1. Image 1 of 20 — Kashmir, 2019
  2. Image 2 of 20 — From the series Matrimania
  3. Image 3 of 20 — From the series Matrimania
  4. Image 4 of 20 — From the series Last Days of Manmohan
  5. Image 5 of 20 — From the series Last Days of Manmohan
  6. Image 6 of 20 — On assignment for Travel + Leisure
  7. Image 7 of 20 — On assignment for Vanity Fair
  8. Image 8 of 20 — On assignment for Süddeutsche Zeitung
  9. Image 9 of 20 — From the series Matrimania
  10. Image 10 of 20 — From the series The African Portraits
  11. Image 11 of 20 — From the series The African Portraits
  12. Image 12 of 20 — From the series Bruxelles Late Colour
  13. Image 13 of 20 — From the series Bruxelles Late Colour
  14. Image 14 of 20 — From the series 'Steady State 2012'
  15. Image 15 of 20 — On assignment for The New York Times Magazine
  16. Image 16 of 20 — The Boss of Candid wedding photographers indiacomestogether.com
  17. Image 17 of 20 — The Boss of Candid wedding photographers indiacomestogether.com
  18. Image 18 of 20 — Commissioned by the Consulate of Israel in Bangalore
  19. Image 19 of 20 — From the series 'The Family Album'
  20. Image 20 of 20 — Turkey, 2019

P R E S S

▰ AD India “15 artists from the Indian subcontinent making waves...”

▰ British Journal of Photography Ones to Watch


MATRIMANIA GUP, GEO France, BBC Culture, The Guardian, Financial Times, LiveMint, medium.com Vantage, Winner - Sony World Photography Awards 2011, 3rd Place, Arts & Culture

▰ BBC Culture The changing face of Indian weddings

▰ Financial Times Why weddings are a perfect window into modern India

▰ It'sNiceThat A look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings


Order a signed copy of Matrimania


THE AFRICAN PORTRAITS Foreign Policy, Hindustan Times, Bangalore Mirror, Architectural Digest, CNN Africa, The Hindu, fotoroom.co, Firstpost, Huffington Post, Citizen Matters, BBC News, the better india, scroll.in, thewire.in, The News Minute, The National, Al-Jazeera Stream, PDN Photo Annual 2017, Winner - The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts Photobook Grant 2018

▰ The Sunday Times of India 'How can we be racist?' Guest editorial

▰ The Economist Intimate portraits of Africans in India

▰ Blouin Artinfo Review by Paroma Mukherjee


LAST DAYS OF MANMOHAN University of Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Tasveer Journal, Times of India, Tiffinbox


CAERDYDD DIARY FOAM Magazine


LATE COLOUR BRUXELLES La Libre: Un photographe indien est ébahi par le vide des rues bruxelloises le soir



P U B L I C A T I O N S

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// BOOKS //

MAHESH SHANTARAM: MATRIMANIA, Hatje Cantz, 2018

Mémoire Collective Une Histoire Plurielle des Violences Politiques en Guinée, FIDH, 2018





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