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A self-taught photographer, who studied to be a historian but started his career as a copywriter before turning to photography. . In 1996, his controversial collection of portraits and nudes of urban Indian women titled Women was published, with the intent of reinstating the nude to its rightful place in the Indian cultural discourse. . His work is included in many publications including the Paris Review, and the volumes Nudi and India Now: New Photographic Visions. . “If you are someone who can turn reality into magic with their photographs, then endless possibilities await you at UEPAKI.com. . Click on the link in bio to find out more. . . . . #prabuddhadasgupta #prabuddha #fashionphotographer #fashionphotography #celebrityphotographer #celebrityphotographers #celebrityphotogrphy #indianphotographer #indianphotographers #indianphotographers_ #indianphotographershub #_indiastreets #g_o_i #delhiphotographer #delhiphotographers #mumbaiphotographers #mumbaiphotographer #punephotographer #mumbai_iger #photographersofpune #mumbaiphotography #indiaphotographer #photographersofindia #photographers_hub_india #photographers_of_india (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHVkOu0JjIw/?igshid=172vbt9svtmrb

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The Edge of Confidence by Prabuddha Dasgupta is a strikingly ruminating journal of a living encounter. . Dasgupta has worked with many leading publications over the years, including Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and GQ. . “If you are someone who can turn reality into magic with their photographs, then endless possibilities await you at UEPAKI.com. . Click on the link in bio to find out more. . . . . . #prabuddhadasgupta #prabuddhabharat #prabuddha #portrait_ig #landscapephotographers #indianphotographer #indianphotographers #indianphotographers_ #indianphotographershub #_indiastreets #g_o_i #streetphotographyindia #delhiphotographer #delhiphotographers #mumbaiphotographers #mumbaiphotographer #punephotographer #mumbai_iger #photographersofpune #mumbaiphotography #indiaphotographer #photographersofindia #photographers_hub_india #photographers_of_india (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE3VRN5g3ip/?igshid=vcdhfnqb7o8e

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Objects of Desire

For the first issue of Vogue India, Prabuddha Dasgupta, an esteemed and celebrated (but not enough) photographer and the vogue India team brought to reality an aesthetic that was hard to envision previously. On the lithe, supple, and casually graceful bodies of models Lakshmi Menon and Kamal Sidhu was displayed traditional Indian Jewellery in all its polki and gold glory - captured in a way that I believe only Mr. Dasgupta to have been capable of. A scene displayed, leaving you in a shroud of mystery about the story of its origin, the details of its existence, pushing ones imagination into overdrive.

It is unrealistic, two excessively beautiful women lazing around draped merely in jewellery in a setting quintessentially Indian. Yet the concept makes you reconsider the appeal of the traditional design which had been lost somewhere in the draping of heavy saris and dupattas and the indian way of inordinate ornamentation. Observing the graceful pieces one at a time is the unfamiliar pleasure gifted to the viewer.

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‘Objects of Desire’ by Prabuddha Dasgupta for Vogue 2007, Models - Lakshmi Menon & Kamal Sidhu.

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Prabuddha Dasgupta- The brave face of photography in India

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“Why does photography always have to be about something specific? Isn’t the language capable of transcending the subject and focusing on something bigger than itself?”  – Prabuddha Dasgupta

Prabuddha Dasgupta, 55, left us yesterday after he suffered a heart attack on an assignment in Mumbai. He was a photographer who had carved himself a special niche not only amongst the photography fraternity but also in the fashion industry around the world over the period of his career of nearly three decades.

Prabuddha Dasupta was the recipient of the Yves Saint Laurent grant for photography in 1991 and was particularly famous for breaking social taboos  that existed in India with his book ‘Women’ published in 1996. The book was a daring collection of portraits and nudes of women in urban India at a time when such artwork was frowned upon by the masses. His later books included ‘Ladakh’ (2000) and ‘Edge of Faith’ (2009). Prabuddha’s work has been showcased at numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world.

His project for Vogue with muse Lakshmi Menon in 2008 gathered much acclaim in the fashion industry. Malaika Arora, Padma Lakshmi, Lara Dutta and Neha Dhupia are some of the names that have been featured in his work.

Portals from all over the world are flooded with messages from some of the renowned figures from the industry.

  © Prabuddha Dasgupta Lakshmi-Menon, Kamal-Sidhu For Vogue India October-2007 “Objects-of-Desire”

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