A native of India, Srijita (Sri) grew up in the painted deserts of the United Arab Emirates. Being a non-resident Indian exposed her to love and appreciate several cultures, concurrently paving her path to visual storytelling.
Sri holds a MA in visual communications from Ohio University (Go Bobcats) and a BA in photojournalism from Western Kentucky University (Go Hilltoppers.) She also holds a BA in Mass Communication from the Manipal Academy of Higher Education in Dubai. Most recently Sri served as the Interim Social Enterprise Photo Coordinator for the Athens Photographic Project.
Sri is currently based in Oxford, Mississippi, and works as a photographer with the University Marketing & Communications department for The University of Mississippi (Go Rebels.)
Portrait by Randall Lewis.
Available for assignments:
srijitachattopadhyay@gmail.com
270.320.9429
Oxford, Mississippi
Workshops:
- Eddie Adams Workshop XXXIV | 2021
- Momenta Workshops | 2019
- Mountain Workshops, Digital Storytelling | 2018
- Mountain Workshops, Video | 2017
- Mountain Workshops, Photojournalism | 2016
Honors & Awards:
- Gad Schuster Gross Grant | 2021
- National Press Photographers Foundation Scholarship |2021
- For the Love of Athens Exhibition, Juror award | 2021
- WideOpen Excellence in Photography Exhibition | 2020
- Chris Honduras Scholarship | 2020
- Momenta Workshops West Award | 2019
- Hearst Journalism Awards, National Championship, Finalist | 2018
- Hearst Journalism Awards, 3rd Place Multimedia II| 2018
- Hearst Journalism Awards, 5th Place Photojournalism II | 2018
- KNPA, 1st Place Feature Still | 2018
- KNPA, 1st Feature Photo Story | 2018
- KNPA, 1st Place Multimedia | 2018
- Society of Professional Journalism, Multimedia Finalist | 2018
- Jonathan Woods Mountain Workshops Scholarship | 2017
- George Tames Scholarship | 2017
- Hearst Journalism Awards, 1st place Photojournalism II | 2017
- Hearst Journalism Awards, National Championship Best Photo Story | 2017
- Larry Powell Endowment Fund Award | 2016
- International Student Diplomat | 2016
