Swarat Ghosh
A woman dances with arms outstretched under stage lights, a DJ in the backgroundA woman fires two pistols outside a roadside shopA man stands over two figures lying on the floor of a hallA man in a blue shirt runs along a country road while a woman waits by a red carA man in a glass helmet stands in misty grass at dusk with lights glowing behind himA woman rests her head on her crossed arms in a bathtub, looking at a model sailing shipA woman in a feathered crown and a man in traditional clothing stand between tall poles topped with skulls

Swarat Ghosh

Photographer in Kolkata. Film and OTT stills, behind-the-scenes, documentary, portraits and conceptual work.

The space between what is seen and what is felt.

For nearly two decades, Swarat worked in the corporate world, building experiences, leading creative teams, and solving visual and storytelling problems across technology, e-commerce and digital products. Today, he is choosing to tell stories through a different medium: photography.

Swarat works as a freelance photographer based in Kolkata, focusing on film and OTT stills, behind-the-scenes photography, documentary, portraits and conceptual photography.

People in ordinary places. Unscripted gestures. A face carrying a story. A strange moment on a familiar street. The quiet tension between people and their surroundings. And sometimes, an idea that exists first in his head and needs to be constructed in front of the camera.

His documentary practice has taken him through streets, neighbourhoods and everyday lives across India, while his conceptual work allows him to explore memory, solitude, identity, freedom and the often-unspoken stories we carry.

His earlier career in visual design still informs the way he works. He understands briefs, visual systems, collaboration, deadlines and production—but photography has given him a different kind of freedom: to observe, interpret and tell stories through a single frame.

Now he is building the next chapter of his practice through collaborations with filmmakers, production houses, agencies, brands, artists and publications. Photography is no longer something he does alongside his career. It is the career he is building.

Featured and presented

  • The Washington Post

    Featured in the paper’s In Sight for “Boxed”, a playful photo project on office life, made inside his own workplace.

  • Burn Magazine

    The photo essay “Beyond Street”: street photographs of everyday life, built on emotion, timing and observation.

  • Vogue Italia

    The photo story “Talabkatta”, published on Vogue Italia’s photography platform.

  • Reclaim the Street

    A Thames & Hudson book on street photography’s moment, with Swarat featured alongside some of the genre’s best-known names.

Nibba Nibbi poster, a Bangla ZEE5 Original

Nibba Nibbi

Format
Bengali OTT feature film
Director
Tathagata Mukherjee
Streaming
ZEE5 Bangla
Role
Stills and behind-the-scenes photography

His first project in the Bengali film industry.

Stills

Behind the scenes

Let’s work together.

swarat.ghosh@gmail.com +91 97010 01595 Instagram: @swaratghosh

Available for film and OTT stills, documentary, portraits, and commissioned or conceptual work.

Portrait of photographer Swarat Ghosh
Portrait © Mark Carey