the present |