Vikram Bawa
Vikram Bawa (born 16 March 1970) is an Indian fashion, advertising and landscape photographer based in Mumbai.[1][2][3] He was the first Indian photographer to promote and showcase 3D photography in the late 1990s.[4]
Life and work
Bawa was born in Delhi. He moved with his parents to Mumbai at an early age. He went to Green Lawns High School, Mumbai. After which he graduated in maths from Elphinstone College, Mumbai. He started work as the managing director of a chemical firm at age 18.[5] In 1996, he started photography professionally.[6]
Bawa started photography as a hobby when he was 16 years old. His mother and father were avid hobbyists, which influenced Bawa.[7]
Bawa's first photography assignment was with Rani Jeyraj (Femina Miss India 1996).[8] Since then he has shot for magazines including Femina, Verve, Hello!, L'Officiel, Elle, Hi Blitz, Marie Claire, TheTechy,[9] and Stuff.
Brands that Bawa has worked for include Coca-Cola, Dove, Godrej, L'oreal, Reebok, Skoda India, Sony Electronics, Taj Hotels, Catwalk, Kingfisher airlines, Sahara Ambey Valley, The Leela Palace, Goa, and FSP London.
He has photographed Bollywood celebrities Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Abhishek Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan, and Lara Dutta.[10][11]
Exhibitions
Solo exhibition
- The Other Side, Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai, India, November 2012.[12]
Group exhibition
- Articulate 2011: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Saffronart, London, October 2011[13]
Collections
Bawa's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Priyasi Art Gallery
- Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai, India
- Jindal Art Foundation
- Alfaz Miller Collection
Recognition and Awards
Rightly called as "Master of Gimmicks" in the world of fashion photography, Vikram has won many awards from Masters Cup, Prix de la Photographie Paris, The International Color Awards, Spider Awards, Asian Photography Most Influential Photographer Award, PIEA Award and many more.[14]
- Vikram received four international awards for his Leela Palace Goa hotel campaign - a first for any Indian hotel campaign.[15]
- Vikram’s fashion film ‘The Long Show’ was nominated for the International Fashion Film Awards (IFFA) 2014 for Best Art Direction and Best Music Nomination.[16]
References
- ↑ "Not a Photo finish!". Deccan Chronicle. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
Celebrity photographer Vikram Bawa...
- ↑ "Do great beauties make great models?". The Times of India. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ "Haute wheels". Daily News and Analysis. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ Sengupta, Nilanjana (19 October 2000). "Face Off". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ↑ "I was destined to become a Photographer". www.fotoflock.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ Kuber, Aditya. "I was destined to become a Photographer". FotoFlock. Epson.
- ↑ "I was destined to become a Photographer". www.fotoflock.com. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ↑ "12 most famous Indian photographers". Indian Digital Artists. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ http://www.thetechy.com/photographer-of-the-month-vikram-bawa/
- ↑ "Abox of Gandhi". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ↑ "Top Fashion photographers of India". www.theamazingmodels.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ↑ The Other Side. "The Other Side". Solo Art Exhibition. Art & Soul. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ "The Fallen Angel". Saffronart. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ picsdream (2016-09-28). "Top Indian Landscape Photographers to Follow". Picsdream. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ↑ "Saffronart-A painting, a photograph or something in between ?". www.saffronart.com. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
- ↑ "Vikram Bawa nominated for International Fashion Film Awards - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-12-04.