Shubhodeep Roy
an artistic photographer
I am Shubhodeep Roy a 23-year-old internationally award winning photographer based in Kolkata, India. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the University Of Calcutta. Photography is my passion and I have started doing it from a very young age. I have been working on social responsibility projects and trying to photograph socially important issues. My photographs have been exhibited globally and have been published on several occasions nationally and internationally. Being a photography enthusiast, I have been travelling near and far to capture interesting human stories for the past few years, exploring and documenting a range of different aspects of human life. Capturing the human element is always key to my photography, and through my photos, I want to share my unique perspective and experience. I don’t know if or when this unquenchable thirst will come to an end!
In a world often painted in shades of grey, may this image be a burst of light—a little hope, a little peace. A reminder that even in darkness, color exists. That amidst chaos, joy prevails. And that the greatest gift of humanity is love. A belated Happy Holi to all—may you find the hues of happiness and harmony.
Captured in Kolkata, where the festival of colors paints life itself, blurring the lines between strangers and kindred souls. In this fleeting chaos of color and laughter, may we remember—love is the brightest shade of all. - Celebration Of Holi in Kolkata, captured Machy 13th 2025
I am beyond honored to be among the shortlisted winners of this year’s Sony World Photography Awards! Out of an overwhelming 415,000 images from 200 countries, only 14 were selected in the Open Travel category. To be one of them—and among the youngest ever—is a dream come true. Grateful for every moment of this journey. See you at Somerset House, London!
it’s taken handheld with a Nikon D5600 and just the basic kit lens—nothing fancy, nothing extra. I only converted it from RAW to JPEG, no edits. Years of learning, failing, and pushing myself have led me to this exposure, yet I know the journey of learning never truly ends.
One photograph from the project "The Migrant Workers of India" has been published in a new book titled "OF COVID," published by KGP Monolith in collaboration with the Humble Arts Foundation. This book, edited by the renowned international photojournalist Kris Graves, is a shared and global photographic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, capturing the profound impact of this time on our lives.
The book is available online. You can view all the pages and see the images documenting our collective trauma and interconnectivity during the pandemic.
Overseas is the quarterly membership magazine for the Royal Over-Seas League. Established by our founder Sir Evelyn Wrench in 1915, the journal is ROSL's primary method of communication with our global membership; providing informative articles about world issues, club news and details about our latest events.
This year 2023 his photographs have been a part of, and he is been invited to the prestigious 11th Edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, in the United Arab Emirates and was declared as one of the winners, of the Digital Fine Arts category too.
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Group Exhibition
The purpose of this exhibition is to show the work of the whole Progressive Street Gang – a diverse collection of photographers from around the world – which is not exclusively a group of street photographers but a group of photographers across the board. Talking about styles and differences in techniques and approaches is boring and not even very useful, because what counts in photography is sincerity. For this reason, I have chosen to couple images, a kind of shot – reverse-shot, freely interpreted. As in life, there is a glance and a counter-glance that gives depth to everything and every event, so this conceptual escamotage helped me to select photos that when put together managed to create a story and provoke thought, whilst showing at the same time the peculiarities of the various photographers. Batsceba Hardy
A special recognition to the youngest photographer, Shubhodeep Roy. He is only 21 and has already collected many awards.
The Corpse Burners of Varanasi
Two of his photographs, "In A Distant Land” and "Life Along The Ganges" has been a part of a juried exhibition organized by the United Nations University – Institute of Environment and Human Security, in the prestigious, 27th United NationsClimate Change Conference (COP 27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
“I also got a chance to deliver a statement there, words can't express how much proud and honoured I have been to represent my nation and my Progressive Streetfamily, at a world event like this. This is my 2nd time getting exhibited at a United Nations event, the last time I was exhibited at a United Nations event was the 15th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Barbados.”
Now, he currently got exhibited at the 2022 FIAP WorldPhotographers Conference, "The Cities of the World" InternationalPhotography Exhibition held in China, and represented his nation and also deliver a congratulatory speech at the event. This is his first time getting recognized and getting exhibited by the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique.
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A photograph from the project "The Migrant Workers Of India" is currently being exhibited at the 13th Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy as part of The World Report Award|Documenting Humanity Exhibition.
He is the winner of Commended prize in Siena Creative Photo Awards 2021 (ITALY), winner of the Best Photo Award in Welcome to Asia Photo Contest (JAPAN), winner of the 3rd Prize in Portrait Category in 2nd Life In Another Light Photo Contest (USA), winner of the 3rd Prize in Positive Photography Competition organized by the University Of Pécs (HUNGARY), winner of the 1st prize in Natural World category in Young Amateur Photographer Of The Year, 2021(UK).
