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Kiran Ambwani, a social documentary photographer based in Montreal, freelances for various publications, advertising and press agencies, and non-profit groups. She specializes in documentary, portrait, lifestyle, and travel photography.
Kiran's photographs have been published in Vogue, Geo Plein Air, MindFood, Travesias, IB World, Le Devoir, Alternatives, Wall to Wall, Metro, Mirror, The Bombay Times, and Aids Asia.
Her background in anthropology and environment has cultivated an interest in capturing the spirit of a people, their culture, and their environment. Kiran has explored, among others, the lives of Tibetan monks in exile, the survivors of child trafficking in India, the workers of Asia's largest slum Dharavi, the tea pickers in South India, and the indigenous women of Nepal. She has collaborated on several humanitarian projects with NGOs in Canada, India, and Nepal.
Apart from publishing her work, she has also participated in group and solo exhibitions in Canada and Nepal.
Born in 1978 in Lucknow, India, Kiran is a graduate of McGill University and the Dawson Institute of Photography in Montreal.