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▰ <a href="http://thecontrarian.in/temp/AD%20Feature%20Sep%2014%20Mac%20Dougall.pdf" target="_blank">AD India</a> <i>“15 artists from the Indian subcontinent making waves...”</i><br><br>
▰ <a href="http://thecontrarian.in/temp/BJPOnestoWatch2015-kom.pdf" target="_blank">British Journal of Photography</a> <i>Ones to Watch</i><br><br>
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<b>MATRIMANIA</b> <a href="http://www.gupmagazine.com/articles/matrimania-an-interview-with-mahesh-shantaram" target="_blank" title="An interview with Mahesh Shantaram">GUP</a>, <a href="https://www.geo.fr/voyage/en-inde-zoom-sur-ces-mariages-dignes-de-bollywood-194847" target="_blank" title="En Inde, des mariages dignes de Bollywood">GEO France</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190916-matrimania-photos-revealing-lavish-indian-weddings" target="_blank" title="The changing face of Indian weddings">BBC Culture</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jan/13/the-big-picture-mahesh-shantaram-bride-wedding-rural-india" target="_blank" title="The big picture: Behind the scenes of an Indian wedding">The Guardian</a>, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/43c6f2bc-a01b-11e8-85da-eeb7a9ce36e4" target="_blank" title="Why weddings are a perfect window into modern India">Financial Times</a>, <a href="https://www.livemint.com/Politics/4vrMPnl4GDl6f41bm3XAQJ/Your-wedding-is-a-wonderland.html" target="_blank" title="Your wedding is a wonderland">LiveMint</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/vantage/whimsical-photos-from-the-imperfect-underbelly-of-indian-weddings-5bddb6c44ced" target="_blank" title="The Imperfect Underbelly of Indian Weddings">medium.com Vantage</a>, Winner - Sony World Photography Awards 2011, 3rd Place, Arts & Culture<br><br>
▰ <a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20190916-matrimania-photos-revealing-lavish-indian-weddings">BBC Culture</a> <i>The changing face of Indian weddings</i><br><br>
▰ <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/43c6f2bc-a01b-11e8-85da-eeb7a9ce36e4">Financial Times</a> <i>Why weddings are a perfect window into modern India</i><br><br>
▰ <a href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mahesh-shantaram-matrimania-photography-011019">It'sNiceThat</a> <i>A look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings</i><br><br>
<a href="http://www.thecontrarian.in/photography/matrimania/"><img src="http://thecontrarian.in/photography/matrimania/book.jpg" width='248' height='300'><br>Order a signed copy of Matrimania</a><br><br>
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<b>THE AFRICAN PORTRAITS</b> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/24/the-harsh-reality-of-being-african-in-india-race-violence-college-students/" target="_blank" title="Out of India">Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/in-india-too-black-lives-should-matter/story-JrfZmOJ8atL6PxDcXTMGPP.html" target="_blank" title="In India too, black lives should matter">Hindustan Times</a>, <a href="https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/what-you-see-when-you-see-portraits-of-black-african-diaspora/articleshow/58096847.cms" target="_blank" title="What you see when you see: Portraits of Black African diaspora">Bangalore Mirror</a>, <a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/intimate-portrayal-black-lives-india/" target="_blank" title="An intimate portrayal of Black lives in India">Architectural Digest</a>, <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/31/africa/racism-africans-india-photgrapher/index.html" target="_blank" title="The photographer giving Africans in India a voice">CNN Africa</a>, <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/Content-over-colour-Looking-beyond-looking-within/article16758929.ece" target="_blank" title="Content over colour: Looking beyond, within">The Hindu</a>, <a href="http://fotoroom.co/african-portraits-mahesh-shantaram/" target="_blank" title="Too Black for India: Interview with Graziano">fotoroom.co</a>, <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/living/indian-colleges-want-african-dollars-but-not-necessarily-the-africans-mahesh-shantaram-2996430.html" target="_blank" title="Indian colleges want African dollars (interview)">Firstpost</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/25/these-evocative-photographs-document-the-everyday-lives-of-afric_a_21458663/" target="_blank" title="Breaking stereotypes">Huffington Post</a>, <a href="http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/mahesh-shantaram-s-the-african-portraits-encourages-dialogue-around-racism-in-india-8649" target="_blank" title="Mahesh Shantaram’s African Portraits encourages dialogue around racism in India">Citizen Matters</a>, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37094516" target="_blank" title="In pictures: Africans living in India">BBC News</a>, <a href="https://www.thebetterindia.com/67185/photography-exhibition-racism-india-the-african-portrait/" target="_blank" title="An Empathetic Photo Series Sheds Light on the Invisible Lives of Africans Living in India">the better india</a>, <a href="http://scroll.in/article/808987/a-photographer-trains-his-lens-on-the-racism-faced-by-africans-in-india" target="_blank" title="A photographer trains his lens on the racism faced by Africans in India">scroll.in</a>, <a href="https://thewire.in/author/mshantaram" target="_blank" title="">thewire.in</a>, <a href="https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/stunning-photographs-go-beyond-headlines-daily-realities-african-lives-india-49093" target="_blank" title="Stunning photographs go beyond headlines to the daily realities of African lives in India">The News Minute</a>, <a href="https://www.thenational.ae/world/photographer-captures-africans-experiences-of-racism-in-india-1.223462" target="_blank" title="Photographer captures Africans’ experiences of racism in India">The National</a>, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2017/4/6/racism-against-africans-in-india" target="_blank" title="The Stream: Racism against Africans in India">Al-Jazeera Stream</a>, <a href="http://www.shutterloveonline.com/contest_galleries/photoannual/2017/Gallery.php?ShowCase=4#cat-CatPersonal" target="_blank">PDN Photo Annual 2017</a>, Winner - The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts Photobook Grant 2018<br><br>