He is also a monthly award winner of the CEWE Photo Award (GERMANY). His shots have been exhibited in European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (FRANCE), The University Of Pecs (HUNGARY), VI International Festival of Photography in Vitebsk (BELARUS), Youth festival-photo competition "GENERATION" (RUSSIA), Islamic University (BANGLADESH), Kolkata International Photography Festival 2019, Chennai Photo Biennale's #My2020Hero Initiative, THC Chiiz World Photography Day Exhibition, and in The Lensation 2020. A few of his publications are in The Royal Photographic Society Of Great Britain (UK), The Times (UK), Photo Weekly Magazine (GERMANY), Amateur Photographer (UK), Progressive Street (ITALY), ProgressivE-zine Magazine (ITALY), Artdoc Magazine (SPAIN), Sputnik (KYRGYZSTAN), Better Photography Magazine, The Live Wire, Asian Photography Magazine, Chiiz Photography Magazine, Indian Photo Arts, Social Documentary Network (USA), Private Photo Review (FRANCE), Ei Samay Newspaper(Regional Bengali), and Vogue Italia. He was also featured in Leica India, Sony World Photography Awards, Picture Of The Year Asia, ABP Education, and an editorial by Wipplay (FRANCE).
15th international exhibition! Royal Over-Seas League
2021- My dream of getting exhibited in a foreign nation, at last, came true!
It's really an honor for me to tell you that my shots have been selected for the exhibition! Not just one but in 5 different countries!
VI International Festival of Photography in Vitebsk in BELARUS
Youth festival-photo competition "GENERATION" in RUSSIA
Selected in the International 5 Photo Award in IRAN (it will be also exhibited in London)
And most importantly two of my shots are been exhibited by the European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, FRANCE
26th September 2021, 4pm – the opening at Lipowa Street 16 - International Photography Festival Bialystok Interphoto 2021.
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Based on the theme of International Friendship, we are delighted to announce the 2021 winners of the ROSL Photography Competition.
Winning the Camera category, Nepalese photographer Tirtha Lawati's Nyauli, 2021 (above). Congratulations!
The Mobile category is won by India's Debarun Biswas, with Reunion Place, 2021.
In addition, The Madiha Aijaz Prize is awarded to India's Shubhodeep Roy, a young photographer of promise in memory of former ROSL ARTS alumni, filmmaker and photographer, Madiha Aijaz (1981 – 2019).
In A Distant Land.
A photograph shows a group of Afghans of the Kabuliwala Community playing cricket in the Maidan area of Kolkata, India on the day after Eid celebrations, as little did they knew that what was awaiting in their fate. On the 15th of august, Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan was captured by the Taliban seizing the country under their rule. Kolkata is home to several Afghans, more popularly known as 'Kabuliwalas', which translates to "men from Kabul". They have been coming to Kolkata for centuries selling dry fruits, asafoetida, and carpets. The Afghan community in Kolkata, India now consists of thousands of Afghans with an uncertain future, as now they are completely trapped in a foreign land, all they can now do is to pray, pray for their families and friends back home.
Devotion – It ranks only thirty-fifth among the world’s longest rivers but nothing can outrank its meaning and sacred significance in the hearts of India’s one billion Hindus. To them, the river is the divine mother, a goddess known as Ganga, Mother Ganga, Maa Ganga, a deity that can wash away your sins and your suffering, and take the souls of your deceased loved ones straight to heaven. It is not just a river giving life in the form of water, but a whole culture of the river as a deity: to the Indian Hindu people she is not merely water, but holy water, the very source of salvation, drenching hearts and souls with sustenance and grace even as she irrigates their farms, giving freely to all and purifying all who bathe in her or drink from her. This is a photograph captured on a misty morning on the bank of the sacred river the Ganges in Prayagraj, India.
INTERNATIONAL 5 PHOTO AWARD 2021
[ Kolkata, INDIA ] I was walking through the streets of Kolkata, where I found a small old fashioned empty Barber Shop where a Barber was sitting, it was the time when just the lockdown was over in India and people had just started coming out of their houses maintaining Covid-19 protocols, I was having a conversation with the barber, all I gotta know that how his business was declining day by day due to the effect of the pandemic and after a 6 months lockdown while having the conversation he looked at his mirror that’s when I took the shot focusing on his reflection in the mirror. For me, this picture is a reflection of a common man, who is working hard by running a barbershop, during these tough times of pandemic too.
CEWE Photo Award 2021: monthly winners for December 2020
Honorable Mentions WPA 2021 // Street and Documentary
