PROFILE
A Licentiate member of the British Institute of Professional
Photography (BIPP) and Professional member of Photographers
Guild of India (PGI) has designed the book cover for the Sahitya
Akademi Award winning novel “Kalikatha via bypass” by
Alka Saraogi and “Shesh Kadambari” and “Koi
Baat Nahin” by the same author.
Bilkey Llinas Design, a U.S. based leading interior art consultancy
firm has selected a large collection of her prints for all
the guest rooms at the Hyatt Regency in Mumbai and Kolkata.
Presented a series of photographs at the Exhibit A, held by
the PGI. Her print was among the top 10 selected from a forum
of the best in India in 2002 & 2004.
Has captured the life at Flurys (A Swiss confectionery, which
has been a landmark in Kolkata since pre-independence) for
The Apeejay Group.
Has worked with the Divya Chaya Trust (an organisation committed
for the upliftment of the girl child) to commemorate two decades
of their service to society. The exhibition was held in Nehru
Centre, London in October, 2004. Barbara Llyod, renowned British
photographer, was the other participant.
Was the only photographer invited to go to Hampi in an all
India art camp to capture the lingering history there by the
Karnataka State Tourism Corporation in October 2004.
She was one of the Super Six, the brand ambassadors for Fujifilm
for the year 2005.
Currently working as the principal photographer for a book
based on Shiva in Mumbai conceptualized by Rajiv Sethi of the
Asian Heritage Foundation, which is to be published by Sharada
Diwedi’s Eminence Publication.
Is doing the photography for a book based on quaint craft
based cottage industries in villages around Kolkata.
Was sent to France on their Indo-French “Artists-in-Residence” program
initiated by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in
India in December, 2005 and an exhibition of her work there
will be showcased in the year 2006 as a part of the innovative
cultural dialogue between the two countries.
She has had four solo exhibitions of her works depicting Life
on the streets. Her “Kalikatha” series pays homage
to her hometown Kolkata and in her still life series “A
Life of its own”, in Ranjit Hoskote’s words ”...
her eyes dwell on details that form part of everyday life of
the thoroughfares…discreet compositions… they assume
the role of the still life and become, instead, an occasion
to celebrate the vibrancy of the inanimate object…”
