Personal Projects – Harsha Vadlamani https://sriharsha.in Photojournalist, Filmmaker in Delhi and Hyderabad, India Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:33:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sriharsha.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/favicon-200x200.png Personal Projects – Harsha Vadlamani https://sriharsha.in 32 32 Heavy Lies the Grain // The Caravan Magazine https://sriharsha.in/heavy-lies-the-grain-the-caravan-magazine/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:06:16 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=27681 It feels surreal to finally see my project, Heavy Lies the Grain, in print in the March 2025 issue of The Caravan magazine. When I first travelled to southern Punjab in 2016 to begin this work, I had no idea where it would take me. I couldn’t have imagined the paths it would open up, the people it would bring into my life, or the stories that would shape me along the way. Over eight years, it grew across more than 200 villages and hundreds of conversations with farmers. Their generosity, honesty and resilience carried this project forward. Thank you, Punjab, for being so kind and so deeply giving.

I am very grateful to the National Geographic Society, which generously supported this work, and to my program officer, David Lee.

 

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]]> National Geographic Society APAC Explorer Leadership Workshop, Hong Kong/ Dec 2024 https://sriharsha.in/national-geographic-society-apac-explorer-leadership-workshop-hong-kong/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:57:30 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=24785 Harsha Vadlamani Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker in India

I have just returned from Hong Kong, where I attended the National Geographic Society’s Explorer Leadership Workshop. At the Spotlight event, I shared my NGS-supported project from Punjab with other Explorers from across the Asia Pacific region, NGS staff, and supporters.

]]> Talk at Jesus College, University of Cambridge https://sriharsha.in/talk-at-jesus-college-cambridge-december-2024/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:22:26 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=24806 Harsha Vadlamani Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker in India

I am very pleased to be talking about my long-term photography project from Punjab, India, at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, on December 01, 2024.

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We’re delighted to receive acclaimed photographer Harsha Vadlamani who will be giving a 1-hour talk on his long-term project ‘Can One Farmer Feed 23 People?’.

In this latest project, Harsha documents the agrarian crisis in Punjab, India, exploring the many challenges facing communities 60 years since the Green Revolution was introduced.

Harsha’s work probes questions of food security and sovereignty in the face of depleting water resources, pollution, farm debt, suicide and health issues.

Come and listen to Harsha’s words, see his photos, and stay for a post-talk Q&A to discuss the many threads brought up in his work.

About Harsha Vadlamani

Harsha Vadlamani is an independent photojournalist, filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer whose work explores the many inequalities that influence migration, health and the environment, with a particular focus on rural and indigenous communities across India.

His work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, GEO, Al Jazeera, Le Monde, Financial Times Magazine, Rest of World, CNN, BBC, Scientific American, Foreign Affairs, Nature and Wired, among other publications.

He is a National Geographic Society grantee and recipient of Amnesty International UK’s Media Award for Photojournalism, 2022.

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]]> Talk at the Department of Design, University of Hyderabad https://sriharsha.in/talk-at-the-department-of-design-university-of-hyderabad/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:07:00 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=28842 Poster for Harsha Vadlamani's talk on the Green Revolution in Punjab, and working on long-term documentary photography projects set in rural India, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.

I have had the pleasure of speaking at the Department of Design, University of Hyderabad, on October 30, 2024, as part of their Design Lecture Series 2024. I shared my photography project on the downstream effects of the Green Revolution in Punjab, and on working on long-term projects set in rural India.

]]> Talk at Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex https://sriharsha.in/talk-at-centre-for-world-environmental-history-university-of-sussex/ Sun, 10 Mar 2024 08:46:44 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=27676 I’m pleased to be talking about my project, Heavy Lies the Grain, at the Centre for World Environmental History, University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, on March 18, 2024. The project, supported by the National Geographic Society, is a long-term investigation into the downstream effects of the Green Revolution in Punjab, India.

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Harsha Vadlamani Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer and Filmmaker in India

 

 

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