Indrani (photographer)
Encyclopedia
Indrani is an Indian-Canadian director
, photographer, and digital artist. She is known for her work for celebrities, beauty firms, advertising agencies, and fashion magazines. She works with photographer Markus Klinko.
, West Bengal
, India
and began a successful modeling career at 14, in order to work closely with great photographers and artists around the world. She studied philosophy at spiritual centers along the way, especially Vivekananda Vedanta, initiated by Swami Bhuteshananda, President of the Ramakrishna Order in India.
Indrani graduated Magna Cum Laude (High Honors) from Princeton University
with a BA in Anthropology
in 2001. At Princeton, she spearheaded the student movement to create a Program in South Asian Studies, and revived the teaching of Sanskrit
. She won Glamour
s Top 10 College Women Competition. Simultaneously she commuted from New York City where she mastered digital postproduction art and developed her art with Klinko.
The fashion editor and style icon Isabella Blow
was the first to discover Indrani's work with Klinko and gave them their first magazine cover for Sunday Times
. The singer David Bowie
was the first artist to commission them to shoot his portraits for an album cover (Heathen). Supermodel Iman
asked them to shoot the covers of the book of her photos, I am Iman and gave them their first ad campaigns. The duo credit Blow, Bowie and Iman for teaching them to push all creative boundaries. They created award-winning covers for Beyonce's solo debut Dangerously in Love
, Mariah Carey
's Emancipation of Mimi and Mary J. Blige
's The Breakthrough
all of which became top-selling albums of their years.
Indrani became a director of films, documentaries and commercials. Her recent collaborations include Lady Gaga
, Kate Winslet
, Katie Holmes
, Will Smith
, Eva Mendes
, Anne Hathaway
, Jay Z, Keanu Reeves
, Kanye West
, Jennifer Lopez
, Britney Spears
. Her advertising clients include Lancome, Elizabeth Arden, Shiseido, L'Oreal Paris, Pantene, De Beers, Baume-et-Mercier, Anna Sui, Hugo Boss, Nike, and Pepsi. Her work has been published in magazines like V Magazine, Vanity Fair
, Vogue
, GQ, Arena Homme Plus, Flaunt, Interview
, and Cosmopolitan
.
She has had numerous exhibitions including "Icons" in LA and NY at the Angel Orensanz Center
, presented by the Lucie Foundation in concert with the Month of Photography Los Angeles and the Farmani Gallery, in 2009 and 2010.In 2011 Indrani directed a film starring fashion icon Daphne Guinness
called "The Legend of Lady White Snake: A Tribute to the Spirit of Alexander McQueen." Previews of the film are featured at the Daphne Guinness Exhibition at the Museum at the Fashion Institute from September from 16, 2011 through January 7, 2012.
, their new reality television show documenting their shoots from initial thought to hard copy." The first photographers to have their own docu-series, Indrani, Klinko, and stylist GK Reid
star in Double Exposure
. The show provides glamorous, dramatic and comedic glimpses behind the scenes of photo shoots with celebrity and fashion stars including Lady Gaga
, Dita Von Teese
, Lindsay Lohan
, Kim Kardashian
and Naomi Campbell
. The show has received much media attention and glowing reviews.
Life & Style reports, "The former lovers impress with their client roster and entertain with their fiery personalities."
"Markus Klinko and Indrani - the most famous twosome in fashion and celebrity photography - will give television viewers an inside look at their sometimes tempestuous and highly prolific working relationship" according to American Photo
According to Slate magazine, “Themes include the aesthetics of desire, the symbiosis of artist and muse, and Lindsay Lohan missing her call time…High-glossily trashy-good.”
The show is described by Cosmopolitan Magazine as “A new guilty pleasure… Feels like America's Next Top Model
and Project Runway
mixed together and on speed.”
The show airs in the US on Bravo and currently airs in over 50 countries worldwide includingCanada on Cosmo TV[18], Australia on Arena TV, South Africa on DStv, in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica and other countries in South America on Fox Life, premiering March 3, 2011 and Denmark. In Asia, on Sony Entertainment Network SET in Thailand, the Philippines, and other countries, premiering August 4, 2011. In India and China and other Asian countries on AXN, premiering Fall of 2011.
