Poulomi Basu Biography, Age, Birth & Family, Career, Physical Status, Photographer, Early Life and Family and more
Poulomi Basu is an Indian transmedia artist, activist and documentary photographer. Her works have become famous for fighting for women’s rights.
Early Life
Poulomi was born in October 1983 and grew up in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. He was fortunate to find early inspiration in the city’s rich cinematic history. According to her, she was raised in a house with all kinds of taboos and a misogynistic environment. He majored in sociology in photojournalism and documentary photography at The London College. Communication.
Career
Her work usually consists of topics that deal with the normalization of violence and discrimination against marginalized women.
Some of his famous works include:
- Centralia, Dewi Lewis Publications, 2020
- Today’s Women Photographer Fireworks, 2017, Thames & Hudson
- A Time To See, The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust/Impress, 2016
- Still Hungry, QUAD/FORMAT/SLIDELUCK, 2014
Award
He later received many accolades for his work in the field of photography such as –
- 2012: Winner, 2nd place, Visura Photo Grant to Conquer His Land
- 2012: Magnum Foundation Social Justice Federation
- 2016: Winner, Magnum Emergency Fund, Magnum Foundation, to go on to make A Ritual of Exile: Blood Speaks
- 2016: Winner, Magnum Foundation Human Rights Grant, What Works
- 2017: Winner, FotoEvidence Book Award, New York City, for A Ritual of Exile: Blood Speaks
- 2020: Hood Medal, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK for Blood Speaks
- 2020: Louis Roederer Discovery Award, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
- 2020: Winner, Rencontres d’Arles Louis Roederer Discovery Award Jury Prize for Centralia
- 2020: Singapore International Photography Festival Book Award for Centralia’
- 2020: Winner, CreativeXR program by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England for Blood Speaks: Maya – Birth of a Superhero
- 2021: Shortlisted, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, London for Centralia; with Alejandro Cartagena, Cao Fei, and Zineb Sedira.
Social media
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