▰ <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/all-that-matters/how-can-we-be-racist-tarun-vijay-isnt-the-only-indian-living-in-denial/articleshow/58325395.cms" target="_blank">The Sunday Times of India</a> <i>'How can we be racist?'</i> Guest editorial<br><br>
▰ <a href="https://www.economist.com/prospero/2017/05/19/intimate-portraits-of-africans-in-india" target="_blank">The Economist</a> <i>Intimate portraits of Africans in India</i><br><br>
▰ <a href="http://in.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1492363/a-song-in-color-mahesh-shantarams-the-african-portraits-at" target="_blank">Blouin Artinfo</a> <i>Review by Paroma Mukherjee</i><br><br>
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<b>LAST DAYS OF MANMOHAN</b> <a href="https://issuu.com/cambridgealumnirelationsoffice/docs/cam80_interactive/16" target="_blank" title="">University of Cambridge Alumni Magazine</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180121032819/http://tasveerjournal.com/2014/06/09/performing-politics/" target="_blank" title="Picturing Politics">Tasveer Journal</a>, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Elections-in-India-are-a-lot-like-weddings/articleshow/52376073.cms" target="_blank" title="Elections in India are a lot like weddings">Times of India</a>, <a href="https://www.tiffinbox.org/interview-with-documentary-photographer-mahesh-shantaram/" target="_blank" title="">Tiffinbox</a><br><br>
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<b>CAERDYDD DIARY</b> <a href="https://issuu.com/foam-magazine/docs/08-066_34_dummy-issuu/38" target="_blank">FOAM Magazine</a><br><br>
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<b>LATE COLOUR BRUXELLES</b> <a href="https://www.lalibre.be/culture/arts/contretype-le-photographe-indien-mahesh-shantaram-est-ebahi-par-le-vide-des-rues-bruxelloises-le-soir-5dc9cb90d8ad58130da36a79" target="_blank">La Libre</a>: <i>Un photographe indien est ébahi par le vide des rues bruxelloises le soir</i><br><br>
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<br><span style='background-color: #0174DF; color: white; font-weight: bold; padding: 2px; margin-left: -15px; padding-right: 75px; border-left: black 1px;'>P U B L I C A T I O N S</span><br><br>
// MAGAZINE WORK //<br><br>
Looking for a <b><a href="https://thecontrarian.contently.com/" target="_blank">Contently portfolio</a></b>?<br><br>
□ <b>The New York Times Magazine</b> <i>Two Wealthy Sri Lankan Brothers Became Suicide Bombers. But Why?</i> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/magazine/sri-lanka-brothers-bombing.html" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Vanity Fair</b> <i>India’s “Cecil the Lion” Moment</i> <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/04/indias-hunt-for-a-man-eating-tiger" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>GEO France</b> <i>LE NAGALAND: ce petit Etat indien qui sort de l'oubli</i> <a href="https://photo.geo.fr/le-nagaland-ce-petit-etat-indien-qui-sort-de-loubli-42930#a-environ-1-400-m-d-altitude-cnheh" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Bloomberg Businessweek</b> <i>The World's Most Watched YouTube Channel...</i> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-11-14/how-t-series-beat-pewdiepie-to-be-world-s-biggest-youtube-channel" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Bloomberg Businessweek</b> <i>Amazon wants India to shop online</i> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-18/amazon-battles-walmart-in-indian-e-commerce-market-it-created" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Bloomberg Businessweek</b> <i>India is getting fat...</i> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-19/india-is-getting-fat-this-gym-chain-wants-to-get-huge" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Foreign Policy</b> <i>Out of Africa</i> <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/24/the-harsh-reality-of-being-african-in-india-race-violence-college-students/" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>WIRED</b> <i>India’s Silicon Valley Is Dying of Thirst</i> <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/05/why-bangalores-water-crisis-is-everyones-crisis/" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Travel+Leisure</b> <i>The Spiritual Secrets of Tamil Nadu</i> <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/explore-tamil-nadu-india" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>The New York Times Magazine</b> <i>Indians so crazy about world records...</i> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/magazine/why-is-india-so-crazy-for-world-records.html" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>The New York Times Magazine</b> <i>The Slumdog Millionaire Architect</i> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/magazine/the-slumdog-millionaire-architect.html" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>The New York Times Magazine</b> <i>Masala Dosa to Die For</i> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/magazine/masala-dosa-to-die-for.html" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
□ <b>Financial Times</b> <i>India’s new politics</i> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ddbc7f9c-cb43-11e3-ba95-00144feabdc0" target="_blank">»»»</a><br><br>
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// BOOKS // <br><br>
<a href="http://www.thecontrarian.in/photography/matrimania/">MAHESH SHANTARAM: MATRIMANIA</a>, Hatje Cantz, 2018<br><br>
<a href="https://www.memoire-collective-guinee.org" target="_blank">Mémoire Collective</a> <i>Une Histoire Plurielle des Violences Politiques en Guinée</i>, FIDH, 2018<br><br>
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