Prashant with children in the Sundarbans while working on "The Labyrinth" project
Prashant was born in January, of the year 1985, in India. After spending the school years while sitting at various front and backbenches, sketching, writing poetry, mimicking his classmates and, making caricatures of his teachers, he studied Bachelor of honors in Geography, at the University of Delhi.
He also earned a Diploma in the Spanish language, from the same university, making it the sixth language he can speak, along with Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi & the dialect of Haryanavi. And, with an interest in visual narration, he pursued a course of cinematic at Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematic at Delhi, India.
Later, he studied Master’s degree in Photojournalism at Mid-Sweden University (Mittuniversitetet), Sweden. Now he devotes his time as a Ph.D. researcher at the University of Malaga, Spain, contributing to a deeper understanding of contemporary Digital Journalism and Participatory audiences.
Today, he is a photographer, teacher, author, researcher, and publisher. He works with photos, videos, sounds, and text to narrate art and documentary visual stories. Topics of his projects are usually sociopolitical and/or environmental in nature, but every now and then, he expresses abstract emotional and, psychological subjects via artistic photographic language.
And, his knowledge of cultural geography of the world, cinematic sense towards the surroundings, multi-cultural background, multi-lingual brain, and calm but curious personality motivates him to pursue and accomplish these projects.
On the other hand, he also designs photography books for photographers, and photography clubts/associations. His devotion to photography turns this process into a workshop on how to design photography books, because he likes to work in close collaboration with the photographer.
Workshops and seminars conducted worldwide by Prashant, are based on how to understand, read and, speak the language of photography. He always focuses on supporting the participants, in finding their own visual expression, and subject matter. He has given talks and presentations at various places. His most recent seminar was at the Royal Photographic Society, Madrid-Spain.
Exposed (X_POS_D) is a photography card game that Prashant has created/invented. It started with an initiative of organizing regular photography meetings in the city. Now the group is called the Málaga photography club. In the beginning, the idea was to give separate cards of photography tasks of the day, to each participant. But, soon the experience of teaching and, the time provided by lockdown due to COVID-19 resulted in a proper game of 106 cards. The game can be played alone or by up to ten people of any age and, from basic to advanced level of photography.
At the basic level, the game lays down a firm foundation for visual understanding through photography. And, at the advanced level, the game creates challenging assignments to widen up the horizons of photographic creativity for professionals.
His work has been exhibited in several countries such as Sweden, England-UK, Lithuania, India, Spain, and Bhutan. His project about Roma Nomads was exhibited at Vilnius Town-Hall/Vilniaus rotušė by the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania.
His interviews appeared in various newspapers and periodicals such as; Kauno žinios (www.kaunozinios.lt), Mano teisės (www.manoteises.lt/), Alpha tv (www.alpha.lt), Diario Sur (https://www.diariosur.es/), LRT Radijos (Lithuanian national radio) And, Royal Photography Society, both online as well as offline.
His book “Monsoon over the Pacific” was displayed at the Photo-book festival in Bradford - England, at Impressions Gallery, And at Art Book Exhibition 2019 by Art Heritage in New Delhi - India.
List of exhibitions
Year 2023
Project "Monsoon over the Pacific" exhibited at Taberna Marinera, El Molar - Spain, from 06th May till 18 June 2023.
Year 2022
Photo titled ‘‘Capas de una ciudad (Layers of a city)’’ exhibited at Bibliteca (Library) CRAI as the first prize winner in photography competition People in cities, Alcalá de Henares - Madrid - Spain, from 29th June to 29th August 2022.
Project "Monsoon over the Pacific" exhibited at Cocktail Blues Gallery, Guadalajara - Spain, from 18th May till 18 June 2022.
Curated and participated in the exhibition "Proyectos fotográficos de autor" at the cultural center of La Elipa in Madrid - Spain, from 02 to 28February 2022.
Year 2021
“Visual Poetry / Poesía visual” exhibited at La Sala Marenostrum in La Cala Del Moral-Rincón de la victoria - Spain.
“Visions” exhibited at Canela En Rama in Málaga. - Spain.
Year 2020
*Plans affected by lockdowns due to Covid-19 pandemic
Year 2019
“Monsoon over the Pacific” book displayed at The Art-Book Exhibition in New Delhi - India, at Shridharani Gallery of Triveni Kala Sangam.
Project “Nomads of the Future” exhibited at Visaginas Cultural Center, Visaginas -Lithuania.
Project “Monsoon over the Pacific” exhibited at SAULES GALERlJA in Vilnius -Lithuania.
