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“Supratim Bhattacharjee's photos capture our global climate and environmental challenges, on a human even personal scale. Provocative and impossible to escape, his work is also welcoming and emphatic. Connecting the world with the children, the communities, and their environments at risk, activating us all to do better.” - Henk Ovink, Dutch special envoy to the United Nations.

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Supratim Bhattacharjee is an award winning photographer who focuses on in-depth visual storytelling projects specializing in environmental and humanitarian issues pertaining to climate change. To let the world know the degradation his beloved homeland known for its picturesque went through due to climate change; Supratim started his first project on Sundarbans. His projects are usually long-term depicting environmental, social, and humanitarian issues. His first long-term project ‘Sinking Sundarbans’ (2009 - Ongoing) has been appreciated widely and is an eye-opener for global climate activists. This environmental and humanitarian project got selected as the “UNICEF photo of the year”, 2021. This project depicts how the world’s biggest mangrove region is under the threat of rapid climatic change.

His work has already been shown at major environmental conferences and he has won a Royal Photographic Society award in the UK and Chris WainWright prize for climate change.

He has also captured the damage that fossil fuel extraction has caused & its deadly impact on the environment. Depicted on his yet another long term project called- ‘Curse of Coal’ (2014- Ongoing). This environmental and humanitarian project has been selected as the “UNICEF photo of the year”, 2020. His works were displayed in the Climate Adaptation Summit and Global Center on Adaptation, The Netherlands.

His environmental and humanitarian initiatives have inspired decision-makers to act in the interest of humanity. He intends to portray the grim reality of human life in South Asian nations moving forward with the utmost honesty while upholding the dignity of the human race.

Currently, he is in Kolkata, India, and available for assignments worldwide. He is represented by De Beeldunie, Netherlands.


Awards / Exhibition / Recognition/ Participation :

2023 :

Winner : Portrait of Humanity, British Journal of Photography

2022 :

Winner - Chris WainWright Prize for Climate Change

One of the winner - Ocean Visuals Photography Award

Finalist - LensCulture Portrait Awards 

2nd Prize Winner -  ProfiFoto New Talent Award

One of the judges : Water Science Policy Ground- Water Photo Contest

Chennai Photo Biennale Awards : Shortlisted

Winner - Xposure International Photography Awards

2021 :

 Winner : UNICEF Photo Of The Year, 2021

 Winner - John Wakelin Bursary, The Royal Photographic Society

 Participant in COP26, Glasgow

 One of the winner : Climate Visuals Photography Award and TED Countdown

 Selected In Hamburg Portfolio Review

 Global Center On Adaptation, Exhibition, Netherlands

 1st Prize - Pictures Of The Year Asia

 Wetskills Ambassador

 Participant In Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, Netherlands

2020 : 

 2nd Prize : UNICEF Photo Of The Year, 2020

 Water Integrity Net Work, Best Artist

2019 :

 Felix Schoeller Exhibition, Osnabrück, Germany

 Nominee - Felix Schoeller Photo Award

 Shortlisted - CIWEM Environmental Photographer Of The Year

 Shortlisted - Gender and Water integrity Contest

2018 : 

 Shortlisted - CIWEM Environmental Photographer Of The Year

2017 :

 Shortlisted - Joan Wakelin Bursary.

 Nominee - Photogrvphy Grant.