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Rajiv Kapoor Photography

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Rajiv Kapoor was born in Mumbai, India, and has lived in Ireland and the United States. Formally educated in business and marketing, he pursues photography while maintaining a corporate career. His work is mainly focused on sociopolitical issues and explores a stream of life amidst conflict.

His current project, Paradoxes of Living on Holy Land: Photographs from Jerusalem and West Bank, opened at the Ver(a)rt Gallery in Seattle in 2010 and was also part of the 2010 Seattle Sabeel Conference, an Israeli-Palestinian peace conference. Given the strength of his work, he was asked to be a speaker on the hidden costs of occupation.

He took on photography to develop a better understanding of the world we live in. His first project, Portrait of Nepal in 2008, was shown at the Kirkland Center for Performing Arts in Washington State. He has also worked with the non-profit Community Voice Mail to challenge the stereotypes of what a homeless person is and his images were published in an online humanitarian magazine called NEED. He has taken workshops with Magnum photographers Alex Webb and Susan Meiselas and is an active member of the Photographic Center Northwest.

Posted in: PhotoJournalism, Showcase by pixpaadmin on March 5, 2010