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'''O. P. Sharma''' (born 1937) is an Indian photographer based in Delhi. He heads the photography department of [[Triveni Kala Sangam]].<ref name="tks">{{cite web |title=Department of Art - Triveni Kala Sangam |url=http://trivenikalasangam.org/department-of-art/ |website=trivenikalasangam.org |accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> Earlier, he taught photography at [[Modern School, New Delhi|Modern School]] for many years. His works have been widely exhibited in India as well as other countries. He is the recipient of many awards and honours, and is credited with mobilising the international photography community to observe 19 August as World Photography Day.<ref name="dnaindia">{{cite web |title=OP, the man who started it all |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-op-the-man-who-started-it-all-1283643 |website=dnaindia.com |accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="thehindu2013">{{cite news |last1=Tripathi |first1=Shailaja |title=Lens and the man |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/lens-and-the-man/article5175522.ece |accessdate=24 May 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=27 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
O. P. Sharma was born in 1937 in [[Agra]], [[British India]], and grew up in the city.<ref name="thehindu2013" /><ref name="cai-ops">{{cite web |title=Dr. O. P. Sharma |url=https://www.cameraartinstitute.net/dr-o-p-sharma-1 |website=Camera Art Institute |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> He studied at Christian College, [[Lucknow]], and obtained a Bachelor's degree in science from [[University of Lucknow|Lucknow University]]. It was in Lucknow that he discovered his calling as a photographer.<ref name="betterphotography">{{cite web |last1=Mutreja |first1=Neha |title=O P Sharma |url=http://www.betterphotography.in/perspectives/great-masters/sharma/11777/ |website=Better Photography |accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> The head of the department of Physics, Lucknow University, placed the darkroom at his disposal. Sharma taught himself how to obtain a print that was a perfect replica of the negative. From that time onwards, he has always done all his darkroom work himself.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Sharma moved to [[Delhi]] in 1958 and began his career as photography teacher in [[Modern School, New Delhi|Modern School]]. In 1980 he started teaching at [[Triveni Kala Sangam]] (TKS), where he continues to take photography classes three times a week. Both at Modern and at TKS he trained many students who went on to become professional photographers. Some of them, such as [[Saadiya Kochar]] and Vicky Roy, have themselves achieved eminence. A short film has been made to commemorate the completion of 40 years of photography at TKS.<ref name="alkazifoundation">{{cite web |title=Triveni Kala Sangam and its Photography Department: A Commemoration |url=https://alkazifoundation.org/triveni-kala-sangam-and-its-photography-department-a-commemoration/ |website=Alkazi Foundation |access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref><br />
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At Modern School, Sharma met many well-known people whom he persuaded to pose for studio portraits. Some of the people whose portraits he captured were [[Begum Akhtar]], [[Pandit Jasraj]], [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]], [[K. M. Cariappa]] and [[Rajiv Gandhi]].<br />
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During the 1970s, Sharma also worked with the Hindi film industry. He did the still photography for a number of films including ''[[Chhupa Rustam]]'', ''[[Do Boond Pani]]'', ''[[Siddhartha (1972 film)|Siddhartha]]'' and ''[[Shalimar (1978 film)|Shalimar]]''.<br />
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=== World Photography Day ===<br />
The idea of a day that commemorated the birth of photography first occurred to Sharma in 1988. As he says in an interview: "... in various publications that documented the history of photography, I came across this date: 19 August 1839. It was recorded as the date on which the then French government announced the invention of the 'Daguerreotype' process of photography as a ‘free gift to the world'."<ref name="harmony">{{cite web |title=The big picture - Harmony Magazine |url=https://www.harmonyindia.org/etcetera_posts/the-big-picture-2/ |website=harmonyindia.org |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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Sharma set up about propagating the idea within the photography community in India and abroad. The first observance of the day was in 1991, by the Indian International Photographic Council, founded by Sharma himself.<ref name="dnaindia" /> Subsequently, Sharma was able to persuade the [[Photographic Society of America]] and the [[Royal Photographic Society]] of Great Britain to join in. By now, the observance of 19 August as World Photography Day is worldwide.<ref name="dcwartaius">{{cite web |last1=Artaius |first1=James |title=Happy World Photography Day 2020! Here's how it all started in 1839 |url=https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/world-photography-day-2020-celebrating-the-daguerreotype-gift-to-the-world |website=Digital Camera World |access-date=4 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Books authored by O. P. Sharma ==<br />
* ''Practical Photography'', by O. P. Sharma, Full Circle, 2003. {{ISBN|9788121600309}}.<br />
* ''Vision from the Inner Eye: The Photographic Art of AC. L. Syed'', by O. P. Sharma, Mapin Publishing, 2006.<br />
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== Awards and Honours ==<br />
* Honorary Fellow, [[Royal Photographic Society]] of Great Britain, 2000<ref name="honfellowsrps">{{cite web |title=Honorary Fellowships - RPS |url=http://rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/honorary-fellowships |website=Royal Photographic Society |accessdate=9 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414144540/http://www.rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/honorary-fellowships |archive-date=14 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* [[Photographic Society of America]]:<br />
** Fellow 1991<br />
** Honorary Fellow 1994<ref name="honorspsa">{{cite web |title=Honors Recipients: Photographic Society of America |url=https://psa-photo.org/index.php?psa-honors-recipients |website=psa-photo.org |accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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Sharma's works at exhibitions and competitions have fetched him around six hundred awards.<ref name="harmony" /><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2aNWCfNmUQ World Photography Day - Recalling History of Photography]<br />
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