4th weekend of Sep'12

Photography as each one of you would agree is not a very strange or a rare
hobby / passion. There are no dearth of ace photographers, great websites
like photo.net throng the internet; however there are few who make
interesting projects out of it. Inspired by the myriad Indian stories of
individuals and families, Anusha Yadav a professional photographer has
designed a project called India Memory Project. This weekend, please find
attached a small write-up on her and her project (taken from inktalks.com).
Interested people may do further googling about her and her unique project.
Anusha Yadav is a documentary photographer based in Mumbai. She is also the
Founder of Indian Memory Project – an online project that traces a personal
history  of  India  through  pictures  found in family archives. It aims to
become  India's  first  open repository of a visual history made by its own
people.
Anusha  Yadav  graduated in Communication Design from National Institute of
Design,  Ahmedabad  in  1997.  Yadav’s  interest in photography began while
still  at  design school. Subsequently, she attended University of Brighton
to study photography for a semester.
After   fifteen  years  of  a  successful  career  in  graphic  design  and
advertising, Yadav began working as an independent documentary photographer
in  2006  in  Mumbai,  India.  Since  then  she  has  photographed  several
significant events and personalities all over the country.
Yadav  has  exhibited  at  the NCPA Gallery in Mumbai, Vadehra Gallery- New
Delhi,  Tasveer  Gallery - Bangalore, Art Motif Gallery - New Delhi and Her
series  on  Portraits  of a City - Salzburg, was exhibited as Public Art on
the Banks of the River Salzach, Salzburg, Austria and produced as a book in
July  2010.  The show was redisplayed at Dhoomimal Art Center, New Delhi in
March  2011 and is on show at the Austrian Cultural Forum until March 2012.
Yadav’s  next show will be on display at the UC Davies, UCLA in California,
USA in November 2011 and then again at March 2012.
Her  photographs  have  featured  in publications like Shots Magazine [UK],
Slanted  [Germany],  Verve,  Femina, The Sunday Guardian, Mid Day, Times of
India,  Asian  Photography,  Mint  Lounge,  Hindustan  Times and CNNgo.com,
Dezineconnect.com, Masala Chai among others.
Yadav  is  also the Founder of Indian Memory Project - an online and social
archive  to  trace  a  personal  history  of  India,  through  pictures and
narratives  found  via family Albums & Archives. The first of its kind, she
considers  it  to  be one of the most incredible archives available online.
Yadav currently works in India and sometimes the rest of the world.





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-Sukhi