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| name = Prabuddha Dasgupta
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| birth_name = Prabuddha Dasgupta
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1956|09|21}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151098619404351&set=o.464067376946763&type=1&relevant_count=1 |title=NGMA, Memorial Meeting Poster |date=August 2012 |publisher=NGMA |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|8|12|1956|09|21}}
|death_place =[[Alibaug]], Maharashtra
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Photographer
| years_active = 1975–2012
| website = {{URL|prabuddhadasgupta.com}}
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'''Prabuddha Dasgupta''' (21 September 1956 – 12 August 2012) was an Indian [[fashion photographer|fashion]] and [[Fine-art photography|fine-art photographer]].<ref name=hr>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/indian-fashion-photographer-prabuddha-dasgupta-361279 |title=Indian Fashion Photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta Dies at 58|date=13 August 2012 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> Known for his black and white imagery, he worked as a fashion photographer for more than three decades.<ref name=ht17/> His books included ''Women'' (1996), a collection of portraits and nudes of urban Indian women.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news |title= Noted photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta passes away |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/noted-photographer-prabuddha-dasgupta-passes-away/281621-8-66.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813231240/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/noted-photographer-prabuddha-dasgupta-passes-away/281621-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2012 |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Dasgupta 'elevated fashion images to art'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3766221.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012|quote= The 58-year-old lensman suffered heart attack.}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early life and background===
Prabuddha Dasgupta was born in [[Kolkata]] in September 1956. His father was, Prodosh Das Gupta, a sculptor<ref name=ht17>{{cite news |title=He painted in black and white- Prabuddha Dasgupta |author=Rochelle Pinto |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Art/He-painted-in-black-and-white-Prabuddha-Dasgupta/Article1-913417.aspx |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816164722/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Art/He-painted-in-black-and-white-Prabuddha-Dasgupta/Article1-913417.aspx |archive-date=16 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}.</ref> and curator of the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]] (NGMA), Delhi from 1957 to 1970; the family stayed within the premises.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Prabuddha Dasgupta|author=Aveek Sen|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120814/jsp/opinion/story_15854292.jsp#.UC3ZlaCdOSr |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> In the 1970s, his father moved to [[Nizamuddin West]], an artists' colony in Delhi, where he stayed for most of his career.<ref name=pablo/> He graduated in History from [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]] (1973–1975).<ref name=htsep13>{{cite web| title = Memories of a master| publisher = Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Memories-of-a-master/Article1-1125196.aspx| author = Aasheesh Sharma| date = 21 September 2013| access-date = 24 September 2013| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130930061621/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Memories-of-a-master/Article1-1125196.aspx| archive-date = 30 September 2013| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

===Career===
Dasgupta started his career as copywriter with the advertising agency Everest, before turning to photography full-time in the late 1980s.<ref name=ht17/><ref name=htsep13/> During his career as a commercial photographer, which took off with a campaign for Blue Lagoon Jeans,<ref>{{cite news |title=Retouch Me Not |author=Shefalee Vasudev|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/retouch-me-not/987870/0 |newspaper=Indian Express |date=14 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> Dasgupta worked with the first generation of Indian supermodels: [[Madhu Sapre]], [[Feroze Gujral]], Shyamolie Verma and [[Mehr Jesia]]. According to historian, [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], with whom he worked on his book ''Edge of Faith,'' "[[Rohit Khosla]] and [[Rohit Bal]], along with Dasgupta, invented glamour in India."<ref name=htsep13/> A self-taught photographer, he received the Yves Saint Laurent grant for photography in 1991,<ref name=ht/> for his photograph of model Feroze Gujral, shot for designer [[Suneet Varma]].<ref name=htsep13/><ref name=mint12/>