Indrani has been the subject of media attention since her days as a fashion model on an episode of To Tell The Truth
. She was a featured guest on America's Next Top Model
, Make Me A Supermodel
, and Style Me and was interviewed for E! News
, Access Hollywood
, Fashion Television and The Short List
.} CNN
's Showbiz Tonight
interviewed the duo live on July 13, 2010 about their shoot with Lady Gaga
and Naomi Campbell
. Indrani and Markus Klinko appeared on Larry King Live
to talk about photography, Double Exposure
, and argued against the imprisonment of Lindsay Lohan
.
In September 2010, Indrani travelled to the Central African Republic, to film and photograph the urgent UN Mission to eradicate malaria with Mandy Moore
, PSI
Ambassador.
Indrani has donated months of work to create several campaigns for Keep A Child Alive
, fighting AIDS in India and Africa, including the "Buy Life" and "Digital Death" campaign which raised over a million dollars in less than a week, and won 2 Gold Lions at Cannes for ad agency TBWA
/ Chiat Day New York in June 2011.
She is an Advisory Board Member of Marriage Equality, for which she photographed Perez Hilton
,she was a celebrity model for Red Dress for the American Heart Association, and she created images to support Smiley Faces' reconstructive surgery for children with cleft palate. Indrani states "Ultimately I am working for a deeper meaning in my life, which is helping others."
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, photographer, and digital artist. She is known for her work for celebrities, beauty firms, advertising agencies, and fashion magazines. She works with photographer Markus Klinko.
Early life and education
Indrani was born in KolkataKolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and began a successful modeling career at 14, in order to work closely with great photographers and artists around the world. She studied philosophy at spiritual centers along the way, especially Vivekananda Vedanta, initiated by Swami Bhuteshananda, President of the Ramakrishna Order in India.
Indrani graduated Magna Cum Laude (High Honors) from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
with a BA in Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
in 2001. At Princeton, she spearheaded the student movement to create a Program in South Asian Studies, and revived the teaching of Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
. She won Glamour
Glamour (magazine)
Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood....
s Top 10 College Women Competition. Simultaneously she commuted from New York City where she mastered digital postproduction art and developed her art with Klinko.
Artist career
In 1995, Indrani met the Swiss classical harpist, Markus Klinko. They became professional photographers together and were soon known as a fashion photography duo, "two of photography's biggest talents."The fashion editor and style icon Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow
Isabella Blow was an English magazine editor. The muse of hat designer Philip Treacy, she is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl as well as the fashion designer Alexander McQueen....
was the first to discover Indrani's work with Klinko and gave them their first magazine cover for Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
. The singer David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
was the first artist to commission them to shoot his portraits for an album cover (Heathen). Supermodel Iman
Iman (model)
Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid , professionally known as Iman , is a Somali-American fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the field of ethnic cosmetics, she is also noted for her charitable work. She is married to David Bowie.-Early life:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Iman is the daughter...
asked them to shoot the covers of the book of her photos, I am Iman and gave them their first ad campaigns. The duo credit Blow, Bowie and Iman for teaching them to push all creative boundaries. They created award-winning covers for Beyonce's solo debut Dangerously in Love
Dangerously in Love
Dangerously in Love is the debut solo album of American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, released on June 22, 2003, by Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in 2002 to 2003 at several studios, during the hiatus of her then-group Destiny's Child...
, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
's Emancipation of Mimi and Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
's The Breakthrough
The Breakthrough
The Breakthrough is the seventh studio album by American R&B recording artist Mary J. Blige, released December 20, 2005, on Geffen Records. The album opened with over 729,000 units in the United States, becoming her highest first week sales of her career, and the second-highest first-week sales by...
all of which became top-selling albums of their years.
Indrani became a director of films, documentaries and commercials. Her recent collaborations include Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet
Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She has received multiple awards and nominations. She was the youngest person to accrue six Academy Award nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Reader...
