Dimpy Bhalotia (born 1987) is an Indian

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based out of London and

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. Bhalotia was Grand Prize Winner in the Photographer of the Year category at the iPhone Photography Awards in 2020 for her photograph "Flying Boys" photographed in

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, India. She was also one of the winners of the ''

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'''s Female in Focus Award in 2020.

Life and work

Bhalotia was born and grew up in

, India. After her schooling she moved to London and graduated in BA (Hons) Fashion Design Technology: Womenswear from

London College of Fashion The London College of Fashion is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, in London, England. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate, short courses, study abroad courses and business-training in fashion, make-up, beauty-therap ...

University of the Arts London University of the Arts London is a collegiate university in London, England, specialising in arts, design, fashion and the performing arts. It is a federation of six arts colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea Coll ...

. The 2021 paperback edition of the novel ''

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line ''Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line'' is a novel by Deepa Anappara, published in 2020. Her debut novel, it received wide praise and won the Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize in 2019. ''Djinn Patrol'' is shortl ...

'' by Deepa Anappara used photographs by Bhalotia in the cover design.

Awards

* 2019: Italian Street Photo Festival * 2019: The Independent Photographer * 2019: 2nd place, series, iPhone Photography Awards * 2019: Grand Winner, Photobox Instagram Photography Awards (PIPA) * 2020: Fotografia Alicante Monovisions Award * 2020: 2nd Place, Oneshot: Movement, International Photography Awards (IPA) * 2020: 2nd Place, People, International Photography Awards (IPA) * 2020: Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year category, iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS) * 2020: Budapest Foto Awards * 2020: Gold in Special/Smartphone Photography; second place in Special, The Prix de la Photographie * 2020: VI Concurso Internactional de Fotografía Alicante * 2020: 1 of 20 Single Image category winners, Female in Focus Award, ''

'' * 2021: The Spider Awards * 2022: 3rd place, Lifestyle category, iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS)

Publications with contributions by Bhalotia

*''#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis''. Glitterati. By

David Campany David Campany (born 8 October 1967) is a British writer, curator, artist and educator, working mainly with photography. He has written and edited books; contributed essays and reviews to other books, journals, magazines and websites; curated pho ...

. . Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the

International Center of Photography The International Center of Photography (ICP), at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, consists of a museum for photography and visual culture and a school offering an array of educational courses and programming. ...

in New York, 2020. Bhalotia contributed a photograph.

Group exhibitions and during festivals

* Brussels Street Photography Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2019 * PhoS Sofia Street Photography Days, Bulgaria, 2019 * El Barrio Art Space PS109, New York, USA, 2019 * Treviso Photographic Festival, Treviso, Italy, 2020 * The State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 2020 * CLB Berlin Gallery for The Independent Photographer * Posters on the Streets, New York 6 locations, USA, 2020 * Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique, Turkey, 2020 * International Centre of Photography, USA, 2020 * Paris Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France, 2021

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhalotia, Dimpy 1987 births Living people Street photographers Indian women photographers 21st-century women photographers Photographers from Maharashtra