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 About Avijit Ghosh
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Avijit Ghosh (b.1993) is a documentary photographer and a visual storyteller based in Kolkata, India.

 

Born and raised in a rural village in West Bengal, near the Bengal Delta, Ghosh later moved to the suburbs to pursue a bachelor's degree in the arts and a postgraduate diploma in photography from Calcutta University. His childhood connection to nature greatly influences his work, particularly regarding the impacts of climate change, the environment and its complex relationships with living beings. His work uses unconventional methods to evoke emotions while keeping the documentary integrity.

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He frequently contributes to major international photo agencies, and his work has appeared in news publications, including Time, The Wall Street Journal, VICE, CNN, and the BBC, among others. His long-term project, "The Land of Conflict," which documents the role of climate change in increasing tiger attacks in the Sundarbans, has been exhibited at the Sant Pol Doc Festival in 2021 and Zoom Photo Festival in 2023. Additionally, he has shown his work at Photo London, The United Nations headquarter, and during COP26 in the UK and COP27 in Egypt. Ghosh was a recipient of the Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) grant, which allowed him to work on the issue of water inequality. In 2023, he also received an honourable mention from the Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography. He is a member of Diversify Photo.

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Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography

2023, Honourable mention

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CPB Photo Awards 

2023, Shortlisted, Environmental stories category

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Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) Grant for the water inequality project

2022, Winner 

 

Hamburg Portfolio Review 2022

2022, Selected Participant

 

JUAN GUERRERO PHOTO AWARD / Sant Pol Doc Festival

2021, Winner

 

LensCulture and Margaret McNamara Education Grants Photo Competition 

2021, Winner

 

CLIMATE  VISUALS & TED COUNTDOWN

 2021, Selected Artist

 

Nature India Photo Contest

 2020, Winner

 

Mangrove Action Project 

2018, Winner​

 

Ramsar Convention "The Beauty of Wetlands" 2018, Winner​​​​​​​​

Photo London 2024

119-121 Freston Rd, London

W11 4BD

May 16 - May 19,  2024

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Fotografiska Shanghai 

April 19 - April 29,  2024

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Zoom Photo Festival 

La Pulperie de Chicoutimi – Regional museum

Oct 4 - Oct 29, 2023

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 Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) Grant for the water inequality project

University of Bergen

June -July 2022

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Sant Pol Doc Festival

Museu de Pintura de Sant Pol de Mar

October 2021

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UNCTAD15 conference Virtual Exhibition

Curated by  Lekgetho Makola

October 2021

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UNESCO International Martial Arts Photo Contest Exhibition
Chungju Sports Complex, Republic of Korea
August 2019

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UNESCO SILK ROAD
UNESCO HQ , Paris
2018

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mravijitghosh08[at]gmail.com
Kolkata, India.

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