Supratim Bhattacharjee, born in Kolkata, has gained international recognition mainly
with photo series about the environment and the consequences of climate change for the
people in his home country. One of his pictures of the gradual destruction of the
Sundarbans in the Ganges Delta caused by rising sea levels won the award for UNICEF
Photo of the Year in 2021. He had already received an honorable mention the year before
for his photo series on children in Indian coal mines. Bhattacharjee’s work has been
exhibited at major environmental conferences and he has also won an award from the
British Royal Photographic Society. His works have also been published in Time, The
Guardian, UN, Le Figaro etc.
