Ranita Roy Photography

Ranita Roy was born in Andul, a small town near Kolkata, India. She is a documentary photographer and visual artist. She completed Hostile environment awareness training (HEAT) at Jakarta, nominated by Thomson Reuters (2020). Whose work has been published in various media publications including Reuters, The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times, The Caravan magazine, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The National (UAE), DW News, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Feature Shoot, BBC.

In 2019 Ranita joined Reuters as a freelance photojournalist and also joined WaterAid India as an Empanelled Photographer in 2020. She has worked on numerous personal projects including Old Age Happiness, Sleep Paralysis (Research work)), Flood and cyclone-affected areas, Child Labor, Health care issues, Animal rights, and many more. She has won numerous scholarships including the Scholarship from NOOR Images, Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship 2018, and VII Academy (2019). Her work has been recognized numerous times including by UNESCO (Climate change). She received the 7th National Photography Award (India), an Honorable Mention in Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award and she was a top 10 finalist of the International Women Photographer Award 2017. She was Shortlisted in the 2020 Inge Morath Award (Magnum Foundation). In 2019 she bagged a fellowship from WaterAid India. She is currently a 2020 Women Photograph mentorship program mentee.

Ranita completed a Master's degree in Environmental Science from Asutosh College (Kolkata). She has also gained advanced knowledge in narrative photography from New Directions by Sohrab Hura (Magnum photos Photographer), and National Geographic Photo Camp (Kolkata)2018. In 2019, she attended the 7th annual New York Portfolio Review organized by The New York Times in New York..

Ranita is available for assignments globally.
email: ranita30roy@gmail.com

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Languages
Bengali, Hindi, and English

Experience

2020	Empanelled Photographer for WaterAid India
2019 - Present	Contributor at Thomson Reuters
2019-2020	Worked with WaterAid India (Fellowship)
2020	Curated and edited @wpthejournal South East Asia (Group 27)
2019	Worked as a fixer and photographer for DPI217 NGO
2018	As a documentary photographer and videographer for Howrah Suparna NGO
2015	Worked as a documentary photographer for Government of West Bengal in Jalatirtha project

Education

2020	Media Bootcamp on Gender and Climate Change_(The UN Environment Programme and UN Women)
2020	Reuters Jakarta's Hostile Environment Awareness Training
2019-2020	Women Photograph Mentorship Class
2019	Finding your visual Voice_VII Agency (New York)
2019	7th annual New York Portfolio Review (New York)
2017-2019	M.Sc. in Environment Science
2018	Foundry Photojournalism Workshop (Kolkata)
2018	New Directions on Documentary photography by Sohrab Hura at Kolkata
2018	Timothy Allen Photography Workshop, Residency at Sharjah, UAE
2018	National Geographic Photo Camp Kolkata
2014-2016	Graduated in BioScience (BS.c)

Publications

2020	The Soul and Serenity of India by Ranita Roy ( The Washington Post Magazine)
2020	Trafficking in Persons Report 2020 (U.S. Department of State)
2020	Flood and Fury The aftermath of Cyclone Amphan in Andul and South 24 Parganas (The Caravan Magazine)
2020	Without fear of water or virus_(La Verdad)
2020	Coronavirus: Number of cases in India reaches 5.2 million (challenges.fr)
2020	Elevating voices from the frontlines of the fight against slavery (Thomson Reuters Foundation)
2020	Editor’s Showcase: Indian Women and Children of Rural and Financial Backward Areas
2020	The Medical Explanation Behind One Unusual Dream Phenomenon (Boredom Therapy)
2019	Revealing the Terror of Sleep Paralysis (New York Times Lens Blog)
2019	Pictures of the year: India (REUTERS)
2019	The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was published in Reuters
2019	Week in pictures: 22-28 June 2019 was published in BBC NEWS
2019	The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was published in Reuters Editor's Choice
2019	Editor's Choice Pictures- REUTERS
2019	Editor's Choice Pictures- REUTERS
2019	Published in DW News
2019	A dream ride inside the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was published in The Economic Times
2019	Selected by The Guardian as Best Photographs of the day
2019	All aboard the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - in pictures was published in The National (UAE)
2019	Best photos of the week
2019	Published in Gladrags Media
2019	Photos: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was published in Hindustan Times
2019	Fact A Look at Life in India, Part 1/2 was published in avax.news
2019	PHOTOS: India in the week gone by was published in rediff.com
2018	The project "Deluge, Distress & The Disastrous Backwash Of Floods On The Lives Of Children" published by Leher India - Child Rights organization
2017	Publish in popular blogging site, WP fotoblogia, a part of Wirtualna Polska Group, Poland
2017	Published in Dodho Magazine- One of the most influential online magazine
2016	Published Indian Child Education System in Private Photo View
2016	Published Child labour and Child Education in Femina Media (Hungary)
2016	Published Photo series on Child Education at 121Clicks

