RIP Prabuddha Dasgupta
Prabuddha Dasgupta (from worldphoto.org)
A sad news item to report, famed fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta has passed away in Mumbai from a heart attack. If you do not recognize his name, you’ll surely recall his iconic pictures. In the 1990s, Prabuddha was able to achieve success in Europe, making him a pioneer for future fashion photographers from India. In 1996, he took a bold move and published “Women“, a series of portraits of urban Indian women, some being nude More recently, his work with Lakshmi Menon as his muse was published in Vogue India on a number of occasions. We offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends. Here is a selection of his work.
Lakhmi Menon in Vogue India, February 2010 (source asianmodelsblog.blogspot.ca)
Kamal Sidhu in Vogue India October 2007 (source: asianmodelsblog.blogspot.ca)
Lakshmi Menon in the Hermes Catalogue (source: csebastian.tumblr.com)
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August 13th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
I remember seeing the nudes he shot of some really stunning women (without showing their faces) like Malaika Arora, Madhu sapre, Lisa Ray, kamal siddhu. They were all in B&W and super stunning!
August 13th, 2012 at 9:24 pm
[...] we reported over the loss of famed fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta, the outpouring of grief from the twitter-verse was huge.The fashion world particularly expressed [...]