, Katie Holmes
Katie Holmes
Katherine Noelle "Katie" Holmes is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her movie roles have included the blockbuster Batman Begins along with art house films such as The Ice Storm and thrillers...
, Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...
, Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes is an American actress.She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of minor roles and performances in several smaller films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut , she broke into the mainstream, appearing in leading roles in Hollywood...
, Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway (actress)
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress. After several stage roles, she appeared in the 1999 television series Get Real. She played Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries...
, Jay Z, Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix...
, Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
. Her advertising clients include Lancome, Elizabeth Arden, Shiseido, L'Oreal Paris, Pantene, De Beers, Baume-et-Mercier, Anna Sui, Hugo Boss, Nike, and Pepsi. Her work has been published in magazines like V Magazine, Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
, Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, GQ, Arena Homme Plus, Flaunt, Interview
Interview
An interview is a conversation between two people where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee.- Interview as a Method for Qualitative Research:"Definition" -...
, and Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
.
She has had numerous exhibitions including "Icons" in LA and NY at the Angel Orensanz Center
Angel Orensanz Center
The Angel Orensanz Center is located at 172 Norfolk Street on the Lower East Side of New York City, New York...
, presented by the Lucie Foundation in concert with the Month of Photography Los Angeles and the Farmani Gallery, in 2009 and 2010.In 2011 Indrani directed a film starring fashion icon Daphne Guinness
Daphne Guinness
The Honourable Daphne Diana Joan Suzannah Guinness is an artist of Irish, English, and French descent and an heiress of the Guinness family...
called "The Legend of Lady White Snake: A Tribute to the Spirit of Alexander McQueen." Previews of the film are featured at the Daphne Guinness Exhibition at the Museum at the Fashion Institute from September from 16, 2011 through January 7, 2012.
TV Shows and Media
"Their reputation has recently catapulted the pair in front of the camera with Double ExposureDouble Exposure
Double exposure is a photographic technique in which two images are captured and combined into a single image.Double exposure may also refer to:* Double patterning, a technique for improving the resolution of patterning semiconductors...
, their new reality television show documenting their shoots from initial thought to hard copy." The first photographers to have their own docu-series, Indrani, Klinko, and stylist GK Reid
GK Reid
GK Reid is an American fashion stylist best known for his fashion styling work with celebrities and top fashion photographers, as well as for creating his own designs.-Career:...
star in Double Exposure
Double Exposure
Double exposure is a photographic technique in which two images are captured and combined into a single image.Double exposure may also refer to:* Double patterning, a technique for improving the resolution of patterning semiconductors...
. The show provides glamorous, dramatic and comedic glimpses behind the scenes of photo shoots with celebrity and fashion stars including Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, author and actress.-Early life:...
, Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
, Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian
Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian is an American socialite, television personality, model, actress and businesswoman. She is known for the E! reality series that she shares with her family—Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and its spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York...
and Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell is a British model. Scouted at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognisable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion world...
. The show has received much media attention and glowing reviews.
Life & Style reports, "The former lovers impress with their client roster and entertain with their fiery personalities."
"Markus Klinko and Indrani - the most famous twosome in fashion and celebrity photography - will give television viewers an inside look at their sometimes tempestuous and highly prolific working relationship" according to American Photo
According to Slate magazine, “Themes include the aesthetics of desire, the symbiosis of artist and muse, and Lindsay Lohan missing her call time…High-glossily trashy-good.”
The show is described by Cosmopolitan Magazine as “A new guilty pleasure… Feels like America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....
and Project Runway
Project Runway
Project Runway is an American reality television series on Lifetime Television, previously on the Bravo network, which focuses on fashion design and is hosted by model Heidi Klum. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted in time, materials and theme...
mixed together and on speed.”
The show airs in the US on Bravo and currently airs in over 50 countries worldwide includingCanada on Cosmo TV[18], Australia on Arena TV, South Africa on DStv, in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica and other countries in South America on Fox Life, premiering March 3, 2011 and Denmark. In Asia, on Sony Entertainment Network SET in Thailand, the Philippines, and other countries, premiering August 4, 2011. In India and China and other Asian countries on AXN, premiering Fall of 2011.
