Akash Joshi

Akash Joshi is a self-taught photographer forging a journey in the medium and existing in the space(s) between a practitioner and student of the craft. Telling stories through images, and often supplementing them with text in the fashion of a photo-essay, Akash began making images: of spaces within and without, wanting to capture a fleeting moment, a daily occurrence, a spot of light; of the spaces that had been sites of violence in the past, of areas they found and continue to find refuge in; of people who exist and lead parallel and sometimes converging lives in the same space; of memory-relics that although attempt to provide nostalgic comfort often open windows to years of trauma.

Akash’s photographic series have been featured in a variety of online publications and exhibitions which include "finding my way Home" in LensCulture, "Images of Resistance" at Vantage Point Sharjah 9, 2021, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, The Future of the Past, A Night at 367, The Gnamma Collective, New Delhi, "A Photo Story from Bageshwar, Uttarakhand: Not Just Ram's Lila", The Quint. And in 2018, they were awarded the Street: Honourable Mention (Amateur) in the Monochrome Photography Awards.