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Hasselblad Award-winning photographer Dayanita Singh has collaborated with PARI to institute the Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award

The first Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award of Rs. 2 lakhs goes to M. Palani Kumar of the People’s Archive of Rural India.The idea for the prize comes out of Dayanita winning the 2022 Hasselblad Award – considered the most prestigious photography prize in the world. Dayanita declared herself most impressed with the intent, content, spirit and documentary brilliance of young Palani Kumar’s self-schooled photography.She also chose to make this prize a collaborative venture with the People’s Archive of Rural India because she sees PARI as being one of the last bastions of documentary photography – and one that focuses on the lives and livelihoods of the marginalised.Palani Kumar is PARI’s first full-time photographer (we have worked with about 600, shooting for us as contributors). His work, prominently featured in PARI, is entirely focused on those we consider the least – including sanitation workers, seaweed harvesters, agricultural labourers, and more. Few in the field can match his combination of skill in the craft and a strong social conscience, driven by empathy.

M. Palani Kumar

The Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award for Palani Kumar

पलानी कुमार पहिल्या दयनिता सिंग-पारी बोधपट-छायाचित्रण पुरस्काराचा मानकरी

پلانی کمار کو ملا دیانیتا سنگھ – پاری ڈاکیومینٹری فوٹوگرافی ایوارڈ

ଦୟନିତା ସିଂ-ପରୀ ବୃତ୍ତଚିତ୍ର ଫଟୋଗ୍ରାଫି ପୁରସ୍କାର ବିଜେତା ପଲାନି କୁମାର

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पलानी कुमार ला दयानिता सिंह-परी वृत्तचित्र फोटोग्राफी अवार्ड

ਪਲਾਨੀ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਦੇ ਹਿੱਸੇ ਆਇਆ ਦਯਾਨੀਤਾ ਸਿੰਘ-ਪਾਰੀ ਡਾਕਿਊਮੈਂਟਰੀ ਫ਼ੋਟੋਗ੍ਰਾਫ਼ੀ ਅਵਾਰਡ

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पलानी कुमार को मिला दयानिता सिंह-पारी डॉक्यूमेंट्री फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी पुरस्कार

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ಪಳನಿ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರಿಗೆ ದಯಾನಿತಾ ಸಿಂಗ್-ಪರಿ ಡಾಕ್ಯುಮೆಂಟರಿ ಫೋಟೊಗ್ರಫಿ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ

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The Dayanita Singh-PARI Documentary Photography Award for Palani Kumar

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