Shubhadeep Mukherjee is an independent photographer, illustrator, and filmmaker based in New Delhi, India. An alumnus of AJKMCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, and VII Foundation, his practice spans portraiture, archives, mixed media, and documentary film, capturing human experiences and social issues.
In 2025, Shubhadeep received the W. Eugene Smith Student Grant and the Alexia Public Diplomacy Grant- Student. His work was a Finalist in the Fine Arts category at the 2024 Lucie Emerging Artist Scholarship Awards. His photographs have been exhibited at the Los Angeles Center of Photography and the Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad (2025). His projects have been featured in Photographers Without Borders online magazine and the Deccan Chronicle. As a freelance Analog Photo Illustrator for The Washington Post, his series was a finalist for 2024 Pulitzer Prize. As a cinematographer, he brings a quiet observational as well as humanistic lens to his subjects-allowing stories to unfold with empathy, intimacy, and visual clarity. His student film Fatak Se Famous (Sudden Stardom) received the Award Of Excellence- Documentary Short at the 80th College Photographer Of The Year. Shubhadeep continues to navigate fluidly between the worlds of photography and filmmaking, using each frame as a site for reflection, resistance, and connection. Through his lens, he seeks to ignite conversations and retell the stories that bind humanity through powerful imagery.
Grants & Recognition:
Shortlisted- 2026 Chennai Photo Biennale, Exhibitions, Chennai, India.
Featured in Sikkim Express- The Plight of Visual Journalism
W. Eugene Smith Student Grant 2025 for Smells Like Home.
Award of Excellence- CPOY 80 Multimedia: Documentary Short for Fatak Se Famous (Sudden Stardom)
Featured in Sikkim Express- Engineered Death.
Featured in Sikkim Express- Vanishing Stripes, Shrinking Forests, Growing Silence
Featured in Sikkim Express- Delhi Zoo: Gawking, Not Guiding!
The Alexia Public Diplomacy Grant 2025 sponsored by the Public Diplomacy and Global Communication at Newhouse (Syracuse University).
Nominated for Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo, 2025.
Featured in F-Stop Magazine (Inhabit)- April, 2025.
Featured in Curator Mag, New Delhi.
Featured in Deccan Chronicles.
Featured in British Journal of Photography, 2024.
2024 Los Angeles Center of Photography, California, Exhibitions in Print.
2024, Indian Photo Festival, Hyderabad, Exhibitions in Print.
2024, Finalist, Lucie Emerging Artists- Fine Arts Category.
2024, Runner-up citations from the Overseas Press Club for designs with The Washington Post.
2024, Pulitzer Finalist in International Reporting with The Washington Post.
Published in Washington Post - Social Media Hate Campaign; Facebook Propaganda; Netflix Self Censorship; India Twitter Online Censorship; India Internet Blackouts; Facebook Hate Speech; Disinfo Lab; India Apple Iphone Hacking.
Featured in Photographers Without Borders Online Magazine.
‘Shortlisted’, and ‘Honourable Mention’ Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship, 2021.
Shortlisted in Missouri Photo Workshop, 2021.
Diversify Photo ‘Up Next’ photographers 2020.
Featured in Sikkim Express: The Korkus.
Workshops:
2025, Publishing Workshop with Alexa Becker, VII Foundation
2025, Grant and Creative Writing Workshop with Sarah Blesener.
2024, Indian Photo Fest- Workshop with Matt Black (Crafting Your Visual Narrative)
2023, Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, VII Foundation.
2023, Book Binding Workshop, Offset Projects, New Delhi.
2023, Format Portfolio Review,(Bursary).
2022, Photo editing workshop with Dominique Hildebrand, National Geographic, IPF 22.
2022, Workshop ‘The Art Of Storytelling’ with Danielle Khan Da Silva, Photographers Without Borders, (Scholarship)
2022, Portfolio Review with Samir Abady, WSJ, DiversifyPhoto.
2022, Photo Editing Workshop with Daniella Zalcman and Natalie Keyssar (scholarship).
2022, workshop ‘Revisiting Perspectives and Narratives’ with Mathieu Asselin, SACAC, Delhi, India.
2022, Photo Workshop with Daniella Villasana (scholarship).
Mentorship Programme, Indian Photo Fest 2022. Mentor: Pretika Menon
Portfolio Review, 2022, Magnum foundation by Lua Ribeira.
Portfolio Review 2021 by Julie Hau, NGS, Indian Photography Festival.
Editing Workshop, 2021 by James Wellford, Indian Photography Festival.
Workshop ‘Developing a long term project for visual storytellers’ with Nadir Von Lohuizen and Sebastian Liste. Noor Images, 2020.
Workshop ‘ The visual Narrative for storytellers’ with Francesco Zizola and Sebastian Liste. Noor Images, 2020.
Workshop ‘ The creative practice for visual storytellers’ with Heba Khamis and Sebastian Liste. Noor Images, 2020.
Workshop ‘Grant writing for visual storytellers’ with Andrea Bruce and Sebastian Liste. Noor Images, 2020.
‘Visual Aesthetic Workshop’ by Soumya Sanker Bose, 2020.
Portfolio Review, Indian Photo Fest, Hyderabad, 2019.