Biography

Born in 1978, he received his Govt. Diploma in Architecture from the L.S. Raheja School of Architecture, Mumbai in 2001 and Post-Graduate Diploma in Communication Design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad in 2004.

He has held a solo exhibition “City Eyes” at the Open Palm Court Gallery at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi in 2011.

He has been a part of several group shows like “All Good Portrait” at the Delhi Photo Festival in 2011, “Scene on the Street” in 2010-2011, Vermont Photo Space Gallery, USA in 2011, “City Eyes” 2^nd Singapore International Photography Festival in 2010.

Sameer’s works have been selected for a “Book Publishing Workshop” with Gerhard Steidl in 2012. He has also been nominated for “The Paul Huf Award” for 2012. His short film “Prince” was the winner of the Golden Conch Award at the Mumbai International Film Festival in 2011. His work “City Eyes” was the finalist at the Photolucida Critical Mass in 2010. He was also nominated for the “International Black and White Spider Awards” in 2007. He lives and works in Mumbai.