Samyukta Lakshmi
Women Photograph
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Samyukta Lakshmi is a photojournalist based in Bangalore, India. She is a graduate of the Documentary and Photojournalism program at the International Center of Photography, New York. Her work focuses on vulnerable communities, social inequality, human rights issues and climate change. Her work has been published in the The New York Times, Der Spiegel, BBC, Bloomberg, Quartz, Business Insider USA, MIT Review Magazine, Caravan, Grazia, Yahoo Finance, Deccan Herald. She has also worked for UNIS (United Nations International School), PROOF: Media for Social Justice, Intel, Blue Card, and Happy Camera Club.
Exhibitions-
People and Place, Flow Photo Fest, Scotland, 2017
Screening of Taxi, JAPF, Varanasi 2016
Unearthed: Stories of Courage in the Face of Sexual Violence in India/ The Rape in India Project, The India Habitat Center, New Delhi 2015
Screening of Taxi, Documentary Arts Asia Gallery, F/28 Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand 2015
Elective Affinities, The International Center of Photography, New York 2014
Magnum Mentorship show, Singapore International Photography Festival, The Art house, Singapore 2012
Healing begins in the Garden- Open Show, Bangalore 2011
Picturing Power and Potential, SFAC Gallery, San Francisco 2010
Group Show- The Aegean Center for the Fine Arts, Paros Greece 2008
Expressions – Time and Space Art Gallery, Bangalore, India 2008
Awards/Scholarship-
Winner, Flow Photofest Open Competition 2017
Honorable Mention, Moscow International Foto Awards 2014
Selected Participant for the Magnum Mentorship Program with Jacob Aue Sobol in collaboration with The Singapore International Photo Festival, Singapore 2012
John Van Buren Endowment Scholarship 2008
Education-
The International Center of Photography, New York 2014
One Year Documentary and Photojournalism Program
Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine 2010
Photography Residency
The Aegean Center for The Fine Arts, Greece/ Italy 2008
M.P Birla Institute of Management, Bangalore, India 2004
MBA
2017 - Winner, 2014 - Honourable Mention
- Breaking news
- Corporate
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Environment
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Video capture