Dinesh Khanna An introduction TO an incredible Indian

Dinesh worked variously as a Calculator Salesman, Garments Quality Checker and a Busboy in an Upper Eastside Bar in New York in his early years. This rather confused career path was due to his teenage belief that if he followed in his Photographer Father’s footsteps he would be yet another victim of the Indian caste system. This rebellion further led him to a 12 year long career as a Client Servicing Executive in Advertising where he finally achieved ‘burn-out’ at the ripe old age of 33 years and which left him with a burning desire to become a Professional Photographer.

So in 1990 he finally succumbed to what can probably be blamed on genetic coding – the desire to make images – both as a means of making a living and as a form of creative expression. The last 17 years have seen him involved in creating images for Advertising, Editorial and Corporate clients, specifically in the area of Food, Still-life, People and Interiors.

Also a body of Personal Work which has been exhibited in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, London, Edinburgh, San Fran cisco and New York. His latest Exhibition was "Tirtha – a Spiritual Journey" in December 07 in New Delhi. Besides this he has done 2 Pictorial Books – "Bazaar" and "Living Faith" – which were a result of over a decade of traveling through the traditional markets and religious centres of India. 17 years into the journey Photography is not just a profession and a passion but his means of understanding and feeling the world and life around him.

Dinesh, now 50 years old, lives in Gurgaon, near Delhi, with wife, Rachana, who is an Advertising Executive turned Interior Designer and for the last 8 years a dedicated Kathak Dancer. They have 2 daughters, Myra, who is 12 years old and shares her mother’s passion for dance. And Mahi, who at 8 has decided to be an Artist but in her wisdom feels that photography is only a ‘half-art’.

Besides continuing to do commercial assignments for International Magazines, Advertising Agencies and Corporates, Dinesh is also currently working on Pictorial Books on "Benaras – Everyday in Eternity" and "London – Another view".

A small collection of Dinesh Khanna´s work as artistic photographer and documentalist is exibited at the ITB Press Lounge. It shows the incredible beauty and colours of India. A BrandsMission project sponsored by ITB Berlin, Eilles Tee (Darboven, Hamburg), IBEF, India Brand Equity Foundation, Incredible !ndia
and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of India.

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