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I am a Bristol-based visual artist, editor, designer, and educator working with photography and documentary practice. I explore long-term projects that critically engage with truth, authenticity, decolonization, and the contextual language of photographic imagery. I create exhibitions, collaborate with archives and museums, and contribute to curatorial and educational contexts. I also maintain a hands-on, field-based practice, including tending to apples with my father in the West Himalayas, which informs my approach to making and thinking about photography.…I am a Bristol-based visual artist, editor, designer, and educator working with photography and documentary practice. I explore long-term projects that critically engage with truth, authenticity, decolonization, and the contextual language of photographic imagery. I create exhibitions, collaborate with archives and museums, and contribute to curatorial and educational contexts. I also maintain a hands-on, field-based practice, including tending to apples with my father in the West Himalayas, which informs my approach to making and thinking about photography.

Ashutosh Shaktan

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I am a Bristol-based visual artist, editor, designer, and educator working with photography and documentary practice. I explore long-term projects that critically engage with truth, authenticity, decolonization, and the contextual language of photographic imagery. I create exhibitions, collaborate with archives and museums, and contribute to curatorial and educational contexts. I also maintain a hands-on, field-based practice, including tending to apples with my father in the West Himalayas, which informs my approach to making and thinking about photography.…I am a Bristol-based visual artist, editor, designer, and educator working with photography and documentary practice. I explore long-term projects that critically engage with truth, authenticity, decolonization, and the contextual language of photographic imagery. I create exhibitions, collaborate with archives and museums, and contribute to curatorial and educational contexts. I also maintain a hands-on, field-based practice, including tending to apples with my father in the West Himalayas, which informs my approach to making and thinking about photography.

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I am a Bristol-based visual artist, editor, designer, and educator working with photography and documentary practice. I explore long-term projects that critically engage with truth, authenticity, decolonization, and the contextual language of photographic imagery. I create exhibitions, collaborate with archives and museums, and contribute to curatorial and educational contexts. I also maintain a hands-on, field-based practice, including tending to apples with my father in the West Himalayas, which informs my approach to making and thinking about photography.

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Work Experience

Freelance Photographer and Independent Artist at Self-employed / Ashutosh Shaktan Photography

August 1, 2015 - Present

Independent photographer and artist producing long-form documentary projects, editorials, and exhibition work. Responsible for project development, client communications, budgeting, contracting, and delivering final works. Collaborated with archives, galleries, and partner institutions as needed; managed on-going freelance activity across Bristol and New Delhi.

Adjunct Faculty Photography at Chitkara University, Chandigarh

October 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022

Taught photography to BA Photography and Visual Communications students; developed course content, supervised student projects, and contributed to on-campus exhibitions and collaboration with galleries.

SPIN-MPF Fellow at Martin Parr Foundation / SPIN

January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Fellowship focusing on contemporary photographic practice; contributed to research, production, and exhibition development within the SPIN-MPF program.