Puranjit Gangopadhyay

India | B. 1978

Puranjit Gangopadhyay discovered a passion for photography in childhood, inspired by his father's love and talent for the art. At the age of 10, he began capturing family moments with a Zeiss Icon camera gifted by his father. Although trained as an engineer, holding a Diploma in Engineering and currently working in the private sector, he pursues photography as both a hobby and a form of creative expression.
Believing in photography as a vast field for exploring creative art, Puranjit Gangopadhyay uses his inner vision to transform lines, shapes, forms, colours, and tones found in nature and everyday surroundings into visual art. His photographic practice focuses on composition, mastery of the exposure triangle, vibrant color harmonies, and the careful interplay between primary and secondary subjects. He strives to capture human emotions with visual aesthetics, always observing and photographing subjects unobtrusively to preserve their natural environment.
Puranjit Gangopadhyay works have been exhibited in India and internationally, reflecting his commitment to creating beautiful and meaningful photographic art.

CREDENTIALS

2024-25
Third prize in TDF Photography Contest

2022
Winner in Photography Competitions by Tourism departments of Rajasthan, Meghalaya and 
Chhattisgarh, India

2018
Second award in West Bengal State Photography competition organized by Government  of West Bengal

2017
Commendation award in Gujarat State Lalit kala Academy, India

2014
Third  Award in All India Photographic Competition on TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE at 26th Kerala Science Congress National Science Expo, India
First runner up in monthly photography contest organized by Camarena in the months March and April
Winner in Picturepost monthly photography contest organized by Outlook Traveller Magazine, India
Winner in Artistique Photography Contest in Moments Category organized by Asian Photography Magazine 

2013
First prize at Athijeevanam 2013 Photographic competition held at Alappuzha, Kerala, India
Consolation prize in the 24th National Photo Competition Organized by Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government  of India 
Runners-up in the London School of Photography Awards-2013 in GEOMETRY & PATTERNS  section
Winner in "Our Girls, Our Pride" photo contest conducted by NDTV on Girl Child
First Award in icubed Click for a Cause - Photo Contest 2013 on environment
First award in IIP Kaleidoscope India 2013 Photo Contest in Element of Design Category
Photoshare photo contest 2013 Award for "Best of Category on Humanitarian Assistance" 

2012
Second Award in State Photo Competition Organized by Government of West Bengal, India
Winner of "Consolation Prize" (Special Mention Award) at North-East Through My Eyes Photo Contest, India

2011
Commendation Award in 5th National Photo Competition Organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 
Commendation award in the competition organized by The Lights and Shades of Science 
Consolation prize in the State Photo Competition Organized by Government of West Bengal 
Winner in Kodak Kids Portraiture Contest 2011

2010
Consolation prize in the 23rd National Photo Competition Organized by Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

2009
Got Photo of the Month and Photo of the Year conducted by fotoflock.com

2008
Third Award in the National Competition organized by Vanya on tribes of India

2007
Consolation prize in the 20th National Photo Competition Organized by Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

2005
Second Award in 18th  National Photo Competition Organized by Photo Division, Ministry of 
Information and Broadcasting, Government of India

2004
First award in the state level competition organized by Regional Institute of Film and Television, Kolkata, India
 

2025
In Colors Project ED#3 JOY, Lumicroma, Portugal

2024
MPC, India
TFSF, Orhan Holding, Turkey

2016
RKM, Kolkata, India 

2015
UNESCO, Bangkok

2014
WPAI, India 

2011
RKM, Kolkata, India 

2008
Foto Clube do Jaú, Brazil
Photolovers, India
Kyoto, Japan
State Lalit Kala Akademy, India 

2007
Photolovers, India

2005
IIPC, Delhi, India

2004
Gipuzkoa, UK
LCC, Kucknow, India 
Afocer, Spain

 

Exposições Lumicroma

IN COLORS PROJECT ED#1 REACT!
React! is a portrait of the human condition and the perception of the world, showing different speeds, multiple realities, encounters and inequalities, so many reactions.
The broadness to which ... Ler Mais
React! is a portrait of the human condition and the perception of the world, showing different speeds, multiple realities, encounters and inequalities, so many reactions.
The broadness to which the theme is open is represented in this set of 50 artworks by photographers from 22 nationalities. React! to what, from what perspective? The possibility of endless interpretations is mirrored in an exhibition in which the reaction is as much in the photographed "scene" itself as in the impression of the person who photographed it, and also, and always, in the eye of the person who appreciates the photograph. In this realm, there is the image of time and place, of many places and many qualities of time. There is the beauty of moments, spaces, cultures and traditions. There is a whole scale of emotions. There is the poetry of landscapes and the destruction wrought by war. There is fantasy in improbable scenarios. There are global concerns, personal instances. Sometimes the weight of existence; sometimes the lightness of laughter in the face of death. There remains, still, the certainty of a kaleidoscopic world, in permanent change, so that stories repeat themselves. Because man repeats himself. The continuity of life is also maintained. It is in the faces of many. It is in the colors. It is in the light of black and white. It is in the instinct. In the will. In what is lost, in what is conquered.

