User:Shomebasu/sandbox

SHOME Basu has been photographing from the age of sixteen. Being the picture-editor for Open, Outlook Business & Outlook Money magazines he covered a variety of assignments from politics, features & business. Before that he was with the India Today group as a photographer. Later he traveled to many places & documented the lives of the unknown people suffering from poverty & conflict. Arsenic poisoning at the Indian & Bangladesh borders was one of his first assignments, which was viewed internationally. He was among the first Indian photojournalist to reach Afghanistan post Taliban. He believes that journalist become the window for many who has little scope to speak to the world. His camera has been a tool to capture such for the world. His recent works on Kashmir has got him an international fame while at the same time he was injured himself on his head & landed up in a hospital in Srinagar. He has worked fro many publications like India Today, Business Today,Outlook group, Marie Claire,Cosmopoliton, Outlook Traveler, Open, Wall Street, Amnesty international, UNICEF & many more. His profile was recently reported on Asian Photography magazine. He lives in New Delhi with his wife Nayanima who is also a journalist covering the foreign affairs along with trade & when Shome is not shooting pictures he loves to spend time at the kitchen cooking all kinds of food, mainly from the conflict places.Presently he is engaged on two book projects. One can read his blogs at: http://shomebasu-pictures.blogspot.com WEBSITE: shomebasu.photoshelter.com

Exhibitions:

Solo:

Kashmir As I See... at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre from July 1 till July 8, 2011

Group:

WNCA photo-exhibition at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi from August7th till August 17th 2010

Canon Gallery, New Delhi November 2010

REVIEWS: "Enjoyed looking at your Calcutta stuff, Shome. I enjoyed looking through your site. You certainly have a range of coverage across India.  Very impressive, my friend!  Look forward to catching up in detail" - Steve Raymer, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University & Photographer National Geographic Magazine "I had a quick glance at your set of pics, and as usual they are strong with some lovely ones in the mix" - Ed Kashi, Photojournalist, VII

"Good solid photojournalism" - Abbas, Magnum Photos

"Regarding your pictures my friend? I love it, I would like to look at more deeply, but honestly I think you are a great photographer, I love the intimate way how you are shooting" - Franco Pagetti, Photographer, VII Photos

"Your work is very accomplished and I enjoyed looking through it" - Sophie Wright, Art Critic, Magnum Photos

"Lovely work both the color and b/w.. (I am partial to b/w myself but its increasingly harder to find editors who agree...) keep up the good work...  and thanks" - David Burnett, Photojournalist

I look at your pictures, and you have some lovely ones - particularly some of the b&w people pictures. Constantine Manos/ Photographer member Magnum Photos

Shome, i find that when you are not pressed by an event or by time, you give more thought to your composition... it improves a lot. ABBAS/ Photographer member Magnum Photos

'I wish you a success in all your projects' - Marc Riboud, Photographer.

Enjoyed your photographs enormously, specially the train series and Kashmir. And the opening pic of Kabul is great, wish I had taken it! Ian Berry - Photographer Magnum Photos.

Media Reviews:

Yet another photography show on Kashmir, therefore, came loaded with déjà vu, but giving in to the temptation of browsing through its bare essentials came as a pleasant discovery for this writer. The exhibition, What I Saw, is not about the many gems of this paradise, anointed thus so well by Shahjehan in the 17th century, nor is it about the nightmare that it has been reduced to in much recent history. It’s about those untold, unread stories that continue to live in nature’s heaven ringed by an eclipse of darkness.- Mail Today

Nearly ten years ago, when photographer Shome Basu first went to Kashmir, he wasn't looking for a postcard image or even a story. He was looking for lives he could document and movements he could capture. It is this non-judgmental, almost curious gaze that is evident in the work Basu has done in Kashmir over the last decade.- Hinduatan Times

A photo tribute to Kashmir explores the complex contrasts of the Valley under siege ... Even if the exhibition has some predictable scenic shots of the Dal Lake and rioting youth, it argues for peace in the Valley and captures subtle ironies.- Indian Express

It wasn’t Kashmir Valley’s natural beauty, its waterfalls or the Dal Lake that appealed to photographer Shome Basu. Neither was he really tempted to capture the state’s political sparks for his work — something his works requires him to do usually. Basu, a photo journalist, instead found himself being drawn to the people living in the Valley. A girl standing by the window at her house, looking out with gloomy eyes; a middle aged woman with the holy Quran in front of her — there is a sense of longing in the eyes of people Basu has photographed during his travel in the Valley. -Pioneer

The exhibition has also showcased works on  sustainable development. The series by Shome Basu centered around coal pickers of Orissa. “Look at the back of this woman labourer, “ he pointed out, “It would have elicited rave reviews on a ramp. But here, it’s the result of sheer hard work that she does everyday” PIONEER 22nd June 2012 on WNCA Exhibition at Lalit Kala Academy ,New Delhi.

Audio Visuals:

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