Smita Sharma | Advice for Young Photographers
Watch on VimeoSmita Sharma is an award-winning photojournalist and visual storyteller based in Delhi, India, reporting on critical human rights and social issues in her own community as well as in the Global South on assignments for Human Rights Watch, National Geographic Magazine, and other publications.
From documenting the effect of pregnancy on girl’s education in Kenya to child marriage in Nepal, and sex-trafficking across India and Bangladesh, Sharma is committed to representing people with dignity and telling underrepresented stories with impact. Sharma is an IWMF Reporting Fellow and a TED Fellow. Her work has been exhibited and shown globally including at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Smita is a member of Women Photograph and Diversify Photo and has taken HEFAT training in Mexico City organised by IWMF. She is a graduate from the photojournalism and documentary photography program of International Center of Photography, New York and has a post graduate diploma in Journalism from University of Pune.
In 2016, Smita organised a bicycle campaign along with non-profit PVCHR in Varanasi and donated bicycles to abuse survivors who were assaulted on their commute to school. The campaign was a way to de-stigmatise and reintegrate the girls in their communities and help them to continue their education.
At the 2018 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Kolkata, India, we spoke with award-winning photojournalist Smita Sharma. In this video, Sharma discusses the importance of deep and thorough research to any successful photojournalism project.
