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1. Kishor Parekh
Indian Photojournalist
1930 - 1982

2. 2015
IGNCA, New Delhi

3. Born in
Bhavnagar, Gujarat
1930

4. - He started out in life studying for a degree in chemistry.
-The subject could not hold his interest, especially after
he acquired a box camera in college.
-No sooner had he obtained his bachelors degree
in chemistry than Parekh was off to Los Angeles to
study photography.

5. Studied -
Filmmaking
& documentary photography
at the University of Southern California.

6. Parekh, who learnt his craft in the US in the
1950s had a knack of immersing himself in his
subject matter till he felt almost a part of it.
1950

7. He returned to India
from 1960 to 1961
and became the chief
photographer of the
1960 to 1961

8. 1962
he covered the
Sino-Indian war of 1962

9. 1964
He also shot
PM Jawaharlal Nehru
until the latter's death in 1964.

10. 1965
Indo-Pakistani
War
Tanks of 18th Cavalry (Indian Army)
on the move during the 1965 Indo-Pak War.

11. 1966
KP was awarded
a gold medal by
Soviet Land in 1966

12. 1966-1967
He covered the 1966-1967
famine in Bihar and
his photographs
on this subject were
exhibited
in the US.
Tense faces of the Bihar famine

13. But there is nothing to challenge
Parekh's documentation
of the 1971 war in Bangladesh.

14. The Indian government
Commissioned
20,000 copies of
the book to raise
awareness of the war.

16. Born December 18, 1955 (age 60)
New Delhi, India
Photojournalism
'"Bangladesh was Kishor’s highest point. Self-assigned, self-funded,
driven by his own instincts, emotions and guts, in a two week period
he produced a startling set of images that became a powerful
book and statement.".
Pablo Bartholomew

17. First edition. SIGNED on verso of front cover.

18. 1971
A nine months of war translated into
three million deaths and an ocean of tears.
‘The Bangladesh Liberation war’

29. my favorite image from Kishore’s very personal angle where freedom fighters are on
action, while a random army boot on the road works to transform us in time. It makes me
feel that I was right inside the heart of the war.

38. His iconic work, ‘Bangladesh: A Brutal Birth’
is being exhibited in India for the first time,
33 years after he passed away.

39. -These works are precious which chronicle
the 1971 liberation war without
any dramatization or any absurd claim.
-These are the images of what happened.
And what happened is never to be forgotten.

40. He became photo editor of
Pacific Magazines Ltd,
a position he held till about 1972
1972

41. Photograph of Feroze Katpitia, Kishor Parekh and Vinodray Patel
1974

42. 1977
Raghu Rai's wife Gurmeet; with fellow news
Photographer Kishor Parekh; Rai in his birthplace
Jhang, Pakistan during a visit in 1977

43. Parekh's work
appeared in
numerous
national and
International
Publications
Including..

44. He died of a heart attack
in 1982 while on
assignment in the
Himalayas.
1982

45. Upon his death,
his 16-year-old son
Swapan Parekh became
a photographer.

46. At DPF 2015

48. Child marriage of 7 year old
The story of Prem & Kamal
By Swapan Parekh

49. "For me the camera has been a
vital means of
communication & expression.
Truthfully taken photographs
have always been social
instruments,
helping men to understand
their world.“
- Kishor Parekh

50. He was certainly the most
experienced & sensitive photographer in India
& the pictures he took that
touch the essence of the human condition.

51. Parekh was
above all the man
who brought news photography to age in India.