Curated by Sandra Maria Teixeira

IN COLORS PROJECT – a borderless initiative by Lumicroma – reclaims the relevance of photography as a sociocultural record and artistic intervention. Through the convergence of experiences reflecting on the current world and through photographic creation, it aims to annually trace the grand image of the time in which we live. Ler Menos
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IN COLORS PROJECT ED#2 HOME
With HOME, the theme of the 2nd edition of IN COLORS PROJECT, we set photographers from all over the world a challenge made of delicate matter. We wanted everything from photography - the artistic and ... Ler Mais
With HOME, the theme of the 2nd edition of IN COLORS PROJECT, we set photographers from all over the world a challenge made of delicate matter. We wanted everything from photography - the artistic and emotional act, the conscious and political act, light and shadow. The result is an exhibition that manifests multiple realities in the same blood.
In 74 photographs, 32 authors from 14 nationalities give us the most poignant portrait of what we are, what we do and what we are failing at. Because HOME has smiles and exposed wounds. It shows a sense of belonging and an absurd lack of ground.
It is the human cloak of a thousand patches to which we all belong.
This is our Home. And we can't close our eyes.

Curated by Sandra Maria Teixeira

IN COLORS PROJECT – a borderless initiative by Lumicroma – reclaims the relevance of photography as a sociocultural record and artistic intervention. Through the convergence of experiences reflecting on the current world and through photographic creation, it aims to annually trace the grand image of the time in which we live. Ler Menos
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AUSCHWITZ: TRACE(S) OF A LEGACY
Auschwitz: Trace(s) of a legacy is a project that uses photography as a means of creating a link between past, present and future.
To keep the memory alive appeals to reflection and to vigilanc ... Ler Mais
Auschwitz: Trace(s) of a legacy is a project that uses photography as a means of creating a link between past, present and future.
To keep the memory alive appeals to reflection and to vigilance and encourages the commitment of future generations, so that, through these, the voices of the survivors, which will soon no longer be heard, can echoe.
We know the history, we have seen the films and we have read the books. We have always been told that Auschwitz is the true symbol of Holocaust, since more than one million jews were murdered there. A factory of killing people! Gypsies, ho-mossexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses and political dissidents also suffered in this dark place.
We have read about the hideous experiments carried out by Mengele in Auschwitz. We have seen photographies of the survivors, of the corpses, of the crematoriums, of the abandoned personal belongings. We started our journey to Poland with the thought that we would be prepared to face the interpretative centre of the Holocaust and, through it, find the answer to our restlessness: how could this have been humanly possible?
During the journey, we revisited those with whom we had previously shared the feeling of the concentration camp. All the pages, testimonies and faces remained well alive in our memories.
We have arrived, the presence in Auschwitz overwhelms us!
No memory, read, studied, seen or heard can be compared to standing right there. In the deafening silence of that place, which carries within itself the imense loss of human sense, the question of Theodor Adorno gains strenght: How can poetry be possible after Auschwitz Ler Menos
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COURA'S PARADISE

Alfredo Cunha's eye, attentive and sharp, documents this magic, this spirit of brotherhood, this collective happiness. The joy of the audience and the euphoria of the bands, who never forget th ... Ler Mais

Alfredo Cunha's eye, attentive and sharp, documents this magic, this spirit of brotherhood, this collective happiness. The joy of the audience and the euphoria of the bands, who never forget that breathtaking human wall and the generous way they are received. It captures the sweetness, the serenity, the deepest peace, the shared love, the respect, the amazement, the unique energy of the Taboão river, contrasted with the exaltation, the apotheosis, the celebration and the joy, that sacred emotion that Almada Negreiros once said was "the most serious thing in life".

Year after year, we need the Paredes de Coura Festival to recharge the batteries of passion, to dispel the mediocrity of the grayest days, to cure the diseases of the sadness that makes us pale and to chase away the city carrion that burrows into our bones. To fill ourselves with beauty, euphoria and the deepest peace, in divine communion with nature. On pilgrimage, in a perpetual return to magic.

Curated by Sandra Maria Teixeira

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IN COLORS PROJECT ED#3 JOY
This third edition of the In Colors Project, under the theme JOY, brings together 75 works by 56 authors from 22 countries, forming an emotional atlas that interrogates the ways in which joy is expres ... Ler Mais
This third edition of the In Colors Project, under the theme JOY, brings together 75 works by 56 authors from 22 countries, forming an emotional atlas that interrogates the ways in which joy is expressed in a world marked by geopolitical tensions and systemic crises.
Photography, as a device for representation and mediation, emerges as a territory for ideological, aesthetic, and poetic experimentation. The selected images map out visual strate- gies through which different cultures are encoded, ritualized, and transmitted. Encompassing a range of representational expressions – from collective celebration to intimate contemplation – each author presents a singular visual lexicon, revealing joy as a socio-anthropological and aesthetic praxis, while envisioning the creation of possible futures.

The curatorial approach is structured around the hypothesis that the photographic image constitutes a device for reconfiguring sensibility, for analyzing and interpreting reality, transfigured and appropriated into autonomous and individual realities, prompting us to question the conditions of possibility for pleasure, encounter, and transformation in contemporary societies.

Curated by Aníbal Lemos and Sandra Maria Teixeira

IN COLORS PROJECT – a borderless initiative by Lumicroma – reclaims the relevance of photography as a sociocultural record and artistic intervention. Through the convergence of experiences reflecting on the current world and through photographic creation, it aims to annually trace the grand image of the time in which we live. Ler Menos
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