Ritam Banerjee is an India

India

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n photographer, specializing in a variety of fields such as Travel

Travel photography

Travel photography is a subcategory of photography involving the documentation of an area's landscape, people, cultures, customs and history. The Photographic Society of America defines a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a...

, Fashion

Fashion photography

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, Photojournalism

Photojournalism

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, Advertising, Interiors, Portraits

Portrait photography

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 and Automobiles, among others. He started pursuing photography in 1996. A freelance photographer, Ritam also works with and is globally represented by Getty Images

Getty Images

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Early life

Ritam Banerjee was born in 1976 at Jamshedpur in eastern India. As a child, he watched his father Robin Banerjee, an avid photographer, at work, and grew to love the camera. He studied at the Loyola High School, Jamshedpur. In 1996, Ritam joined Fergusson College

Fergusson College

Fergusson College is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Pune. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society and at that time was the first privately governed college in India. It is named after Sir James Fergusson, the Governor of Bombay, who donated a then...

, Pune

Pune

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, to study physics and photography.

Career

Armed with a basic SLR camera

Single-lens reflex camera

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, a 50 mm lens

Normal lens

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 and two rolls of films, Ritam started experimenting with photography while he was still in college. Images from those two films were published in the leading Indian newspaper Times of India’s Pune edition, giving him a head start.

In 1999, after finishing college, Ritam came to Mumbai, and has been based out of the city ever since. His work has been published widely in leading newspapers and magazines of the world. Several have also been part of permanent displays and exhibitions. Notable among them are his solo exhibitions—‘Mumbai: The City that Talks to Me’ (November 2009, Mumbai) and ‘Israel through Indian Eyes’ (October 2010, Mumbai).

As a commercial photographer, he has worked with Citigroup

Citigroup

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, GE

Gê

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, Deloitte, KPMG

KPMG

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, DaimlerChrysler AG, Microsoft

Microsoft

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, Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

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, Tata Steel

Tata Steel

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, Seagram

Seagram

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’s, Enercon

Enercon

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, Jet Airways

Jet Airways

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, Clarins

Clarins

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, GUESS

Guess

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, Elizabeth Arden

Elizabeth Arden

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, Max Factor

Max Factor

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, Planning Commission & Ministry of Tourism (Govt. of India) and NGOs like Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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, PETA

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

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, Save the Children

Save the Children

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 Foundation, amongst others.

Ritam is also known for his annual theme-based calendars.

Published Work

• The New York Times
  The New York Times
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• The Washington Post
  The Washington Post
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• The Wall Street Journal
  The Wall Street Journal
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• The Observer
  The Observer
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• The Guardian
  The Guardian
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• The Daily Telegraph
  The Daily Telegraph
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• The Independent
  The Independent
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• The Vancouver Sun
  The Vancouver Sun
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• Stern
  Stern (magazine)
  Stern is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. In the first quarter of 2006, its print run was 1.019 million copies and it reached 7.84 million readers according to...
  
  

• Auto, Motor und Sport
  Auto, Motor und Sport
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• Life
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• The Times of India
  The Times of India
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• Cosmopolitan
  Cosmopolitan (magazine)
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• Rolling Stone
  Rolling Stone
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• Good Housekeeping
  Good Housekeeping
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Exhibitions and Displays

• MasterCard Worldwide Collection
• Mumbai-the city that talks to me, Nov-Dec 2009, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai (Solo show)

• The Last Communist, Nov 2009, Jehangir Art Gallery
  Jehangir Art Gallery
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  , Mumbai (In collaboration with artist Ajay De)

• Display at Kala Ghoda
  Kala Ghoda
  Kala Ghoda is a precinct or district in South Mumbai, India.The name means Black Horse, a reference to a black stone statue of King Edward VII mounted on a horse. It was built by the Jewish businessman and philanthropist [Albert Abdullah David Sassoon]...
  
   Arts Festival, Mumbai

• Journey V, Jan-Feb 2010, Mumbai (Group show)

• Hope, Apr 2010, Mumbai (Group show)
• Israel through Indian eyes, Oct 2010, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai (Solo show)
• SOS Ladakh by NDTV Good Times, Oct 2010, Delhi (Group show)

• Work on permanent display at the Mumbai Domestic Airport
• The Japanese Girl - A Pictorial Ode to the Land of the Rising Sun, Mar-Apr 2011, Gallery Art & Soul, Mumbai (In association with artist Ajay De)

Calendars

• The Barry John
  Barry John (theatre director)
  Barry John is a British born, Indian theatre director and teacher, who was the Founder-Director of 'Theatre Action Group' , one of the early theatre group based in Delhi. In 1997, he launched Imago Media Company, along with Sanjay Sujitabh, and also started Imago Acting School in Delhi, both of...
  
   calendar, 2009

• Ponds of Hindustan Unilever and Good Housekeeping
  Good Housekeeping
  Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the...
  
   calendar, 2009

• Passages’ Medicine Bank calendar, featuring Sonakshi Sinha
  Sonakshi Sinha
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  , 2010

• Incredible India
  Incredible India
  Incredible India is the name of an international marketing campaign by the Government of India to promote tourism in India in 2002 to a global audience.- Origins of the phrase :...
  
   calendar, 2010

• International Cricket Council
  International Cricket Council
  The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
  
   calendar, 2011

Video References

• http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/picture-perfect/barry-john-caught-on-cam-by-ritam/108796