Tarun Khiwal
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Tarun Khiwal | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 60–61)[1] Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | photographer |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
Tarun Khiwal (born 1965) is an Indian fashion and commercial photographer. An engineer by education, he left his first job in 1989, and apprenticed with photographers, Hardev Singh, Prabuddha Dasgupta and Atul Kasbekar, before starting out on his own in 1995.
A photographer in the fashion industry, he was awarded the 2005 Hasselblad Masters Award, given by the Hasselblad Foundation, he is the first and only Indian recipient so far of the award. His other awards include, "Fashion Photographer of the Year Award" at the Lycra MTV Style Award and Kingfisher Fashion Photographer of the Year.
Tarun Khiwal was born in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh,[1] and grew up in Lucknow, where his father was an Indian Railways officer. He started taking photographs at age 15, after his father gave him a Pentax K1000 camera.[2] Growing up, he wanted to become a painter, however neither it nor photography was considered financially viable career option by his father, thus ended up studying mechanical engineering at the Institute of Tool Room Training, Lucknow, where he studied for the next four years.[1][3]
