Photographer Sunil Janah Part-2
By kamla bhatt • Oct 3rd, 2007Category: Books and Authors, Diaspora, Featured, People, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Video
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In Part-2 of our conversation Mr. Janah talks about how he met and worked with Margaret Bourke-White, the legendary American photographer, who worked for Life magazine. She is credited for the creation of modern photojournalism.
Ms. Bourke-White had seen Mr. Janah’s pictures of the Bengal famine of 1943. She sought to recruit him for her 1945 trip to Andhra — by which time the famine had spread, after sweeping through Orissa in 1944. PC. Joshi, Mr. Janah’s mentor, surprised him one day by bringing Ms. Bourke-White unexpectedly to his work room at the Party headquarters.
A significant part of his repertoire is his large collection of black and white photographs of the various tribal people in India.
Mr. Janah started his career in photography in the 1940s in an undivided India. He is currently in the process of writing a book on his photographs along with the help of his wife, Dr. Sudha Janah and his son, Arjun Janah.
Mr. Janah lives with his wife in Berkeley, California.
Video Link: Photographs of Sunil Janah
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
[...] An Interview with Sunil Janah December 1, 2007 — readerswords Thanks to Kamla Bhatt, we have available podcasts (Part 1 and Part 2) of an interview with the legendary photographer. There is a video of his photographs too that appears below. [...]