After a long & successful stint in journalism & advertising Prabir shifted professional gears and began his career in photography. For the past two decades he has been extensively photographing in India & abroad.

 

He was awarded the Habitat Award for Best Photography Exhibition for 2002. His Inter-Globe calendar for 2003 was presented a gold at the SAPPI Asian Awards for Printing. In April, 2005, he published his picture book, ‘Ladakh’, which won the prestigious Gold, at the federation of Master Printers Awards Ceremony in Mumbai, and was voted ‘Book of the month’, by Better Photography (UK) in July 2006.

 

In 2005 & 2006 Prabir presented talk shows, on his wall murals of Ladakh, at the Rubin Museum of Arts, New York. Purkayastha was nominated for the international Prix Pictet 2009 Award and selected as one of the Super Six Photographers for 2009 by Fuji Film, India. During the past few years, he has held critically acclaimed solo exhibitions in New York, Chicago, London, Katonah, Los Angeles, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

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