prakash bhuyan

Prakash Bhuyan (b.1992) is a poet and photographer from Assam, India. 

His work engages personal and social histories of individuals and communities in relation to landscape. 

Inspired from the documentary tradition his practice involves research and contextualisation of the everyday in stillness and isolation. 

Taking ephemeral gestures as point of departure, he meditates on the themes of memory and belonging.

Contact

info@prakashbhuyan.com
+91 8638924726

Links

Muckrack 
Substack  
Vimeo  

Social 

Instagram
Twitter

Education 

2017-18: International Photography Program, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Dhaka
2012-16: Bachelor of Engineering, GIMT, Guwahati, Assam.

Workshop

2018: Angkor Photo Workshop, Cambodia.
2017: Masterclass on Documentary Photography with Stuart Franklin, Magnum Photos. 

Group Exhibitions 

2020: Chronicles of an Inferno, Egaro Photo Festival, Tripura
2019: Kamala, Participants Slideshow, Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Awards and Honours 

2022: Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography 
2022: MMF-PARI Fellowship, India.
2021: Winner, Toto Award for Photography, India.  
2021: Special Mention. Investigative Journalism Award. Asian College of Journalism, India. 

Teaching 

2020: The Confluence Collective Visual Storytelling Workshop, Virtual.
2019: Visual Storytelling Workshop, Rachna Book Cafe, Sikkim. 
2019: Northeast Lightbox Residency Program and Workshop, Assam.

Publications and Features

Al Jazeera, Vice, The Straits Times, TRT World, The Thirdpole, World Press Photo, Nikkei Asia, The Caravan, The Wire, Mongabay, The Indian Express, Article 14, First Post, Mint Lounge etc.