Indrani has been the subject of media attention since her days as a fashion model on an episode of To Tell The Truth
To Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth is an American television panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 both on networks and in syndication...
. She was a featured guest on America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model
America's Next Top Model is a reality television show in which a number of women compete for the title of America's Next Top Model and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry....
, Make Me A Supermodel
Make Me a Supermodel
Make Me a Supermodel may refer to:*Make Me a Supermodel , the original British version aired on Five*Make Me a Supermodel , the American version on Bravo **Make Me a Supermodel ...
, and Style Me and was interviewed for E! News
E! News
E! News, previously known as E! News Daily and E! News Live, is a nightly entertainment newsmagazine program airing on E!: Entertainment Television. The program debuted on September 1, 1991 and talks about Hollywood celebrities and gossip...
, Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
, Fashion Television and The Short List
The Short List
"The Short List" is the 9th episode of The West Wing. The episode introduces recurring characters Roberto Mendoza and Gail the goldfish and a story arc concerning potential congressional investigation of a White House staff members history of substance abuse.-Plot:When a liberal Supreme Court...
.} CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
's Showbiz Tonight
Showbiz Tonight
Showbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN .Showbiz Tonight is hosted by A.J. Hammer at CNN New York. The show reports and debates celebrity entertainment news stories and controversies, along with social networking segments involving viewer interaction via social networks and...
interviewed the duo live on July 13, 2010 about their shoot with Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
and Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell is a British model. Scouted at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognisable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and she was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion world...
. Indrani and Markus Klinko appeared on Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
to talk about photography, Double Exposure
Double Exposure
Double exposure is a photographic technique in which two images are captured and combined into a single image.Double exposure may also refer to:* Double patterning, a technique for improving the resolution of patterning semiconductors...
, and argued against the imprisonment of Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
.
Philanthropy
In 1994, Indrani founded a women's literacy center, free library, and charitable school in her ancestral home in West Bengal, India, together with her father, Ajay Pal-Chaudhuri. Known as SEESchool.org, the Shakti Empowerment Education foundation provides free, quality education to over 300 children and women, as well as a free homeopathic dispensary, free vocational training, and free adult literacy classes to the poor. Indrani continues to support the school with her work.In September 2010, Indrani travelled to the Central African Republic, to film and photograph the urgent UN Mission to eradicate malaria with Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter, actress and fashion designer. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, and Mandy Moore. In 2007, she took an adult pop-folk direction with the release of...
, PSI
Psi
-Alphabetic letters:* Psi 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet* Psi , a letter of the early Cyrillic alphabet, adopted from Greek-Mathematics:* Tangential angle of a curve*Chebyshev function*Dedekind psi function*Digamma function...
Ambassador.
Indrani has donated months of work to create several campaigns for Keep A Child Alive
Keep A Child Alive
Keep a Child Alive provides first class AIDS care, treatment, surrounding support and food for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.-Background:...
, fighting AIDS in India and Africa, including the "Buy Life" and "Digital Death" campaign which raised over a million dollars in less than a week, and won 2 Gold Lions at Cannes for ad agency TBWA
TBWA
TBWA Worldwide is an international advertising agency whose headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The Agency is a unit of Omnicom Group, the world's largest advertising agency holding company. It was founded in 1970 in Paris, France, by William G...
/ Chiat Day New York in June 2011.
She is an Advisory Board Member of Marriage Equality, for which she photographed Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. , better known as Perez Hilton , is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com , is known for posts covering gossip items about celebrities...
,she was a celebrity model for Red Dress for the American Heart Association, and she created images to support Smiley Faces' reconstructive surgery for children with cleft palate. Indrani states "Ultimately I am working for a deeper meaning in my life, which is helping others."
External links
- http://www.bravotv.com/double-exposure/videos/drama-to-make-people-look-good
- http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt/dish-of-salt-its-complicated-on-double-exposure_videotab_1223824
- http://www.markusklinko-indrani.com
- http://www.axnbeyondasia.com/shows/double-exposure
- http://foxlife.com.br/br/programas/double-exposure
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3818078/