Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival will bring Indian photography to a wider Australian audience this November, with work from three artists appearing across the Awards and the curated program.
Asit Kumar Ghatak, an Exposure Award finalist, captures what the Festival describes as “a vibrant Indian street scene”. His work will be shown at Paddington Reservoir Gardens, one of the Festival’s core venues. Alongside him is Kishore Das, a Portrait Award finalist, presenting “a striking portrait featuring traditional facial tattooing”, to be exhibited at Bondi Pavilion Gallery.
The curated program includes Soumyendra Saha’s Shot Stories, a collection shaped over a decade. His images trace street life in Kolkata through moments that are brief enough to miss yet familiar to anyone who has walked through a busy city. The Festival notes that Shot Stories “brings together ten years of vivid street moments from Kolkata”, positioning the work as an extended look at a city that can be both chaotic and intimate.
Head On Photo Festival 2025 will run from 8 to 30 November across Sydney, presenting more than 100 exhibitions by over 600 photographers at Bondi Beach, Bondi Pavilion and Paddington Reservoir Gardens. It remains one of the largest independent photography festivals in the world, giving both established and emerging artists a platform that reaches visitors well beyond the photography community.
Festival organisers have encouraged audiences to explore the full program, which can be found online. They note the importance of highlighting global perspectives within the broader Australian creative scene, and the inclusion of Indian artists this year reflects that commitment.
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