Zishaan A Latif PHOTOGRAPHY / FILMS

https://zishaanalatif.com/ / [email protected]

+919820001484 - / New Delhi / India

Curriculum Vitae ;

Bio:

Born - 10th December 1984.

An independent photographer since 2005. My work stems from intuition and passion which blends into the personal and sometimes eclectic.

I work in many genres in the field. The art of making a photograph thrills me and thus releases me from preconceived notions of visual imagery or expectations from the various schools of thought.

I love working with different textures, formats and art forms, even using the art of motion picture in my creative pursuits. My work has been featured in both commercial and non- commercial collections, exhibitions and publications worldwide. Professional Training / Workshops / Recognition :

- Gabriele Basilico Prize nominee 2019/20.

- Prix Levallois Prize Finalist 2019. / Prix Levallois Prize “Audience Award” 2019.

- CatchLight Fellowship Finalist 2019.

- British Journal of Photography “Ones to look out for” nominee 2019.

- India Habitat Centre Photosphere grant awardee 2018-19.

- Prix Pictet nominee 2016.

- Joop Swart Masterclass nominee 2015.

- Certificate of excellence at the Indian National Press Council Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2012.

- Foundry photography workshop (Istanbul) 2010.

- Angkor photography workshop (Siem Reap) 2009.

Exhibitions:

- “Withering”, exhibited part of “Look, Stranger!” show at the Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF), Goa, India. December 2019.

- “Withering”, exhibited at the Indian Photography Festival (IPF), Hyderabad, India. September 2019.

- “Withering”, exhibited part of the Prix Levallois Prize, Leon, France, August 2019.

- “Withering”, exhibited at the Habitat ‘Photosphere’ festival at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. Feb 2019. - “Ellipsis - Between word & image”, a PIX ten year anniversary exhibit at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India. Feb 2019.

- “Ground Reality” part of Scope - Nepal issue exhibited by PIX in Kathmandu in association with ‘Photo Kathmandu’ festival , 2016.

- “Majuli Eroding” exhibited at the Biannual Photo festival ‘PondyPhoto’ in Puducherry between 27th August to 11th September 2016.

- “95 Mani Villa” first photo book dummy showcase at India Art Heritage, New Delhi 19th August to 3rd September 2016.

- “Sureli Kattakuppam” at a preview show of “EPOTY 2016” at the Royal Geographical Society, London in June 2016.

- “Ground Reality” part of Scope - Nepal issue exhibited in New Delhi for PIX in April 2016.

- “Sureli Kattakuppam” Urban Water workshop exhibition in Chennai Feb-March 2016.

- “Concupiscible” as a Print show in Kolkata for PIX theme “Embody” November 2014.

- “Kashmir Living” + “Bokator” showcased part of group show titled ‘Metonymies/Synecdoche’s’ at the Red Earth Art gallery in Baroda in October 2014.

- “95 Mani Villa” showcases at gallery TARQ (Colaba, Mumbai) from 19th June to 19th July 2014.

- “Solitary Splendour” showcased in a slideshow at the Frames 2014 in Glasgow.

- Part of the 1st Pan-Asia Indo-French Photo Festival “Fete De La’ Photo” in New Delhi, March 2014. - “Concupiscible” featured in PIX Theme “Embdoy”, December 2013 issue.

- First solo show titled “95 Mani Villa” at India International Centre, New Delhi, December 2013.

- Showcased “Solitary Splendour” at the Obscura Photo festival (Penang), June 2013.

- Part of group exhibition theme “Recovery” for PIX (a quarterly photography magazine), Japan Foundation, New Delhi, March 2013.

- “Solitary Splendour” at the Madhurai Photo festival, January 2013.

- Part of group exhibition theme “Freedom” for PIX (a quarterly photography magazine), Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, June 2012.

- “Solitary Splendour” part of the Delhi Photo Festival, New Delhi, October 2011 at the India Habitat Centre.

- “Ek Prathana” at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi in May 2011.

- “Kashmir Living” part of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Mumbai in May 2010.

Film Stills:

- 3 Idiots (2008-09).

- Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2011).

- PK (2013-14).

- The Second Best Marigold Hotel (2014-15).

- The Other Side of the Door (2015-16).

- Secret Superstar (2016-17) Series:

- Netflix - Selection Day (2018).

- Netflix - Sacred Games S2 (2018/19).

- Netflix - Betaal (2019)

Books:

- ‘Ek Prathana’ with Gulzar Sahab for Arushi (NGO in Bhopal) 2011.

- ’95 Mani Villa’ (Self-Publishing W-I-P).

Published :

Narratively (NY), Bloomberg BusinessWeek, BusinessWeek, NY magazine, Private magazine (Italy), The Chronicle (Luxembourg), The Australian, The Sun (Australia), The Daily Telegraph (Australia), (UK), The Times (UK), Wall Street Journal online (NY), SOS Children’s Villages publications worldwide (during Nepal earthquake 2015), Caravan magazine, Agenda magazine, Better Photography, , Times HT Café, Mid- Day, Mumbai Mirror, Mumbai Boss online, OPEN magazine, PIX magazine, Platform magazine, , , The , The Sunday Guardian (India), , TimeOut magazine, Verve Online, Centre for Science and environment, Creative Image magazine. Clientele :

Unicef, Undp, Uniqlo, Netflix, StudioRiley, Girls Count, Firefox cycles, Footprints, SOS Children’s Villages (Int), Aamir Khan Productions, Asian Paints Pvt. Ltd, Aquarius Ad agency, Ambuja Cement Foundation, Brio Media, Canvas films, Deutsche Bank, FOX Int, Green Peace (India) , India Take One Productions, ISnetwork, Kriti productions, Marg publications, Micky Mehta’s 360 degrees, Platform magazine, preservationsproject.com (Salima Tyabji), Raj kumar Hirani films, Sesame Street Workshop (India), Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT), Sofie Ahmed Art collection, Sula wines, www.thebigindianpicture.com, The Dance Academy (Shiamak Davar), The Scindia School, Think festival ( magazine), Vinod Chopra Films.

Photography :

Tutelage under Adeel Halim (Ex Reuters wire photographer in Mumbai) in 2005 and Mr. Rohinton Mehta, an Ex photography teacher at Xavier’s Institute of Communication (XIC, Mumbai and photo editor of Smart Photography magazine) in 2005-06.

References :

1 - Tanvi Mishra - Independent curator & Editor/Creative Director at Caravan Magazine (New Delhi, India) - [email protected] / +91 9818573725

2 - Swapan Parekh - Photographer (Mumbai, India) - [email protected] / +91 9820063350

3 - Rahaab Allana - Creative Director/Curator at the Alkazi Foundation and PIX (New Delhi, India) - [email protected] / +91 9810957817

Zishaan A Latif.