Sohrab Hura
Sohrab Hura (born 17 October 1981) is an Indian photographer based in New Delhi.[1] He is a full member of Magnum Photos.
Hura's self-published trilogy Sweet Life comprises the books Life is Elsewhere (2015), A Proposition for Departure (2017) and Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!! (2018); the latter was shortlisted for Photobook of the Year in the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. He has also self-published The Coast (2019) and The Levee (2020). His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in London and in Kolkata, India.
Life and work
Hura was born in
Chinsurah, West Bengal.[2] He attended The Doon School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand[2] and has a masters in economics from the Delhi School of Economics.[3][4] He began making photographs during college with a Nikon FM10 given to him by his father.[2] He is now based in New Delhi, India.[1]
Hura's Sweet Life trilogy of books focuses on his relationship with his mother, who was diagnosed with
paranoid schizophrenia in 1999, when he was 17 years old.[5][6] The trilogy's Life Is Elsewhere was made between 2005 and 2011,[6] and Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!! was made between 2008 and 2014.[2]
In 2011 the British Journal of Photography included Hura in its Ones to Watch.[7] He became a nominee member of Magnum Photos in 2014 (the second Indian photographer to become a nominee member)[6] an Associate member in 2018,[1][8] and a full member in 2020.[9] Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, included Hura's The Lost Head and the Bird exhibition in his "The top 10 photography exhibitions of 2017".[10]
Publications
- Life is Elsewhere. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2015. ISBN 978-93-5196-415-5. Edition of 600 copies.
- A Proposition For Departure. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2017. Includes "8 Sound Extraction charts, 1 Music Chart for the three movement sound piece".[11] Edition of 600 copies.
- Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!!. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2018. ISBN 978-93-5279-336-5. Includes a hand written text by Hura's mother. Edition of 600 copies.
- The Coast: Twelve Parallel Short Stories. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2019. Edition of 1200 copies.
- The Levee. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2020. Edition of 600 copies.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Destination Tsunami: Stories and Struggles from India's Southern Coast, The Guardian Gallery, Kings Place, London, 2010.[12]
- Sweet Life, Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata, India, 2017.[4][13][14]
Group exhibitions and during festivals
- Life is Elsewhere, Angkor Photo, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2014.[15]
- Milk Gallery, New York City, 2016. Photographs by Hura and Matt Black, Carolyn Drake, Lorenzo Meloni, Max Pinckers, and Newsha Tavakolian.[16]
- The Lost Head and the Bird, The Nines, Peckham 24, London, 2017.[10] Video installation.[17]
- India: Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art, Fotofest 2018 Biennial, Houston, 2018.[18]
- Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 2017.[19][20]
Awards
- 2018: Shortlisted, Photobook of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards for Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!![21]
References
- ^ a b c "Magnum Photos Photographer Profile". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Sohrab Hura: Meet the reclusive yet gifted lensman". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Sohrab Hura joins the list of Magnum's elite". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ a b c "Mother, Son, Schizophrenia". The New Yorker. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Ones to Watch: the new magazine from British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Magnum signs five new photographers after its lack of diversity comes under attack". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ a b O'Hagan, Sean (13 December 2017). "The top 10 photography exhibitions of 2017". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Ugly Dog (Books) - Sohrab Hura". Sohrab Hura. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Destination Tsunami: Stories and Struggles from India's southern coast". The Guardian. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Sweet Life: Sohrab Hura: Sep 9 - Nov 10 2017". experimenter.in. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Magnum Photos Nominee Sohrab Hura's 'Sweet Life' at Experimenter, Kolkata - intimate portaits [sic] of everyday life". Louise Blouin Media. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Angkor Wat hosts South East Asia's biggest photography festival". Huck Magazine. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Six New Photographers Joined the World's Most Exclusive Photo Agency". Vice Media. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Festival: Peckham 24 returns on 19/20 May". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "FotoFest 2018 Biennial Artists". Fotofest. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Wheeler, Alex (28 March 2017). "FORMAT17: Highlights of the UK's largest photography festival". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Format Festival – the low down – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Shortlist announced for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
External links
- Official website
- The Lost Head and the Bird: A short story from the ongoing work, 'The Coast', by Magnum photographer Sohrab Hura., Vice
- Two Photographers Tell Dramatic Stories Through Often Overlooked Details: Photographers Prasiit Sthapit and Sohrab Hura share their work in our annual photo issue., Vice
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