Soumya Sankar Bose

Soumya Sankar Bose
Born 1990
Midnapore, India
Occupation Photographer
Years active 2010-present
Known for Documentary photography
Notable work The Former Heroes of Jatra[1]
Awards Toto-Tasveer Emerging Photographer Award[2]

Soumya Sankar Bose is an Indian documentary photographer.[3]

Biography

Soumya Sankar Bose is an independent documentary photographer,[4] born and brought up in Midnapore, India. His long term project on retired Jatra (Bengal)[5] artistes has been funded by India Foundation for the Arts.His works have appeared in publications such as The Caravan,[6] Medium,[7] scroll.in,[8] The Huffington Post, L'oeil de la photographie,Invisible Photographer Asia,[9] BBC,[10]The Indian Express,[11]The Telegraph[12] and many more.

Work

Bose's work explores concepts of nostalgia, modernity, performativity and the transformation of art in a changing world, his work both creates and documents reality.His portraits of Jatra artists are staged spectacles that evoke not only the tragedy of this waning tradition, but also those of its practitioners.Using photography as a performative medium rather than documentary tool, Bose brings an original approach to an often photographically explored space of dying art forms in India.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "The Caravan 2015".
  2. ↑ "Toto-Tasveer Award 2015".
  3. ↑ "Goa Photo Festival 2015".
  4. ↑ "Best Of Photography".
  5. ↑ "Medium/Vantage 2015".
  6. ↑ "The Caravan 2015".
  7. ↑ "Medium/Vantage 2015".
  8. ↑ "Scroll.in 2014".
  9. ↑ "Invisible Photographer Asia".
  10. ↑ "BBC".
  11. ↑ "The Indian Express".
  12. ↑ "The Telegraph".
  13. ↑ "Tasveer Journal 2015".
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