Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Websites
Selected Exhibitions
Awards and Grants
Bibliography
Publications
Workshops
References
Timeline
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Ratheesh Sundaram

Senior Photographer
Bengaluru

Summary

A dedicated and passionate photojournalist with over 10 years of experience in custom and specialized photography. Conversant with different streams of photography including News Features, Travel, Profiling, Photo essays, Food, and Art and Culture

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Photographer

Bangalore Times
8 2019 - 5 2024
  • Times of India’s Metro Supplement (TIMS)

Freelance Photographer

India Today Magazine
09.2016 - 08.2019

Senior News Photographer

The New Indian Express
05.2016 - 09.2016

News Photographer

The New Indian Express
05.2014 - 04.2016

Freelance photographer

03.2011 - 05.2014

Education

Bachelor of Arts - History

University of Kerala
Thiruvanathapuram
04.2001 - 04.2003

Master of Arts - History

University of Kerala
Thiruvanthapuram
04.2001 - 04.2009

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2015 Annual Group Show, Kochi Photojournalist Exhibition, Kochi
  • 2016 Annual Group Show, Kochi Photojournalist Exhibition, Kochi
  • 2018 Group Show, Pepper House, Kochi
  • 2024 Art Bengaluru Collective Group Show, Bengaluru

Awards and Grants

  • 2015 Winner, Alliance FRancaiseImage from Region Thiruvananthapura for National Competition for theme Cricket
  • 2017 Grant, Wutzberg University Germany, Collaborative work with Dr. Elisabeth Schombucher Polyphonic Narrative Life of Transgenders in India (ongoing)

Bibliography

  • Collaborative Conversations: Celebrating 21 Years of The Mothertongue Project, Modjaji Books, June/July, The Mothertongue Project's 21st anniversary, https://www.modjajibooks.co.za/titles/collaborative-conversations-celebrating-twenty-one-years-of-the-mothertongue-project/
  • Breaking Gender Barriers, Team Bindu, Apr 26, 2018, https://americanartsincubator.org/breaking-gender-barriers/

Publications

  • Male beauty in Nature, Spanish Art Therapist Eduardo Mundo, Kochi and Barcelona, Commissioned and in final stages
  • Chinese settlements in Kolkata, Samakalika malayalam weekly magazine
  • Kodungaloor Bharani Festival, Samakali Malayalam Varika
  • Ghost Town - Tranquebar, Samakalka Malayam Varika

Workshops

  • Visual Story Telling, Sudharak Owle, Karjat Mumbai, 2022
  • Visual Aeathetics, Sabine Schunder, Thiruvananthapuram, 2016
  • Master Class, Adreas Rost, Kochi, 2017
  • Master Class, Raghu Rai, Kochi, 2018

References

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Schombucher, Department of Indolgy, Wurzburg University, 49-93131-85511

Timeline

Freelance Photographer

India Today Magazine
09.2016 - 08.2019

Senior News Photographer

The New Indian Express
05.2016 - 09.2016

News Photographer

The New Indian Express
05.2014 - 04.2016

Freelance photographer

03.2011 - 05.2014

Bachelor of Arts - History

University of Kerala
04.2001 - 04.2003

Master of Arts - History

University of Kerala
04.2001 - 04.2009

Senior Photographer

Bangalore Times
8 2019 - 5 2024
Ratheesh SundaramSenior Photographer