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“Altered Book” : A new artist’s book at Light Work / Autograph ABP residency

“Altered Book” : A new artist’s book at Light Work / Autograph ABP residency

by Brij | Jan 22, 2013 | Altered Book, Artist's Residency, Artists' Books, Light Work / Autograph ABP, portrait

In 2011 I was at an artist in residence on a beautiful and secluded island of Halsnoy in Norway.  The island and its people were the inspiration of multiple experimental projects that I made during the residency.  One of these was a series of portraits that I have now...
1948 LONDON OLYMPICS, BRITISH MEDAL WINNERS – Rowing and Cycling

1948 LONDON OLYMPICS, BRITISH MEDAL WINNERS – Rowing and Cycling

by Brij | Aug 1, 2012 | 1948 London Olympics, My archive, portrait

Three Olympians who did it for their country, way back in 1948.  Portraits by Brijesh Patel & Sonali Puri: “The training that we went through was very inadequate compared to what takes place these days.  £700,000 to stage the entire games!  We had a lot of...
1948 London Olympics, British Medal Winners – The Austerity Games

1948 London Olympics, British Medal Winners – The Austerity Games

by Brij | Jul 30, 2012 | 1948 London Olympics, My archive, portrait

Between 2005 and 2007, we set out to create portraits of the British Olympic medal winners from the 1948 London Olmpics.  These were the first post-war games and also the first games that were televised in the UK.  London was still suffering from the ravages of World...

The World in London : For The Photographers Gallery, London

by Brij | Jul 28, 2012 | New works, portrait, The Photographers Gallery

In 2010 I was invited to take part in a commission from The Photographers Gallery in London to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics.  The idea of the project was to create a portrait of a person born outside of the UK who had made London their home. 204 nations are...

Uncle, please take a photo of me…

by Brij | May 14, 2012 | flash photography, My archive, portrait, rural india

This morning I was looking at my archive of India images and I realised that every time I go on a shoot to India, be it a personal project or a magazine commission, I end up with a lot of images of kids.  This is especially true when I am working in rural areas.  One...

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