Jyoti Bhatt (b. 1934) was born in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Bhatt studied painting and printmaking at the MS University of Baroda from 1950-1956. He FURTHER learnt Printmaking at the Pratt Institute and Pratt Graphic Art Center, New York specializing in graphics in 1964-66. Jyoti Bhatt is one of the founder members of the Center of Photography, Baroda. Some of his selected solo exhibitions include: Parallels That Meet: Paintings, Prints, Photographs, Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi (2007), Graphic Prints: An Overview Jyoti Bhatt, Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi (2005), In Conversation: Painting and Sketchbook, Gallery Espace, New Delhi (2001). Few of his selected group exhibitions are: Yeh Image Mahaan: India Meets Bharat, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata (2010), The Living Insignia, Gallery Ensign, New Delhi (2010). He was awarded the gold medal by International Print Biennale, Florence, Italy (1967), the Lifetime Achievement Award - Distinguished Photo Artist, Academy of Visual Media, New Delhi (2005) amongst many others. The artist lives and works in Baroda.

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Visual notes from a lost land

by Soumitra Das

Jyoti Bhatt's photographs go back to a time when the dry and dusty scrublands of an unspoilt Gujarat had not been stamped out by the joint assault of globalization and rapid urbanization, and the tribals still roamed free. These illuminating black-and-white frames were displayed at an exhibition titled

Jyoti Bhatt

Visual notes from a lost land

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