Rohit Saha

From 1528 – Photograph © Rohit Saha

Rohit Saha (b.1990, India) is a visual artist from Kolkata. His practice involves photography, illustration, and animation to narrate stories. He has been working with communities, landscapes, and socio-political phenomena in various parts of India. On completing his bachelor’s degree in Multimedia, with a specialization in animation from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, he earned his master’s degree in photography from the National Institute of Design (NID), Gandhinagar.

Saha’s thesis project about extra-judicial killings in Manipur, entitled 1528 won the 2017 Alkazi Photobook Award. The project was published in 2019 as Saha’s first photo book. He was also awarded the Magnum Foundation Social Justice Fellowship in 2018. He is currently based in Mumbai, India.

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