PHOTO: TAPAN BASU

PHOTO: TAPAN BASU

About

Aparna Jayakumar is an Indian photographer who is internationally recognized for her multivalent photographic practice that straddles her art practice, editorial storytelling and commercial image-making. Jayakumar studied photography, film and art history in India and Greece. Since the 2000s, she has been an esteemed stills photographer on Bollywood film sets, also creating visual campaigns for India’s most successful cultural exports. Jayakumar’s independent photography projects narrate human stories. Jayakumar is also a skilled educator and has initiated community outreach programs using photography wherever she has lived, in India and in Qatar.

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