Sohrab Hura

Indian photographer

Sohrab Hura (born 17 October 1981) is an Indian photographer based in New Delhi.[1] He is a full member of Magnum Photos.

Hura's self-published trilogy Sweet Life comprises the books Life is Elsewhere (2015), A Proposition for Departure (2017) and Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!! (2018); the latter was shortlisted for Photobook of the Year in the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. He has also self-published The Coast (2019) and The Levee (2020). His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in London and in Kolkata, India.

## Life and work

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Hura was born in Chinsurah, West Bengal.[2] He attended The Doon School in Dehradun, Uttarakhand[2] and has a masters in economics from the Delhi School of Economics.[3][4] He began making photographs during college with a Nikon FM10 given to him by his father.[2] He is now based in New Delhi, India.[1]

Hura's Sweet Life trilogy of books focuses on his relationship with his mother, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 1999, when he was 17 years old.[5][6] The trilogy's Life Is Elsewhere was made between 2005 and 2011,[6] and Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!! was made between 2008 and 2014.[2]

In 2011 the British Journal of Photography included Hura in its Ones to Watch.[7] He became a nominee member of Magnum Photos in 2014 (the second Indian photographer to become a nominee member)[6] an Associate member in 2018,[1][8] and a full member in 2020.[9] Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, included Hura's The Lost Head and the Bird exhibition in his "The top 10 photography exhibitions of 2017".[10]

## Publications

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* Life is Elsewhere. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2015. ISBN 978-93-5196-415-5. Edition of 600 copies.
* A Proposition For Departure. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2017. Includes "8 Sound Extraction charts, 1 Music Chart for the three movement sound piece".[11] Edition of 600 copies.
* Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!!. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2018. ISBN 978-93-5279-336-5. Includes a hand written text by Hura's mother. Edition of 600 copies.
* The Coast: Twelve Parallel Short Stories. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2019. Edition of 1200 copies.
* The Levee. New Delhi: self-published (Ugly Dog), 2020. Edition of 600 copies.

## Exhibitions

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### Solo exhibitions

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* Destination Tsunami: Stories and Struggles from India's Southern Coast, The Guardian Gallery, Kings Place, London, 2010.[12]
* Sweet Life, Experimenter Gallery, Kolkata, India, 2017.[4][13][14]

### Group exhibitions and during festivals

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* Life is Elsewhere, Angkor Photo, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 2014.[15]
* Milk Gallery, New York City, 2016. Photographs by Hura and Matt Black, Carolyn Drake, Lorenzo Meloni, Max Pinckers, and Newsha Tavakolian.[16]
* The Lost Head and the Bird, The Nines, Peckham 24, London, 2017.[10] Video installation.[17]
* India: Contemporary Photographic and New Media Art, Fotofest 2018 Biennial, Houston, 2018.[18]
* Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 2017.[19][20]

## Awards

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* 2018: Shortlisted, Photobook of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards for Look It's Getting Sunny Outside!!![21]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Magnum Photos Photographer Profile". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
2. ^ a b c d "Sohrab Hura: Meet the reclusive yet gifted lensman". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
3. ^ "Sohrab Hura joins the list of Magnum's elite". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
4. ^ a b Das, Soumitra (16 September 2017). "The quiet after the storm". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 November 2018 - via www.thehindu.com.
5. ^ Observer, The (28 May 2016). "Magnum's new breed of photographers – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 November 2018 - via www.theguardian.com.
6. ^ a b c "Mother, Son, Schizophrenia". The New Yorker. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
7. ^ "Ones to Watch: the new magazine from British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
8. ^ "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
9. ^ "Magnum signs five new photographers after its lack of diversity comes under attack". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
10. ^ a b O'Hagan, Sean (13 December 2017). "The top 10 photography exhibitions of 2017". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
11. ^ "Ugly Dog (Books) - Sohrab Hura". Sohrab Hura. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
12. ^ "Destination Tsunami: Stories and Struggles from India's southern coast". The Guardian. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
13. ^ "Sweet Life: Sohrab Hura: Sep 9 - Nov 10 2017". experimenter.in. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
14. ^ "Magnum Photos Nominee Sohrab Hura's 'Sweet Life' at Experimenter, Kolkata - intimate portaits [sic] of everyday life". Louise Blouin Media. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
15. ^ "Angkor Wat hosts South East Asia's biggest photography festival". Huck Magazine. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
16. ^ "Six New Photographers Joined the World's Most Exclusive Photo Agency". Vice Media. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
17. ^ "Festival: Peckham 24 returns on 19/20 May". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
18. ^ "FotoFest 2018 Biennial Artists". Fotofest. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
19. ^ Wheeler, Alex (28 March 2017). "FORMAT17: Highlights of the UK's largest photography festival". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
20. ^ "Format Festival – the low down – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
21. ^ "Shortlist announced for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

## External links

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* Official website
* The Lost Head and the Bird: A short story from the ongoing work, 'The Coast', by Magnum photographer Sohrab Hura., Vice
* Two Photographers Tell Dramatic Stories Through Often Overlooked Details: Photographers Prasiit Sthapit and Sohrab Hura share their work in our annual photo issue., Vice

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