He shot the first advertisements of [[KamaSutra condoms]] in 1991, with models [[Pooja Bedi]] and [[Marc Robinson]], which not only became popular, but also turned KS into India's top-selling condom brand.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bollywoods Top 20 Superstars of Indian Cinema|author= Bhaichand Patel|publisher= Penguin Books India|year=2012|isbn=978-0670085729 |page=201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQL4dkVAnPIC&q=Prabuddha+Dasgupta&pg=PA201 }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated4">{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kamasutra8217s-creative-foreplay/127873/ |title=KamaSutra's creative foreplay |date=2 November 2003 |publisher=Business Standard}}</ref> Another ad campaign he shot, was for 'Tuff Shoes' in 1995, which featured models, [[Milind Soman]] and Madhu Sapre.<ref name=hr/><ref name=pablo>{{cite news |title=The death of a man so young, in the prime of his life |author=Pablo Bartholomew |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/The-death-of-a-man-so-young-in-the-prime-of-his-life/Article1-912693.aspx |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=13 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816153125/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/The-death-of-a-man-so-young-in-the-prime-of-his-life/Article1-912693.aspx |archive-date=16 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Dasgupta worked for ''Vogue,'' ''Elle,'' ''Harper's Bazaar'' and ''GQ.'' He published several art books of his photographs, including ''Women'' (1996),<ref name=ht17/><ref name=it/> ''Ladakh'' (2000) with landscapes of [[Ladakh]],<ref name=ht/> and his 2009 book ''Edge of Faith'' authored by [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], with portraits of the Catholic community in [[Goa]], was published in 2009.<ref name=mint12/><ref>{{cite book|last=Dalrymple|first=Prabuddha Dasgupta ; essay by William|title=Edge of faith|year=2009|publisher=Seagull Books|location=London|isbn=978-1906497316|pages=140|url=http://www.seagullindia.com/books/detailviewlonnew.asp?prodid=3395}}</ref> His work has been internationally exhibited, in solo and group shows and is held in the collections at Museo Ken Damy, Brescia (Italy) and Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan.<ref name=it>{{cite news |title=Rest in peace Prabuddha Dasgupta, says fashion world|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rest-in-peace-prabuddha-dasgupta-says-fashion-world/1/212985.html |publisher= India Today|date=13 August 2012|access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta dead |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/people/33181919_1_urban-indian-women-controversial-collection-fashion-photographer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103145034/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/people/33181919_1_urban-indian-women-controversial-collection-fashion-photographer |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date= 13 August 2012|access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> His first personal show titled, ''Longing'' was held in New York in 2007, and was reviewed by ''[[The Paris Review]].''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/art-photography/6138/prabuddha-dasgupta-geoff-dyer |title= Curated by Geoff Dyer: Prabuddha Dasgupta|year=2007 |publisher=Paris Review |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> During his career he also mentored "a generation" of photographers, including [[Tarun Khiwal]] and Bharat Sikka, who assisted him in the 1990s.<ref name=mint12>{{cite news |title=Tribute: The silent frame |url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/08/16212139/The-silent-frame.html |newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=20 August 2012|access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref>

In his later years, Dasgupta moved to [[Goa]].<ref name=ht17/> He died in [[Alibaug]] near Mumbai, following a heart attack on the way to the airport, after a fashion shoot in Alibaug, age 55.<ref name=cnn/><ref name=ht>{{cite news |title=Prabuddha, a master lensman (Obituary) |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/Prabuddha-a-master-lensman/Article1-912569.aspx |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]], Mumbai |date=12 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816153348/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/Prabuddha-a-master-lensman/Article1-912569.aspx |archive-date=16 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> A memorial meeting in his honour was held on 25 August 2013 at NGMA, New Delhi, wherein tributes were paid by [[Mira Nair]], [[Raghu Rai]] and [[Dayanita Singh]]; the gathering ended with an audio-visual montage of his works.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mira Nair, Raghu Rai pay tribute to Prabuddha Dasgupta|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mira-nair-raghu-rai-pay-tribute-to-prabuddha/285949-8-66.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126052203/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mira-nair-raghu-rai-pay-tribute-to-prabuddha/285949-8-66.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |date=27 August 2012 |access-date=26 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering an extraordinary visionary |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article3823904.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=26 August 2012|access-date=26 August 2012}}</ref>

As a tribute to him, the theme of the 2nd [[Delhi Photo Festival]] (2013) was chosen as "Grace", inspired by a talk Dasgupta gave at the 1st edition of the festival in 2011, "I want to have a long string of images, held together by grace, because grace is that undefineable, non-rational, non-linear word that I am looking for…"<ref>{{cite web | title = 2013 theme | url = http://www.delhiphotofestival.com/delhi_photo_festival_2013/theme.html | access-date = 18 September 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061010/http://www.delhiphotofestival.com/delhi_photo_festival_2013/theme.html | archive-date = 21 September 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Making the Frame|publisher=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/making-the-frame/article4569291.ece| access-date = 18 September 2013| first = Tushar| last = Khurana }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dasgupta was married to Tania Sethi, a graphic designer who was also his life-long creative collaborator, and with whom he had two daughters. During the last decade of his life he separated from his wife and was in a relationship with model [[Lakshmi Menon (model)|Lakshmi Menon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.in/content/prabuddha-dasgupta-vogue-retrospective |title=Prabuddha Dasgupta: Vogue Retrospective|author=Sita Wadhwani |date=21 August 2012 |publisher=Vogue India |access-date=24 August 2012}}</ref>

==Books==
* ''Women.'' Viking, 1996.
* ''Ladakh,'' Viking, 2000. {{ISBN|0670892106}}.
* ''Edge of Faith,'' with William Dalrymple, Seagull Books, 2009. {{ISBN|1906497311}}.

==References==
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==General references==
* [http://www.saffronart.com/artist/artistprofile.aspx?artistid=2629 "Profile of Prabuddha Dasgupta on SaffronArt.com"]
* [http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/prabuddha-dasgupta-174372/profile.html "Profile of Prabuddha Dasgupta on Artfacts.net"]

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0348486}}
* [http://idiva.com/photogallery-style-beauty/prabuddha-dasguptas-best-shots/14860 "Selection of Prabuddha Dasgupta's photographs of Indian women"]
* [http://getahead.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/oct/01/slide-show-1-prabuddha-dasgupta-interview.htm "Interview with Prabuddha Dasgupta]

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[[Category:Indian fashion photographers]]
[[Category:Commercial photographers]]
[[Category:Artists from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Hindu College, Delhi alumni]]
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