Iqbal Mohamed
Iqbal Mohamed is an Indian advertising and automobile photographer, originally from Chennai.
He closed his studio in Mumbai and founded India's first professional photography institute, Light & Life Photography Academy (LLA), in Ooty, offering short-term workshops and long-term courses in photography.
He has photographed campaigns for Ford, Toyota, FIAT, Mistshubishi, Colour Plus, Ponds, TVS, Timex, Reebok, GE, BPL, Mahindra & Mahindra, Coca Cola and Ashok Leyland.
Also a nature and outdoor photography lover, he has worked with the tourism department to produce a photography book on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He has photographed for the books The Nilgiris Mountain Railway and Chola Architecture. His book Portrait & Function Photography is the first book of its kind to be published in eight Indian languages besides English. He has co-photographed for two books Karnataka and Bangalore.
He is an alumnus of the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History & Political Science from Loyola College, Chennai and an MBA from the University of Madras.
Publications
Publications by, or with contributions by, Mohamed:
*The Nilgiris Mountain Railway.
*Chola Architecture.
*Portrait & Function Photography.
*Forever Untamed - Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
*Karnataka. Bangalore: Gangarams Publications Private Limited.
*Bangalore: Scenes from the Indian City. Bangalore: Gangarams Publications Private Limited, 1994. Text by Prof. M.N Srinivas, photographs by Mohamed, Clay Kelton, Clare Arni, and Mahesh Bhat.
*Vibrant at 100: Big Temples, Thanjavur, India. Productivity and Quality Publishing Private Limited, 2010. ISBN 9788185984421. Photographs by Mohamed, text by Anuradha Iqbal.
He closed his studio in Mumbai and founded India's first professional photography institute, Light & Life Photography Academy (LLA), in Ooty, offering short-term workshops and long-term courses in photography.
He has photographed campaigns for Ford, Toyota, FIAT, Mistshubishi, Colour Plus, Ponds, TVS, Timex, Reebok, GE, BPL, Mahindra & Mahindra, Coca Cola and Ashok Leyland.
Also a nature and outdoor photography lover, he has worked with the tourism department to produce a photography book on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He has photographed for the books The Nilgiris Mountain Railway and Chola Architecture. His book Portrait & Function Photography is the first book of its kind to be published in eight Indian languages besides English. He has co-photographed for two books Karnataka and Bangalore.
He is an alumnus of the Brooks Institute of Photography in California. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History & Political Science from Loyola College, Chennai and an MBA from the University of Madras.
Publications
Publications by, or with contributions by, Mohamed:
*The Nilgiris Mountain Railway.
*Chola Architecture.
*Portrait & Function Photography.
*Forever Untamed - Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
*Karnataka. Bangalore: Gangarams Publications Private Limited.
*Bangalore: Scenes from the Indian City. Bangalore: Gangarams Publications Private Limited, 1994. Text by Prof. M.N Srinivas, photographs by Mohamed, Clay Kelton, Clare Arni, and Mahesh Bhat.
*Vibrant at 100: Big Temples, Thanjavur, India. Productivity and Quality Publishing Private Limited, 2010. ISBN 9788185984421. Photographs by Mohamed, text by Anuradha Iqbal.
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