About Akshay Mahajan, Photojournalist
Akshay Mahajan b.1985 is perhaps best known for his portraits of
India’s new urban youth - their lives, of stories told, of deception,
of misplaced love, of lust, of wanting and of loneliness - show Indian
life without embellishment, he explores another side of India; the
place that he belongs to and understands. His recent work has
concentrated on another form of portraiture, that of personal
histories. It explores the subjective truth of the moment or the
performativity associated with the notions of being young: the imaginings of public and private personas. The work’s subtle formality
is the product of intense and intimate observation, communicating a
unique sense of time and place.
Invited Attendee at the Eddie Adams Workshop 2009
Published in The Wall Street Journal, La Monde Diplomatique,Tehelka, Outlook, The Age,La Monde,La Repubblica,Oxfam, The Daily Telegraph, Hindustan Times, Haaretz Daily, Air Magazine, The New Indian Express.
Invited Attendee at the Eddie Adams Workshop 2009
Published in The Wall Street Journal, La Monde Diplomatique,Tehelka, Outlook, The Age,La Monde,La Repubblica,Oxfam, The Daily Telegraph, Hindustan Times, Haaretz Daily, Air Magazine, The New Indian Express.