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ANINDITO MUKHERJEE

A photojournalist by profession, an artist at heart, for Anindito Mukherjee life lies on the other side of the viewfinder. A self-taught photographer, working with a leading news wire agency, for Anindito, experience and mistakes have been his best teachers. Over the past decade, his pictures have been regularly published in leading newspapers, magazines and online portals like The New York Times, Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, Globe and Mail and on the covers of Outlook, India Today, The Week and in pages of international magazines like the Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Economist etc.

Having started his career with advertising, while dealing with cameras, shoots, images, products, Anindito realized that photography is a powerful medium of communication, offering an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. His new found love soon made him quit his more paying job in advertising and plunge into the world of photojournalism. Anindito still considers himself to be in a learning phase, his work motto being: never be content, look for more.

Other than regular news/features/business stories/sports some of his significant contributions have been: Covering General Elections 2009 and 2013-14, Kumbh Mela, Fashion Weeks- 2006 onwards, The Darjeeling Himalayan Railways: a historic marvell, Medical Tourism the Indian growth story in India, E- waste: the looming threat, Acid Attack victims and their struggle, The menace of Encephalitis in Gorakhpur.

Early life and career

Aniindito Mukherjee is born in New Delhi, India. He started his career with an advertising agency later moving on to work for the India Today group, European PressPhoto Agency and Reuters.

Achievements

•	First Prize, The Photosociety/Tamron Awards

•	Hand-picked by Instagram for its first Exhibition held in India at Kolkata

•	Conducted Photowalk for Betterphotography and OnePlus/Google

•	First Prize, Daily Life at MFI-Yes Bank National Press Photo Contest 2014

•	Work featured in UNICEF commissioned book on the largest civil operation in the history of mankind- Polio Free India.

•	Work featured in coffee table book commissioned by UP Tourism on Kumbh Mela