Image Credit - Fanil Pandya
INDIAN PHOTO FESTIVAL 2017
The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) - Hyderabad, a Not-For-Profit initiative of Light Craft Foundation, is an international photography festival, showcasing a wide range of photography from India and around the globe with a series of events, including talks and discussions, portfolio reviews, book launches, screenings & workshops. The IPF creates a platform for the professional and aspiring photographers, the photography lovers and the public where the festival promotes the art of photography at the same time address the social issues through the medium of photography. The IPF 2017 will take place at the State Gallery of Art - Hyderabad, from 21st Sept - 8th Oct.
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FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Aquin Mathews
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SELECTION PANEL - OPEN CALL EXHIBITIONS
Mags King - Managing Picture Editor - Fairfax Media
Natan Dvir - Photographer & Faculty at ICP, New York
Deepak John Mathew - Associate Professor - IIT Hyderabad (Dept. of Design)
Barbara Davidson - Photojournalist
Alison Stieven-Taylor - Journalist
Prabhakar Kusuma - Photographer
Russell Hart - Photographer & former Photo Editor at American Photo
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FESTIVAL TEAM
Vikas Nama | Naveen Indrasena Reddy | Ananya Sinha | Vinay Parab | Nishanth Kumar Biderkote | Vishal Chakraraj | Praveen Kumar Reddy | Shweta Pradhan | Vikash Sinha | Mahanth Babu | Rohith Kumar Reddy | Satyanarayana Gola
SPEAKERS
Stuart Franklin
Photographer - Magnum Photos
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Reza Deghati
Photojournalist - National Geographic
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Andrea Bruce
Photographer - Noor Images
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Sudharak Olwe
Photojournalist
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Kate Geraghty
Photojournalist - Sydney Morning Herald
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Natan Dvir
Photographer
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Gurinder Osan
Photo Editor - PTI
Helena Schatzle
Documentary Photographer
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Q Sakamaki
Documentary Photographer & Co-founder -#everydayjapan & Hikari Creative
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Prashant Godbole
Photographer
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Cecilia Paredes
Fine Art Photographer
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Manoj Jadhav
Photographer & Visual Artist
EXHIBITIONS
Mathieu Willcocks | UK
Before it's too late
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Kowshik Vasudevan | INDIA
Fragments
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Alexey Trofimov | RUSSIA
Magic of Lake
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Cecilia Paredes | PERU
Landscapes
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Francesco Giusti | ITALY
The Rescue
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Taha Ahmad | INDIA
Swan song of the Badlas
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Swarat Ghosh | INDIA
Beyond Street
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Helena Schatzle | GERMANY
Dharavi
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Marylise Vigneau | FRANCE
'INNOCENT PROWLS THROUGH PAKISTAN'
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Mahesh Shantharam | INDIA
The African Portraits
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Swastik Pal | INDIA
The Hungry Tide
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Christian Bobst | SWITZERLAND
The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal
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Laura Liverani | ITALY
AINU NENOAN AINU
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Tejal Mewar | INDIA
Indian Brick Kiln
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Soumyendra Saha | INDIA
Shot Stories
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Yasir Bakili | INDIA
Water and Tree
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Hikari Creative | VARIOUS
Water
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Manoj Jadhav | INDIA
Portrait Of a Culture
Sudharak Olwe | INDIA
Empathy
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Natan Dvir | ISRAEL
Platforms
Kate Geraghty | AUSTRALIA
Philippines Drug Wars
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Head On Photo festival | Australia
Shoot the Wild | VARIOUS
Wildlife Prize
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IPF Portrait Prize | INDIA
Portrait Prize
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Alexia Foundation/ Camillo Pasquarelli | (Italy)
The endless winter of Kashmir
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Shoot the Land | VARIOUS
Landscape Prize
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Sydney Morning Herald | AUSTRALIA
Celebrity Portraits
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Sabine A. Hartert | GERMANY
Absences
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Tanya Gawdi | INDIA
Adventures Of Louis The Frenchie
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Focas | VARIOUS
Focas India: Document
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Shoot the Face | VARIOUS
Portrait Prize
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Dronestagram | VARIOUS
Drone Photography Prize
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Students Exhibition | India
IIT Hyderabad
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Photo Books | VARIOUS
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Bathukamma Showcase | India
Group show
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Kishor Krishnamoorthy | INDIA
Life at a construction site
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Osho Kondaveeti & Shanthan Reddy | INDIA
Overloaded
DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS
Andres Wertheim | ARGENTINA
The museum's ghosts
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Seivan M Salim | IRAQ
The Yazidi women who escaped ISIS
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Neenad Arul | INDIA
Dog Interaction
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Marcin Ryczek | POLAND
Minimalistic and conceptual
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Kosuke Ryujin | JAPAN
Secret War, Laos
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Cesar Dezfuli | SPAIN
Passengers
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Mahesh Lonkar | INDIA
Palkhi Festival Devotees
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Parth Gupta | INDIA
Terra Firma
Marco Valle | ITALY
Young Community / Old Country
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Fanil Pandya | INDIA
Head Hunters
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Johanna-M Fritz | GERMANY
Like a Bird
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Lionel Briot | FRANCE
Stade Velodrome
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Frank Machalowski |
GERMANY Monster
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Indrajit Khambe | INDIA
Omprakash and his juggling with life and theater
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Korthiwada Santosh | INDIA
Consciousness
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