Aditya Arya

ADITYA ARYA an eminent commercial and travel photographer, He began professional photography in 1980 after graduating in History from the St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. He wears Many Hats and has been a still photographer in the film industry in early eighties  After a brief stint in the Mumbai Film Industry he moved back to Delhi.

In addition to his wide-ranging Commercial and Travel portfolio, his work has been published widely in books and travel magazines around the world. He is known for his expertise in the field of advertising and corporate photography, specialising in Products, Interiors and Food.

He led expeditions and treks for some of the leading travel outfitters in 80's and 90's all over the Himalayas.

Over the last few years, he has been completely immersed in the subject and practice of photographic conservation. He has honed his skills and knowledge on preservation, restoration and archiving. He has played a pivotal role in the establishment of India Photo Archive Foundation and the Neel Dongre Awards/Grants for Excellence in Photography.

At present,he divides his time between his photography archive and Museo Camera it is the largest not-for-profit photography museum in South-East Asia. A unique partnership between India Photo Archive Foundation and The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, Museo Camera is one of a kind in India with 18,000 sq. ft. of space dedicated to the art and history of photography.

With more than 2000 rare and iconic cameras and other equipment, this museum traces the history of photography from the 1870s to the Digital Era.

Today in the fast paced world of megapixels he is also immersing himself in the slowness of analog processes and at the same time slowing down many born digital photographers and artists by mentoring them.

Aditya has also turned alchemist and artist practicing and teaching the art of vintage photographic processes such as salt prints, egg albumen prints, gum bichromate and wet plate photography.

He has been on the Jury of the National Art Exhibition 2014 organised by Lalit Kala Akademi and many other national shows. He has also curated several shows of archival and contemporary visual works, both nationally and internationally. These include the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi,Mumbai ,Bangalore and the National Museum, New Delhi,Salarjung Museum hyderabad and several galleries and museums in Canada, London, France, Spain.

He  was a guest faculty at Sri Aurobindo Centre of Art and Communication and also previously at the Jamia Millia Islamia University’s Institute of Mass Communication. He  was also a mentor at Habitat Photosphere, a photography festival initiative by Visual Arts Galley, India Habitat Centre. He was also the Director at the Academy for Photographic Excellence (APEX), one of the India’s leading photography academies based in New Delhi, and a Guest Fellow and Curator at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.

Aditya’s passion for working with his hands extends to his farm where he grows a range of pesticide  free vegetables and medicinal plants.

Photography

Commercial photography

Arya is known for his work relating to hotel photography. He has worked with several hotels chains that include covering hotels for chains like the Radisson, Club Mahindra, and Oberoi group. He has covered these hotels all across India as well as abroad. His works also includes other specific areas in advertising such as He has also covered other areas in advertising such as food, industries healthcare etc.[1][2]

Discovering India

Aditya Arya has travelled extensively across the country and his work reflects this. worked across India to explore different regions in the country. His work in Nagaland with writer Vibha Joshi, He has worked in Nagaland with writer Vibha Joshi to covers the 16 remaining Naga tribes.[3] His work focusing on about the Buddhist art in the 900-year-old monastery in Alchi, Ladakh the Himalayas was covered by the Smithsonian Magazine.[4] He has also worked on the Musahar Community in Bihar.[5] He has also covered Landscapes in Ladakh and the JalMahal in Jaipur. Other than this he has photographed the Khampti tribe in Arunachal Pradesh and a lot of Rural India[2][5]

Outside India

Arya worked in collaboration with the German Embassy to cover 'Germany through Indian eyes'[6]

APEX

Aditya Arya is part of the faculty and advisory board at the Academy of Photographic Excellence or APEX. He was one of the founding members of the Academy.[7]

Aditya Arya Archive, India Photo Archive Foundation and Kulwant Roy

Aditya Arya is the owner of Aditya Arya Archive which contains rare photographic collections like that of Kulwant Roy. He was one of the founding member of the India Photo Archive Foundation and is their Chairmanperson and tTrustee. He has been restoring preserving these rare collections and providing them for viewing through publications and exhibitions.[8][9] He most recently curated the exhibition titled Kulwant Roy: Retrospective at the National Gallery of Modern Art.[2][10]

Publications
  • The Eternal Ganga. Spantech Publishers. 1989. ISBN 978-81-85215-04-4.
  • Arya, Aditya; Joshi, Vibha (2004). The land of the Nagas. Mapin Pub. ISBN 978-81-85822-19-8.
  • Roy, Kulwant; Arya, Aditya; Kamtekar, Indivar (2010). History in the Making: The Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy. Collins. ISBN 978-81-7223-868-1.

References
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  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120618122452/http://www.bursaphotofest.org/aditya-arya.html. Archived from the original on June 18, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Arya, Aditya; Joshi, Vibha (2008-09-03). The land of the Nagas - Aditya Arya, Vibha Joshi - Google Books. ISBN 9788185822198. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  4. "History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places | Smithsonian". Smithsonianmag.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
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  7. "Home | Academy for Photography Excellence". Apexindia.net. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20130102122358/http://www.adityaaryaarchive.com/. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "NGMA displays rare photographs by Kulwant Roy | NetIndian". Netindian.in. 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
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