Kalpesh Lathigra
Kalpesh Lathigra is a photographer who was born in London. In 2000 he was awarded a first prize in the arts section of World Press Photo. In 2003, he received the W. Eugene Smith grant and a Churchill Fellowship for a project documenting the lives of widows in India. His first book, Lost in the Wilderness, on the Lakota Sioux and Pine Ridge Reservation, was published in 2015.
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Art & Photography | Issue 166
You’re a Londoner
Kalpesh Lathigra & Guy Gunaratne
‘For you, an image makes sight sacrosanct. It wasn’t always like that.’
Guy Gunaratne introduces photography by Kalpesh Lathigra.
Art & Photography | Issue 162
City by the Sea
Kalpesh Lathigra & Max Ferguson
‘The homogeneity of cities is a form of madness, but it’s also comfortable because it’s a recognisable madness.’
Kalpesh Lathigra on Mumbai, artistic perspective and moving away from neutrality.