BHARAT CHOUDHARY
Artist, Head of Department
Bharat grew up in Nigeria and has been moving between India, the US, England, and France. He worked with CARE International for five years before moving to photography. He was mentored by Raghu Rai and Nitin Rai at the Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts in New Delhi. He studied photojournalism at the University of Missouri, USA. He has been a recipient of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship, Alexia Foundation Professional Grant and the Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography. He was a jury member for the 9th China International Press Photo Competition in Hangzhou. He has thrice been a finalist for the W. Eugene Smith Grant. He has also been a finalist for the Aftermath Grant and the Philip Jones Griffiths Award. His work has been exhibited at several spaces including Getty Images Gallery, London; Dali International Photography Exhibition, China; Pingyao International Photography Festival, China; Delhi Photo Festival; Open Society Institute/Moving Walls, New York; Obscura Festival, Malaysia; LOOK3 Festival, Virginia, USA; LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover, Germany and The Gallery, British Council, New Delhi.
