Sudharak Olwe (born 19 March 1966) is a Mumbai-based
documentary photographer, whose work has been featured in national publications and exhibited in Mumbai, Delhi, Malmo (Sweden), Lisbon, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Washington and Dhaka.
He has drawn immense admiration and awe in the Indian subcontinent for revealing the naked reality of life’s tragicomic social theater. In 2005, he was one of the four awardees for the
National Geographic's "All Roads Photography Program". He was awarded Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian honors for his social work in 2016.
Early Days
Mr. Suhdarak Olwe comes from
Akola
Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. ...
, a district in the state of
Maharashtra. He has a Diploma in Photography from the
Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art
Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art is an Indian applied art institution based in Mumbai. It is a state government college that was started through its sister school, the Sir J. J. School of Art. The "Sir J. J." in the name stands for Sir Jamset ...
(1986), Mumbai and also a Diploma in Film and Video Production (1992) from
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education institution run by the
Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by the Jesuits on January 2, 1869. The college is affil ...
. But he credits his success to experience rather than educational qualifications. He ran away from his home in Mumbai to Hyderabad for some time which taught him about street life which he depicts in his Pictures. Sudharak Olwe heads the Photography promotion Trust, which aims to spread the knowledge of photography in young adults not only in urban areas but in the rural side too.
References
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Living people
Indian portrait photographers
People from Akola district
Documentary photographers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work
20th-century Indian photographers
Photographers from Maharashtra
Indian photojournalists
1966 births