Achievements

2020	Magnum Foundation_Inge Morath Award shortlisted
2020	Joop Swart Masterclass nominees (World Press Photo)
2020	Nominated for Jakarta's Hostile Environment Training Program (Thomson Reuters)
2020	Nominated for Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer
2020	Become a full member of Diversify Photo
2019	Become a full member of VISURA
2019	Photograph selected by UN Human Rights collaboration with Women Photograph
2019	Special mention in "SACRED.The experience of beyond,2019 (Urbanautica)
2019	Romano Cagnoni Photolux Award 2019 finalist
2019	Women Photograph: Year in Pictures
2019	Selected to attend the 7th annual New York Portfolio Review
2019	Bagged a scholarship from VII academy for Finding your visual Voice - workshop at New York
2019	Special Mention Award (Professional Category) for the 7th National Photography Award, India
2019	Nominated for 6x6 Global Talent Program - Asia edition, World Press Photo Foundation
2019	Selected as 2nd Runners up in Landskrona Foto Residency
2019	Selected to Exhibit in Dhaka International Photo Fest, Category – Portfolio (Storytelling)
2019	Become a full member of Women Photograph
2019	Selected to attend the emotional and physical resilience training in with ROAAAR. Supported by the IWMF and Blink
2018	The Project - "Healthcare of women & children in India" was shortlisted for Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award
2018	Awarded scholarship for Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, NOOR Images, Stanley Greene Scholarship
2018	The series 'Chhordima - Silent Feature of Women Movement" was screened in the Indian Photography Festival, Hyderabad, Curated by Senthil Kumaran
2018	Among 5 winning portfolios in 'Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award' for the Year
2018	Among the selected photographers for 30 Under 30 Women Photographers / Organized by ARTPIL
2018	West Bengal State Award Champion at Kalanand organized by Prafulla Dahanukar Art Foundation
2017	Nominee – Nature Section - PhotogrVphy Grant
2017	Achieved Honourable Mention in Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award (GRANT) http://fotodocument.org/fotoreportage-award/
2017	Among TOP 10 Finalist of International Women Photographer Award
2016	UNESCO 2016, Climate Change

Exhibition

2020	"Togethering" Virtual Exhibition by Houston Center for Photography
2020	"Resistance" Exhibition by Center for Media & Social Impact and American University School of Communication. (Washington D.C.)
2020	WP the journal
2019	7th National Photography Award Exhibition National Media Center in Delhi
2019	Instagram takeover @womenphotograph
2019	The online show has organized by Antidote Art Design
2019	Selected to Exhibit in Dhaka International (Single and Portfolio category)
2018	Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Awards winners_25 July, at After Nyne Gallery, London
2018	Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharjah, UAE
2018	30 Under 30 Women Photographers Artpil, LILLE and Paris, France
2017-2018	International Women Photographers Awards - (10 Places around the world)
2017	Exhibit in Maya Art Space (Kolkata)
2016	Graphoto exhibition at Kolkata, India

Interview & Talks

2020_Interview on GirlsClubAsia

2020_ Interview with Ranita Roy (UP Photographers )

2020_Spin It Social Hour_guest, Ranita Roy LIVE from Kolkata, India. (USA)

2018_Associate Press-STAR OF INDIA - SIR DON MCCULLIN HAILS NEW FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODIGY

2018_Thomson Reuters-Indian girl hailed photography prodigy after winning the award

2018_Published in Feature Shoot with my interview

2018_Featured Artist: Ranita Roy.An inquisitive mind.(explorenation.net)

Print Sale

2020	https://www.lifeboat.community/prints
2019	Limited edition print sale by Antidote Art Design

Books

2017_Got published in the book "Telling of Trees" Vol. 1, by Steven Lee

2018_One of the contributors in the book "Kolkata then and now", which was launched at Oxford Bookstore.

Ranita Roy Photography

Ranita Roy is an Indian female photojournalist based in India.