Souvid Datta (born 1990) is a British Indian photographer.
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Biography
Datta was born in Mumbai in 1990, into a Bengali family. His father is a banker and his mother a writer and director. Datta grew up in India and London. He went to Harrow School and studied law and politics at university. As a photojournalist, Datta undertook projects across the world for a variety of clients, including National Geographic, TIME, The Guardian, The New York Times, BBC, etc. He won numerous awards, including the PDN 30 in 2017, the Pulitzer Centre Grant in 2016, the Getty Grant for Editorial Photography in 2015, PDN Annual in 2015, and Magnum Photos 30 Under 30 Award in 2015. He also participated in Sky Arts' reality TV show Masters of Photography and shot a documentary on the folk music of India (Tuning 2 You: Lost Musicians of India), which was hosted by his brother Soumik Datta, an accomplished sarod player, and broadcast on Channel 4 in 2017. His work was heavily promoted by LensCulture.
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Plagiarism controversy
In a May 2017 article in PetaPixel, Datta was exposed for plagiarizing elements of an image by American photographer Mary Ellen Mark for a photo project on prostitution in Calcutta in 2013. Similar evidence emerged from other sources. Datta himself gave an interview to TIME Magazine, admitting these and other allegations, including the appropriation of images originally taken by photographer Daniele Volpe in Guatemala. The incident led to Datta's work being taken down by a number of photojournalism websites while grants and awards were withdrawn by bodies such as the Pulitzer Center, Visura, National Press Photographers Association Magnum Photos and the Alexia Foundation. Datta's profile on LensCulture was suspended "due to ethical concerns". Datta's proven failure to comply with fundamental photojournalistic ethics kicked off a round of questioning and soul-searching in the photojournalism community at large.
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