Mouhamed Moustapha
Photographer
Mouhamed Moustapha, born in 1982 at Pondicherry, India, is a self-taught photographer. His adept eyes choose to celebrate the unseen feelings hidden in the lives of ordinary people. Hailing from an underprivileged family, Moustapha has been a truck cleaner, a detergent sachet seller, and many more. It is this tough life journey that has guided his photographic vision. Following a documentary style, he captures everyday moments and the people contained in such transient moments in such way that viewers feel as if they themselves are there in that frame and also find that photographic experience relatable to their own life. His signature photographic style is using layers to convey the emotions of his various subjects and the background environment in which they are present, all in a single frame. His favored technique is to shoot in black and white as he feels it adds a stark quality to his photos and also brings depth to the subjects.
Moustapha was a Finalist in the Single Photo category of the Nikon Photo Contest for the year 2015. He won the NAT GEO Moment Award organized by National Geographic India in 2014. He also bagged a photo assignment as a part of that award. He won the South Asia Award in the “Ten Photos to Shake the World” contest organized by Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) in 2014. He received an Honorary Mention in the Black & White category in the Artistique Photo Contest and Exhibition organized by Asian Photography a SAP Media in 2014.
He was selected to be part of two workshops organized by the photography collective “Kannadi”: “Art of Seeing” workshop (2013) mentored by John Isaac and Documentary Photography workshop (2014) jointly conducted by Sudharak Olwe (India) and Helena Schaetzle (Germany). He won a scholarship to be part of the Storytelling Workshop (2016) by Walter Astrada, organized by Chennai Photo Biennale. He was invited to make a presentation on his photographic journey in an event organized by the Department of Visual Communication, Madras Christian College, Chennai, and Photography Society of Madras (PSM) in 2015. His photographs have been published in Creative Image magazine (curated by Mr.Raghu Rai), Deep freeze Photozine, APF, 121clicks.com, Puthiya Thalaimurai (Tamizh magazine), among others. His images were part of the Group Exhibition conducted by FRONTON Photo Club, France, in 2014. He is currently working towards his solo exhibition to be held in Pondicherry in 2017.
Mouhamed Moustapha
Photographer
Mouhamed Moustapha, born in 1982 at Pondicherry, India, is a self-taught photographer. His adept eyes choose to celebrate the unseen feelings hidden in the lives of ordinary people. Hailing from an underprivileged family, Moustapha has been a truck cleaner, a detergent sachet seller, and many more. It is this tough life journey that has guided his photographic vision. Following a documentary style, he captures everyday moments and the people contained in such transient moments in such way that viewers feel as if they themselves are there in that frame and also find that photographic experience relatable to their own life. His signature photographic style is using layers to convey the emotions of his various subjects and the background environment in which they are present, all in a single frame. His favored technique is to shoot in black and white as he feels it adds a stark quality to his photos and also brings depth to the subjects.
Moustapha was a Finalist in the Single Photo category of the Nikon Photo Contest for the year 2015. He won the NAT GEO Moment Award organized by National Geographic India in 2014. He also bagged a photo assignment as a part of that award. He won the South Asia Award in the “Ten Photos to Shake the World” contest organized by Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) in 2014. He received an Honorary Mention in the Black & White category in the Artistique Photo Contest and Exhibition organized by Asian Photography a SAP Media in 2014.
He was selected to be part of two workshops organized by the photography collective “Kannadi”: “Art of Seeing” workshop (2013) mentored by John Isaac and Documentary Photography workshop (2014) jointly conducted by Sudharak Olwe (India) and Helena Schaetzle (Germany). He won a scholarship to be part of the Storytelling Workshop (2016) by Walter Astrada, organized by Chennai Photo Biennale. He was invited to make a presentation on his photographic journey in an event organized by the Department of Visual Communication, Madras Christian College, Chennai, and Photography Society of Madras (PSM) in 2015. His photographs have been published in Creative Image magazine (curated by Mr.Raghu Rai), Deep freeze Photozine, APF, 121clicks.com, Puthiya Thalaimurai (Tamizh magazine), among others. His images were part of the Group Exhibition conducted by FRONTON Photo Club, France, in 2014. He is currently working towards his solo exhibition to be held in Pondicherry in 2017.
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Paolo Salvador: Misterios inscritos en telaSep 7 – Nov 12, 2023Peres Projects is pleased to present Misterios inscritos en tela, Paolo Salvador’s (b. 1990 in Lima, PE) fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first at our Seoul gallery. In his analysis of Francis Bacon’s Figures, Gilles Deleuze pondered one of the perennial questions in postmodern painting: how does one make invisible forces visible? (more…)
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I Declare a Permanent State of HappinessKenneth GoldsmithMy entire poetic production is founded upon Wittgenstein’s later writings. Although it has sat on my shelf for decades, I never actually read the Tractatus. But I always loved the idea of it; I am a conceptual writer, after all. –Kenneth Goldsmith (more…)
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Before Tomorrow / Museet 30 YearsJun 22 – Dec 3, 2023Astrup Fearnley Museet is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2023. To mark this significant milestone we present an extensive exhibition featuring iconic works, hidden treasures and recent acquisitions to the Astrup Fearnley Collection, across the museums two buildings. The selected works represent various time periods and highlight a number of key directions that have come to define the identity of the collection (more…)
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Bayil – Behind The HillsBayil, BakuOn the horizon of the district between old, handmade fences and the sky, you can see the newly built glass skyscrapers in the bright light of the coastal center of the city, as if portending future innovations of Bayil. (more…)
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Rebeca Romero / A ConversationOGR Award Winner 2023We had the chance to talk to the OGR Prize Winner of this year, Rebeca Romero. Peruvian artist based in London, she was recently awarded by Artissima and Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT with her project Semilla SAGRADA, (more…)
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Muriel Hasbun: Tracing TerruñoSep 29, 2023 – Jan 8, 2024Muriel Hasbun: Tracing Terruño is the first survey in New York City of the career of multidisciplinary artist Muriel Hasbun. The photography exhibition celebrates Hasbun’s dedication to exploring identity and memory, using her personal story to examine collective histories through photography, video, and installation from the late 1980s to the present. (more…)
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Wanda Czełkowska: Art is not RestJul 15 – Nov 26, 2023Wanda Czełkowska (1930-2021) was a key figure of the Polish avant-garde whose oeuvre remained almost unnoticed by art history until recently. She started her career near the end of the 1950s in Kraków and played an important role in the development of conceptual art in Poland. (more…)
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Rencontres d’ArlesPhotography FestivalEvery summer since 1970, over the course of more than forty exhibitions at various of the city’s exceptional heritage sites, the Rencontres d’Arles has been a major influence in disseminating the best of world photography (more…)
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COLLECTIONSAvailable Works for SaleWelcome to the new Online Boutique of Artpil with unique contemporary art works, limited edition photography, and monograph artist and photo books available for purchase. Here are some featured collections: (more…)
