Saadiya Kochar

Saadiya Kochar is an Indian woman photographer and solo traveller.[1]

Biography

Saadiya was born into a Sikh family. Her birthplace is Jammu since her maternal side is from there.Her education was from a missionary school, Convent of Jesus and Mary in Delhi but she never went to a regular college. Having studied mass communication, from Sri Aurobindo Institute of Mass communication she went on to study at Triveni Kala Sangam, under world renowned artist O. P. Sharma, a photographer famous for black and white images. She got a diploma in photography from ICPP, Australia. When she was 24, this Indian photographer published her first book, Being.....[2]

Kochar, has worked in Kashmir for over a decade. In 2012, she organised a solo show, in New Delhi, of her images from Kashmir, titled Loss. Kochar had shown her photographs through a few solo shows, earlier as well, titled- Being...( thoughts, emotions and self discovery displayed through the body, au antural), Zikr-the remembrance (Sufi practices) has been a part of a number of group shows, in India as well as abroad. Being.A book on the human form was released in 2004. Kochar has worked on a short video art project called Loss, about the troubles faced by Kashmiri Muslims and the Kashmiri Pandits. She continues to travel and work in Kashmir.[3]

In 2017, she travelled through India by herself, covering the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Corridors. The project Road Tripping-Photowalli Gaadee is a pan India project that made its debut at the India Art Fair in a group shoe and at Cafe De Art in a solo one.

References
  1. "Artist's Directory". Galleryartanddesign.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. "24-year-old Saadiya Kochar frames 15 years of her life in a book of photographs: Your Week - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 9 February 2004. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. "A story of loss". Deccan Herald. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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