Iqbal Mohamed
Iqbal Mohamed is an Indian advertising and automobile photographer, originally from Chennai.
He closed his studio in Mumbai and founded India's first professional photography institute, Light & Life Photography Academy (LLA), in Ooty, offering short-term workshops and long-term courses in photography.[1][2][3][4]
He has photographed campaigns for Ford, Toyota, FIAT, Mistshubishi, Colour Plus, Ponds, TVS, Timex, Reebok, GE, BPL, Mahindra & Mahindra, Coca Cola and Ashok Leyland.
Also a nature and outdoor photography lover, he has worked with the tourism department to produce a photography book on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He has photographed for the books The Nilgiris Mountain Railway and Chola Architecture. His book Portrait & Function Photography is the first book of its kind to be published in eight Indian languages besides English. He has co-photographed for two books Karnataka and Bangalore.
He is an alumnus of the Brooks Institute of Photography in California.[1][5] He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History & Political Science from Loyola College, Chennai and an MBA from the University of Madras.
Publications
Publications by, or with contributions by, Mohamed:
- The Nilgiris Mountain Railway.
- Chola Architecture.
- Portrait & Function Photography.
- Forever Untamed - Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- Karnataka. Bangalore: Gangarams Publications Private Limited.
- Bangalore: Scenes from the Indian City. Bangalore: Gangarams Publications Private Limited, 1994. Text by Prof. M.N Srinivas, photographs by Mohamed, Clay Kelton, Clare Arni, and Mahesh Bhat.
- Vibrant at 100: Big Temples, Thanjavur, India. Productivity and Quality Publishing Private Limited, 2010. ISBN 9788185984421. Photographs by Mohamed, text by Anuradha Iqbal.[6]
References
- 1 2 Nautiyal, Kanak Hirani (4 June 2003). "India's first photography institute". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/looking-through-glass/article3219460.ece
- ↑ http://archive.financialexpress.com/news/light&lifeacademyannouncescoursesinphotography/481176
- ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/article382276.ece?service=print
- ↑ "Writing with light". The Hindu. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-bookreview/a-pictorial-tribute-to-the-big-temple/article1030989.ece