Year 2018
“Monsoon over the Pacific” book displayed at Impressions gallery - Bradford-UK.
Project “The Labyrinth” displayed in the exhibition "Enter" at CFF (Centrum för fotografi), Stockholm, Sweden.
Year 2017
"Nomads of the future" exhibited at, Vinius Townhall, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Project “Nomads of the future” displayed in the exhibition "A place we call home" at Galleri Sjogatan-7, Sundsvall, Sweden.
Year 2013
“Arte en Bhutan” at Nehru Wangchuk cultural center, Indian Embassy, Thimpu, Bhutan.
“Art through light” at State art gallery, Hyderabad, Andhra-Pradesh, India.
Photographic collections
Visagino krašto muziejus / Visaginas Regional Museum.
Ayuntamiento (Town hall) of Rincon de la Victoria -Andalucia - Spain.
List of curated exhibitions
Year 2022
"Proyectos fotográficos deautor" at the cultural center of La Elipa in Madrid - Spain, from 02 to 28February 2022.
Year 2021
Exhibition of Malaga photography club "Visions" at the Canela Heladeria in Rama, Málaga, Spain.
Year 2018
Project The Labyrinth ” in the exhibition" Enter "at CFF (Centrum för fotografi), Stockholm, Sweden.
Year 2017
"A place we call home" in Galleri Sjogatan7, Sundsvall, Sweden.
Books
Monsoon over the Pacific-ISBN: 978-91-639-9264-3
Other Publications
Project Radioactive Butterfly, published in Royal photography society’s newsletter-the UK: December 2023
Interview aired on LRT Radijos (Lithuanian national radio): November 2023
Photograph published in UNESCO courier, 2023 (January - March)
Video Multimedia for the “Project Red Hot” Click here to watch the video.
Photographs published in Dialog-Pheniben, 2017 nr 23.
Photographs published in Magasin Måltid, 2017.
Video Multimedia for the project “Radioactive Butterfly” Click here to watch the video.
Video Multimedia for the project “Nomads of the Future” Click here to watch the video.
Article & Photographs published in Borderlines magazine, Spring 2016 Edition. Click here to read the article.
Article published on the www.travelphotographer.net
Article and photographs published on the website of a Spanish Travel show at www.agroviajeros.com
Prizes, Grants, and Awards
2022 - Personas in Ciudades - Alcala de Henares. Organised by AEDAS homes andAyuntamiento.
2018 - Book Monsoon over the Pacific Selected to be displayed at Photo-book festival in Bradford-UK, at Impressions Gallery.
2018 - Studenternas Stipendiestiftelse, Studentkåren i Sundsvall, for project - The Labyrinth
2017 - Recognition of the project "Nomads of the future" by the Ministry of Culture ofLithuania.
2017 - Studenternas Stipendiestiftelse, Studentkåren i Sundsvall, for project - Nomads of the Future
2002 - India Development Education AwardIndia Development Education Award, Issued by The Indian Society for Integrated Woman & Child Development · Oct 2002
1999 - Certificate of Merit by Talent Search Organization - INDIA
1997 - Talented artist in All India "Camel Color Contest". Organized by Camlin India.
Seminars & Workshops
Who am I? Project building workshop at Antaliepte-Lithuania. (21st November 2023)
Encuentra tu fotógraf@ dentro; photography workshop, Granada - Spain (17th September 2023)
Conversation with light; Talk/seminar at the Royal Photographic Society, Madrid, Spain. (24th March 2022) Link -https://youtu.be/P342c44iRa8
Photography talk/seminar: Black and white photography at Málaga - Spain. (November 2020)
Photography talk/seminar: Understanding shapes in photography at Málaga - Spain. (October 2020)
Photography talk/seminar: The active image room at Málaga - Spain. (September 2020)
Photography course (Online); Quarantined Photography at Málaga - Spain. (March 2020)
Photography seminar; Words spoken by photographs at Málaga - Spain. (November 2019)
Photography seminar; Story of an image at Málaga - Spain. (December 2018)
Photography workshop: Meet the photographer within, Art Cafe, Vilnius - Lithuania (November 2018)
Photography workshop for students from Pushp Niketan School. (January 2016)
Astronomy/Astro-Photography workshop lead in collaboration with NGO Sambhaavnaa. (December 2015)
Astronomy/Astro-Photography workshop lead in collaboration with NGO Sambhaavnaa. (November 2015)
Desert workshop with students from National Institute for the Blinds. (October 2014)
Collaborations/Patrons/Publications
