About
Abhishek Dasgupta is a passionate photographer who has the inculcated skill to reflect photographic imagery of
live characters with exuberant empathy and sensitivity. He has won great appreciation by exhibiting in India and
aboard. The ethereal sensitivity in his photographs has engaged audiences in New York, Madrid, Amsterdam. He has
a number of exhibitions in his hometown Kolkata, and his current abode Bangalore.
Abhishek Dasgupta’s photographic gaze reveals his keen sensitivities while connecting with his wide range of subjects
that evolves into rooted live characters. His birthplace and current workplace India is his true identity, he completely
agrees with the Indian ways of a so not complex spiritual understanding of life,‘Simplicity is great sophistication’.
Through his photographic gaze we not only experience ‘the writing of light’ in the sound technicalities but also the
illuminating light reflected from within his subjects which seems to gaze towards the onlooker. The beauty of his
imagery is the simplicity of his composition which portrays his joy in capturing and observation of the natural
characters oozing various emotions through the various appearances of his subjects and its environment. A widely
traveled, life enthusiast Abhishek Dasgupta showcases his images for us to pause and reflect how breathtaking
the world is …His images though easy to relate has a continuous subjective narrative of a journey not defined but
a destination stated.
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to know my path i glide on your stride, 2008
NATURE’S PORTRAITS
This collection of five portraiture capture by photographer Abhishek Dasgupta evokes both the semiotic and symbolic attributes of human existence.
Photography is a medium that has the ability to provide nature ‘the power to recreate itself’. Therefore it is claimed to be the medium for Nature’s Self-Portraits, throughout the history of art.
These set of five illusive photographs not only has the ability to witness nature, but also transcends into a philosophical narrative on the stages of live and its psychologies of existence.
- Galley Khamaaj- a Tinni initiative
2012
Images Details
Title: Portraiture 1, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 30 inches, Edition : 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 2, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 17 X 17 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2009, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 3, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 17 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 4, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 20 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Title: Portraiture 5, Artist: Abhishek Dasgupta, Size: 24 X 20 inches, Edition: 10 + 2 APs, Year: 2011, Price on request
Contact: gallerykhamaj@gmail.com
Models no longer constitute an imaginary domain with reference to the real;
they are, themselves an apprehension of the real.
Panihati, Kolkata, India 2010
isnt someone always a part of someone ?, gokarna 2009
the celestial conversation on why the cat jumped over the moon, kolkata 2010
Innocence is sometimes seemingly charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation, coorg 2011
celebrating craftsmanship, dedication and perseveranc, calcutta 2011
the devil wields no power over the good, calcutta 2009
the morning show, chennai 2009
I wake every morning torn between a desire to improve the world or enjoy it. Bangalore, 2011
