The ‘Indian Photography Festival’ PORTRAIT PRIZE 2019 is a portrait competition open to the photographers from the Indian subcontinent. Photographers have been making portraits for centuries and what’s so interesting about portraiture is its ability to capture the essence of a person, a time-period, or a culture. This award aims at discovering the compelling portraits and extra-ordinary talents.

Here are the 20 Finalists of the 2019 IPF Portrait Prize. The finalists will be exhibited at the Indian Photography Festival – Hyderabad 2019 from 19th Sep – 20th Oct 2019.

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1st Prize – Mourning for the Dead by Ankita Jain

1st Prize - Mourning for the Dead by Ankita Jain

2nd Prize – Head Space by Prashanth Swaminathan

2nd Prize - Head Space by Prashanth Swaminathan

3rd Prize – The Kid by Joydeep Mukherjee

3rd Prize - The Kid by Joydeep Mukherjee

Finalist – Framing by Anupam Roy Chowdhury

Finalist - Framing by Anupam Roy Chowdhury

Finalist – A Ray of Happiness by Indranil Aditya

Finalist - A Ray of Happiness by Indranil Aditya

Finalist – Lost everything in gaja cyclone by Keerthivasan Nadarajan

Finalist - Lost everything in gaja cyclone by Keerthivasan Nadarajan

Finalist – A catholic nun of the Inshuti Z’abakene by Gautam Doshi

Finalist - A catholic nun of the Inshuti Z’abakene by Gautam Doshi



Finalist – Constraints by Ritagnik Bhattacharya

Finalist - Constraints by Ritagnik Bhattacharya

Finalist – Self Portrait by Md Enamul Kabir

Finalist - Self Portrait by Md Enamul Kabir

Finalist – Desire by Nabankur Bora

Finalist - Desire by Nabankur Bora

Finalist – Transgender Brides by Pattabi Raman

Finalist - Transgender Brides by Pattabi Raman

Finalist – Md. Jahangir by Sudipto Das

Finalist - Md. Jahangir by Sudipto Das

Finalist – The Last Cinema Waala by Santanu Dey

Finalist - The Last Cinema Waala by Santanu Dey

Finalist – Conflict between evolution and extinction by Sutapa Roy

Finalist - Conflict between evolution and extinction by Sutapa Roy



Finalist – Hidden Expression by Shikha Sood

Finalist - Hidden Expression by Shikha Sood

Finalist – The coexistence – Gods and God-makers by Supriyo Ranjan Sarkar

Finalist - The coexistence - Gods and God-makers by Supriyo Ranjan Sarkar

Finalist – Self portrait by Lucia Giri

Finalist - Self portrait by Lucia Giri

Finalist – Gender Forgetting by Sarathi Thamodaran

Finalist - Gender Forgetting by Sarathi Thamodaran

Finalist – Mother’s arms by Suresh Babu Marelli

Finalist - Mother’s arms by Suresh Babu Marelli

Finalist – Pensive by Ashrith Voore

Finalist - Pensive by Ashrith Voore