Nishant Shukla is a photographer and director working across commercial, editorial, portrait, and fashion projects.
He has lived and worked between the UK and India, and is currently based in London. His work is produced both on location and in the studio, often in close collaboration with artists, designers, writers, musicians, and brands.
Alongside his photographic and film practice, he directs LAKE, an artist-run curatorial and research platform in Deptford, London, focused on sound-led and listening-based practices.
For commercial commissions, editorial assignments, and enquiries: hello@nishantshukla.com
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Serendipity Arts Festival, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, Goa, India
2023 Up Gallery, Seeking Moksha, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
2022 Lake, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, London, UK
2018 Tissuer D’Image, Seeking Moksha, Beaucouze, France
2017 Centro Fotografico Cagliari, Seeking Moksha, Cagliari, Italy
2017 DocFiled Barca, Brief Encounters, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Format International Festival, Seeking Moksha, Derby, UK
2016 TIFA, Ravers & the Aftermath, Pune, India
2016 Alkazi Grants Preview, Seeking Moksha, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2016 Fotobookfestival, Seeking Moksha, Kassel, Germany
2016 Steild Bookshow, Seeking Moksha, The Deck, Singapore
2016 Zones of Privacy, Seeking Moksha, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai, India
2016 Travel Photo Jaipur, Brief Encounters Installation, Jaipur Railway Station, India
2016 Tasveer Journal, Seeking Moksha, Tasveer Gallery, Bangalore, India
2015 GoaPhoto 2015, Ravers & the Aftermath, Blindboys Collateral Exhibition at Casa Xetio, Panjim, Goa, India
2009 Freshfacedandwildeyed09, Brief Encounters, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Film Screenings
2025 Reproduce Artists, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, BOSI, London, UK
2023 Supakino, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, Rio Cinema, London, UK
2023 Supakino, Koi Hain?! / Is Anybody There?!, Schweizer 5, Frankfurt, Germany
Grants / Awards / Nominations
2023 Nominated: Asian Pioneer Photographer, Yunnan, China
2021 Develop Your Creative Practice, Arts Council England
2016 Winner: Alkazi Photobook Grant
2016 Shortlisted: Fotobookfestival Kassel Dummy Award / Steidl Asia Open Call / Unseen Dummy Award
2008 Vice Chancellors Award for MA Photography, Thames Valley University, London
Curatorial Projects
2022-Ongoing LAKE, artist-run curatorial and research platform, Deptford, London
2015-2020 Co-Founded BIND, a platform for photobooks and a library, Mumbai, India
Photobook
2017 Seeking Moksha, published and enabled by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts: Photography Grant 2016
Art Fairs2017 India Art Fair, Seeking Moksha, Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi, India
2013 United Art Fair, Brief Encounters, New Delhi, India
Selected Publications2018 Photography in India : A Visual History from the 1850’s to the Present / Nathanial Gaskell, Diva Gujral, Published by Prestel
2018 Foam Magazine #50, Water Issue, Interview by Aveek Sen
2017 Vice Annual Photo Issue, US & UK
2017 British Journal of Photography #7857, Habitat
Art Residency2018 Open 19, Live Art & Performance Residency, HH Art Spaces, Goa, India
Selected Talks2023 Impressions Gallery, Sustainability & The Photobook, Bradford, UK
2018 Fotobookfestival, BIND & the photobook in India, , Kassel, Germany
2017 Platform, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2015 Photokathmandu, The journey of the photobook, in conversation with Dragana Jurisic & Sohrab Hura, Kathmandu, Nepal
2014 PIX, New Ethnographies: Contemporary Conventions of the Image, Max Muellar Bhavan, Mumbai, India
Teaching
2025 Visiting Lecturer, MA Photography Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2024 Visiting Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2023-24 Visiting Lecturer, BA Photography, Camberwell College of Art, UAL, London, UK
2017-18 Visiting Lecturer, MA Photography Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2015-16 Lecturer, Photography Diploma, Shri Aurobindo College of Arts & Communication, New Delhi, India
2013-14 Lecturer, Photography and Print Production, Sophia’s College, Mumbai, India
Education
2008-2010 PG Dip in Photography, University of West London, London, UK
2005-2008 BA (Hons) Photography & Digital Imaging , Thames Valley University, London, UK
Selected PressArt Tribune
Art Zealous
Foam
Fotoroom
Ignant
Itsnicethat
Pagina99
Photocaptionist
Vice