Ranita Roy was born in Andul, a small town near Kolkata, India. She is a photojournalist, whose work has been published in various media publications including Reuters, The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The National (UAE), DW News, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Feature Shoot, etc.
In 2019, Ranita joined Reuters as a freelance photojournalist. She has worked on numerous personal projects including Old Age Happiness, Sleep Paralysis, Flood and cyclone-affected areas, Child Labor, Health care issues, Animal rights and many more. She has also worked for the State Government of West Bengal. She has won numerous scholarships including the Scholarship from NOOR Images for Foundry Photojournalism 2018 Workshop, Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award 2018, and VII Academy scholarship for Finding your visual voice workshop -New York (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. In 2019 she was selected in Women Photograph mentorship program and bagged a fellowship from WaterAid India.
Ranita completed a Master's degree in Environmental Science from Asutosh College (Kolkata). She has also gained advance knowledge in narrative photography from New Directions by Sohrab Hura (Magnum Photographer), and National Geographic Photo Camp (Kolkata)2018. In 2019, she was selected for the 7th annual New York Portfolio Review organized by The New York Times in New York.
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Languages
Bengali, Hindi, and English
Experience
| 2019 - Present | Contributor at Thomson Reuters |
| 2019-2020 | Working with WaterAid India (Fellowship) |
| 2019 | Worked as a fixer with DPI217 NGO |
My Projects
| 2020 | What if? |
| 2020 | See you in the future |
| 2020 | The Unappreciated Heroes |
| 2020 | Women with a positive mindset _Bhopal, India_(WaterAid) |
| 2020 | Migrant workers and water in Bhopal, India (WaterAid) |
| 2019-2020 | Protest against CAA NRC (INDIA) |
| 2019 | Aftermath of Cyclone BULBUL in West Bengal, India |
| 2019 | Women Heroes in Indore, India (WaterAid) |
| 2019 | Aftermath of Cyclone FANI in Odisha, India |
| 2018 | Price of Milk |
| 2018 | Something watching Me |
| 2018 | Documentary on “Healthcare of poor and financial backward women & children in India” (Self project) |
| 2018 | " Pollution during Festival” based on Diwali Festival (NatGeo Photo Camp) |
| 2018 | Documentary on Tribal Education System - Project under Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) who promotes Linguistic harmony by teaching 15 Indian languages to non-native learners |
| 2018 | Covered the project "Celebration With a Smile", Organized by Howrah Suparna in collaboration with ChildLine Howrah |
| 2018 | Travel Assignment on a resort called “Teen Taley Eco Village Resort” Sikkim |
| 2018 | Event assignment on Book Release “Impact of Indian Forest Act on the Forest Dwelling Tribes” authored by Suparna Sanyal Mukherjee at Governor’s House (Rajbhavan) Kolkata |
| 2016-2017 | Documentary on Advancement of Relationship |
| 2015 | Self-project on Old Age Happiness (Chhordima) |
| 2015 | Nature's own Art |
| 2015-2017 | Child labor and Child education system in India |
| 2015-2017 | The environmental issue in flood-affected areas |
| 2015 | Documentary on irrigation system under West Bengal Government called Jalatirtha |
Publications
Achievements
| 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 |
| 2019 | Photograph selected by UN Human Rights collaboration with Women Photograph |
| 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 | 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 |
Education
| 2020 | Reuters Jakarta's Hostile Environment Training |
| 2019-2020 | Women Photograph Mentorship Class |
| 2019-2020 | Fellowship for Wash Project (WaterAid India) |
| 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) |
Exhibition
| 2020 | "Resistance" Exhibition by Center for Media & Social Impact and American University School of Communication. (Washington D.C.) - Feb 3 – March 30 |
| 2019 | 7th National Photography Award Exhibition National Media Center in Delhi |
| 2019 | 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, Sharja, 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) |
| 2017 | Winner (Nature category) Lens & Lady, organized by Vigour media & Education, Jaipur, India |
| 2017 | ISA MOSTRA Photography Exhibition (Winner) |
| 2016 & 2017 | Montage Jadavpur University Photographic Club (JUPC) Exhibition |
| 2016 | Graphoto exhibition at Kolkata, India |
Interview
Print Sale
| 2020 | The Diversify Photo + Darkroom COVID-19 Relief Print Sale |
| 2020 | Women Photograph Print Sale collaboration with Look & Seen |
| 2019 | The Diversify Photo x Darkroom Holiday Print Sale |
| 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. |