Kalpesh Lathigra

Kalpesh Lathigra (* 1971 in London) studied photography at the London College of Printing. His work occupies the space between documentary and  art practice.

 

After leaving the course in 1994,  he was awarded  The Independent Newspaper Photographer Traineeship. Kalpesh worked for The Independent as a staff photographer for one year before freelancing for the national newspapers in the UK for 6 years covering news and features.
In 2000 , he gave up working for newspapers and made the decision to work on long term projects and magazine and commercial assignments. In the same year he was awarded a 1st Arts prize in the World Press Photo.

In 2003, he embarked on a project documenting the lives of Widows in India, receiving The W.Eugene Smith Fellowship and Churchill Fellowship. In 2010 he received the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize.

 

Kalpesh Lathigra has been a visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University ( USA) and London College of Communication , London and numerous academic institutions across the United Kingdom.

 

The IKS Collection helds 11 signed prints of his personal family portrait series "Nim & Other Stories" (2000 - ongoing).

 

 

Nim & Other Stories, 2000 - ongoing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nim & Other Stories, 2000 - ongoing. C-print, 50,5 x 60,6 cm (paper size), signed © Kalpesh Lathigra / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection