About Avijit Ghosh
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Photo : Arnab Mondal
Avijit Ghosh (b.1993) is a documentary photographer, and a visual storyteller based in Kolkata, India.
His work mostly focuses on the Socio-environmental impacts of climate change and humanitarian issues. Ghosh was born and brought up in a rural village of West Bengal and later, have migrated to a suburb of Kolkata to pursue a bachelor’s degree in arts and a diploma in Social Work as well as in Photography.
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He is currently represented by Agentur Focus and a member of Diversify Photo & Fairpicture
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Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography
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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
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UNESCO International Martial Arts Photo Contest 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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Contact & Location
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mravijitghosh08[at]gmail.com
Kolkata, India.