Harsha Vadlamani
Photographer @ Independent / Based in Hyderabad, India
Harsha Vadlamani is an independent photojournalist, documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work explores the many inequalities that influence migration, health and the environment, with a particular focus on rural and indigenous...
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Focus:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Director, Videographer, Reporter, Health, Politics, Business, Environment, History, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Culture, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Humanitarian, Impact, Assignments, Cinematography, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Multimedia Journalist, Magazine, Editorial, Photo Shoots, Storyteller, Climate, Feature Journalist, Political Journalism, Digital Journalism, Print Journalism, Broadcast/TV/Radio Journalism, History and Culture Desk, Environmental Stories, Health Stories, Conservation, News Director, Still Photographer, Studio Photographer, Digital Media, Portrait Photography, Breaking News, Social Justice
Skills:
Research, Coding CSS, Coding HTML
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Available in: Hyderabad, India
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Filmmaker, Journalist, Director, Videographer, Reporter, Health, Politics, Business, Environment, History, Documentary, Multimedia, News, Culture, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Civil Rights and Social Inequality, Humanitarian, Impact, Assignments, Cinematography, Visual Communications , Human Rights, Multimedia Journalist, Magazine, Editorial, Photo Shoots, Storyteller, Climate, Feature Journalist, Political Journalism, Digital Journalism, Print Journalism, Broadcast/TV/Radio Journalism, History and Culture Desk, Environmental Stories, Health Stories, Conservation, News Director, Still Photographer, Studio Photographer, Digital Media, Portrait Photography, Breaking News, Social Justice
Skilled at:
Research, Coding CSS, Coding HTML
Coverage Regions:
Asia
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi
Years of experience: More than 10
HEFAT certification? no
Harsha Vadlamani is an independent photojournalist, documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work explores the many inequalities that influence migration, health and the environment, with a particular focus on rural and indigenous communities across India.
In the summer of 2008, he quit an IT job to work on commissioned projects photographing communities in HIV/AIDS interventions in southern India. Over the next three years, this work resulted in several publications and, more importantly, deepened his understanding of rural India and continues to influence his current work. During this time, he also worked towards a master’s degree in journalism from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
In 2021, supported by a grant from the National Geographic Society, he travelled through central India for over 40 days on a motorcycle, documenting how healthcare workers and volunteer doctors worked to counter the devastating impact of COVID-19’s second wave on isolated rural and indigenous communities. The work received Amnesty International UK’s Media Award for Photojournalism in 2022.
Commissions and Publications:
National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, GEO, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Financial Times Magazine, Rest of World, CNN, BBC, Scientific American, Foreign Affairs, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nature, Wired, Reuters, Quartz, The Caravan, Vogue India, Forbes India, The Indian Quarterly, OPEN, Tehelka and The Indian Express.
Among the non-profits I have worked with are UNHCR, UNICEF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Clinton Foundation, Teach for America, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration, Worldvision India, HLFPPT, India HIV/AIDS Alliance, Public Health Foundation of India and Wadhwani Foundation.
Corporate clients include Facebook, Apple, YouTube, CFA Institute, Sanofi Aventis, Systra and Keolis.
Awards, Grants and Exhibitions:
2022 Amnesty International UK Media Awards-Winner, Photojournalism
2022 Oxford Climate Journalism Network - Fellow
2022 Asian Press Photo- Winner, Contemporary Issues
2022 News Photo Awards- Shortlisted, Healthcare Category
2022 Chennai Photo Biennale Awards- Winner, News and Current Affairs: Single Image
2022 Chennai Photo Biennale Awards- Shortlisted, News and Current Affairs: Photo Story
2021 National Geographic Society- Grant recipient, COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
2021 Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India- Artist Talk
2021 Victoria and Albert Museum, London- Turbinebagh
2020 Unsung-Srishti Digilife Grant- Nominee
2020 International Center of Photography, New York- #ICPConcerned Global Images for Global Crisis
2020 Verzasca Foto Festival, Switzerland- Shortlisted and Digital Projection
2020 Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India
2020 Photometria Festival, Greece
2020 Round Lemon/Leeds City Museum- Protest for Progress
2018 Indian Photo Festival- Slideshow
2016 Worldvision India- Ek Nazar
2016 Imagely Fund-Honourable Mention
In the summer of 2008, he quit an IT job to work on commissioned projects photographing communities in HIV/AIDS interventions in southern India. Over the next three years, this work resulted in several publications and, more importantly, deepened his understanding of rural India and continues to influence his current work. During this time, he also worked towards a master’s degree in journalism from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
In 2021, supported by a grant from the National Geographic Society, he travelled through central India for over 40 days on a motorcycle, documenting how healthcare workers and volunteer doctors worked to counter the devastating impact of COVID-19’s second wave on isolated rural and indigenous communities. The work received Amnesty International UK’s Media Award for Photojournalism in 2022.
Commissions and Publications:
National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, GEO, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Financial Times Magazine, Rest of World, CNN, BBC, Scientific American, Foreign Affairs, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Nature, Wired, Reuters, Quartz, The Caravan, Vogue India, Forbes India, The Indian Quarterly, OPEN, Tehelka and The Indian Express.
Among the non-profits I have worked with are UNHCR, UNICEF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, The Clinton Foundation, Teach for America, Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration, Worldvision India, HLFPPT, India HIV/AIDS Alliance, Public Health Foundation of India and Wadhwani Foundation.
Corporate clients include Facebook, Apple, YouTube, CFA Institute, Sanofi Aventis, Systra and Keolis.
Awards, Grants and Exhibitions:
2022 Amnesty International UK Media Awards-Winner, Photojournalism
2022 Oxford Climate Journalism Network - Fellow
2022 Asian Press Photo- Winner, Contemporary Issues
2022 News Photo Awards- Shortlisted, Healthcare Category
2022 Chennai Photo Biennale Awards- Winner, News and Current Affairs: Single Image
2022 Chennai Photo Biennale Awards- Shortlisted, News and Current Affairs: Photo Story
2021 National Geographic Society- Grant recipient, COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
2021 Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India- Artist Talk
2021 Victoria and Albert Museum, London- Turbinebagh
2020 Unsung-Srishti Digilife Grant- Nominee
2020 International Center of Photography, New York- #ICPConcerned Global Images for Global Crisis
2020 Verzasca Foto Festival, Switzerland- Shortlisted and Digital Projection
2020 Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, India
2020 Photometria Festival, Greece
2020 Round Lemon/Leeds City Museum- Protest for Progress
2018 Indian Photo Festival- Slideshow
2016 Worldvision India- Ek Nazar
2016 Imagely Fund-Honourable Mention