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Showkat Nanda

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Jammu and Kashmīr
As seen in: The New York Times, The New York Times en Español, Estadão, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Clarín (Argentina), Los Angeles Times, NPR, Al Jazeera English, Chicago Tribune, The Globe and Mail and
Covers:  Politics, gender, human vulnerability.
Journalist, Photographer and Educator, Fulbright Fellow, @mujschool/@mizzou J-School alum
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Showkat Nanda’s Biography

Showkat Nanda is a journalist, documentary photographer and educator based in Kashmir. He is a Fulbright fellow and holds a master’s in journalism from University of Kashmir and a master's in photojournalism from University of Missouri J-School, Columbia.

His work, which mainly focuses on politics, gender and human vulnerability, has won numerous awards including grants from National Geographic Society, Magnum Foundation and Henry Luce Foundation.

Showkat is a Missouri Photo Workshop alumnus and a member of Diversify Photo and Everyday Projects.

Aside from his journalistic pursuits, he has been teaching college and university students for more than a decade. He is the founder of AKS Photo Workshop where he trains aspiring photographers and visual storytellers.

He presently works as a contributing reporter and photographer for The New York Times.

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