ASIS KUMAR SANYAL
Kolkata +91 33 2462 5217
Mobile +91 93310 04697
asis.sanyal@gmail.com
Asis is a self-taught photographer. Photography is not his profession but a passion since his school days, which ultimately turned into an obsession as a result of which he took voluntary retirement from his Bank’s service in the year 2000. He has had no formal education in photography. However, he attended two National Geographic Photography Workshops under Mark Thiessen and Jim Richardson at Santa Fe, USA and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico respectively in 2008 as a part of his Grand Award in Intercontinental Insights Photo Contest, 2007. He also attended another photography workshop in LOOK3 Photo Festival, 2008 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA under David Alan Harvey.
He used to participate in different photographic salons and competitions both national and international since 2003 and in the process won numerous awards and exhibited in many countries. Till date, the most significant award in his kitty is the Grand Award in Intercontinental Insights Photo Contest, 2007 organised internationally by National Geographic Society, NGTI Ltd and Intercontinental Hotels Group plc, London. He also won 2nd Award (Merit of Excellence) in Nature category of the International Colour Awards, 2007 and 2nd Award (Merit of Excellence) in People category of the Black And White Spider Awards, 2008. He won two Nomination Awards in Humanity Photo Awards, 2009 organised by China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) and UNESCO and won the ‘World of Difference’ category award in International Environmental Photographer of the Year (EPOTY), 2009 of CIWEM, U.K. Again in 2009 he won an Akademy Award of Best Portfolio in All India Photography Competition organised by State Lalit Kala Akademi, U.P. In Better Photography Photographer of the Year, 2009 he was the winner in ‘Man and his environment’ category. The other significant aspect is participation in the photography exhibition ‘Click! Contemporary Photography in India’ organized by the renowned Vahdera Art Gallery simultaneously in New Delhi, India and London in February—March, 2008.
He likes most to photograph people in their natural environment so that each photograph can narrate its own story. Sometimes, he does make series of individual photographs which address social issues in larger perspectives.
At present Asis lives in the City of Joy, Kolkata with his wife and only son.
