ARTIST‘S  GALLERY

Sudharak Olwe is an Indian Social Documentary Photographer. Born in 1966, his extensive body of work spread over more than three decades has resulted in a startling compilation of uncannily intimate portraits of those whom mainstream society marginalizes and disparages.

His works include documentation of atrocities on Dalits, series of exhibitions and book on Mumbai’s conservancy workers, intimate stories from the lives in Kamathipura – Mumbai’s seedy red light district, sensitive journey of the women survivors of domestic violence, evolutionary story of the midwifery in Jharkhand and Endangered species: Malnutrition stalks India’s Children all over India.

He has also served at prominent and principal positions at the photography departments in various leading newspapers, including Times of India, DNA and Lokmat. His work has been published in various international publications including Indes France, Zeit, London Times, Harper Bazaar, EPA etc.

Sudharak has exhibited in numerous art galleries, art festivals and institutions,and his exhibitions were well received in Sweden, Bangladesh, Netherlands, USA, Cambodia, Japan and Germany. In 2005, He was one of the four awardees for  National Geographic’s “All roads photography programme”. In 2016, Sudharak Olwe was conferred the Padma Shri, India’s 4th Highest Civilian Award by the President of India, in recognition of his valuable and tireless work.

In 2005, Sudharak Olwe founded the Photography Promotion Trust. The non-profit organization aims at using the skills of photography to create definitive change in the lives of socially marginalized communities and promotes Social Documentary Photography.

We are proud to exhibit his photographs under the overarching theme – In Search of Dignity

Also see: Artist’s Gallery – Stunning timing and composition!