HCL FOUNDATION

For the HCL Foundation, I photographed the groundbreaking work of leading non-profits across India in the fields of environment, education, and health. These organisations were recipients of the prestigious HCL Grant, which supports excellence in the development sector. The images were published in the HCL Grant coffee table book, produced by Roli Books.

Alternative fuel-based cooking stoves for adivasi/tribal women in Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi, Odisha to reduce kitchen smoke and incidence of lung problems.

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR)

Hyderabad in southern India is home to a sizeable Rohingya refugee community, all of whom had fled persecution in their native Myanmar. For UNHCR, I documented the everyday lives of the community and the impact of aid on their well-being.

Hyderabad, India is home to several Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in Myanmar.

HOWRAH SOUTH POINT

Father François Laborde, a French Jesuit priest who founded the non-profit Howrah South Point, is said to be the inspiration behind Dominique Lapierre’s “City of Joy,” a novel set in the slums of Kolkata. The writer had even arranged for all royalties from the sale of the book to be donated to the organisation.

Photographed the activities of the organisation and its current head, Father Laurent Bissara, for Famille Chrétienne.

Harsha Vadlamani Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker in India

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Photographed small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and processing plants in Andhra Pradesh on the eastern coast of India for FAO.

I returned to Pudimadaka after eleven years. During my previous visit In 2011, I photographed protests by fishermen from this village near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India. They laid siege to a textile park, claiming that the pipelines extending deep into the Bay of Bengal were transporting untreated effluents, which were killing the fish that sustained their lives and livelihoods.As I observed, groups of men moved around briskly in the pre-dawn darkness, getting ready to launch their boats into the sea. Some of the men who had gone out to fish earlier in the night had returned, displaying their sardine catch for these groups to purchase and use as bait for their morning hunts.The textile park continues to pollute the sea, they told me. They now have head to farther into the sea, and the catches are dwindling. The younger ones are joining the same textile park, migrating to work on boats in distant Paradip, Malpe and Veraval, or joining the workforce in Visakhapatnam.

TWO WORLDS CANCER COLLABORATION

Cancer care, cancer screening, and palliative and end-of-life care for patients at the Kumudini Devi Palliative Care Center and Mandara Hospice for Children in Hyderabad, India.

Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration