Hi Friends,
Hope this finds you well.
The 2013 edition of the?
Delhi Photo Festival?is around the corner and with that our search for new work.
The theme for the festival is ‘Grace’ and we would love to have you send your work for consideration to the festival.
If you happen to be in the region please do schedule a visit to New Delhi – it would be fantastic to have you visit.
The festival opens on September 27 and runs until October 11. A schedule of events will be available shortly.
Please help us spread the word and apologies in advance for cross posting!
Do share this with friends/associates/colleagues who would be interested in submitting their work or visiting the Festival.
Best Regards,
Dinesh.
Author: Shahidul Alam
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. A photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work “The Struggle for Democracy” contributed to the removal of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world.
Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Royal Albert Hall and Tate Modern, Alam has been guest curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Winterthur Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones, Shilpakala Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dali International Festival of Photography.
Speaker at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities, TEDx, POPTech and National Geographic, Alam chaired the international jury of the prestigious World Press Photo contest. Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Alam is visiting professor of Sunderland University in UK and advisory board member of National Geographic Society.
John Morris, the former picture editor of Life Magazine describes his book “My journey as a witness”, (listed in “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo), as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”
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