Founded by artist & professor Vibhav Kapoor, the driving principle of this atelier is the phenomenon of darshan, which literally means ‘to see’. A reciprocal act of seeing and being seen, darshan is also the Hindi word for philosophy that addresses insight as the immanent source of experience and knowledge. This idea transcends Hindu culture and is the philosophy guiding the creative purpose in which life itself is an endless source of inspiration to make resounding dramatic images.
Darshan Studio exists to build a rigorous, handmade, image-based practice using various photographic processes.
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The Long View
2026*
Curating a two-person exhibition on darshan for the FotoFocus 2026 Biennale with the University of Dayton in Ohio, USA
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Royal Enfield x Rkive City
2025
Sawai Padmanabh Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur for Royal Enfield and fashion label Rkive City at the 150th year anniversary of Mayo College, Ajmer
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Maha Kumbh Mela
2025
A comprehensive visual anthropological document that explores the Kumbh Mela as a living, breathing ecosystem of human experiences
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Tintype Portrait Studio
2024 –
Boutique Wet Plate Collodion studio hosted in the Delhi region to engage local community through photography
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Photography is Magic
2024
Artist talk at the Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA) in Chandigarh, India
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Blueprints
2024
An exclusive exhibition of cyanotypes on khadi at the Radial Gallery in Dayton, Ohio
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Collective Consciousness
2024
Artist talk at The India Dialog 2024 held at Stanford University in California, USA
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भारत पहले – India First
2024
A limited edition photobook made by photographers Vibhav Kapoor and Conor Martin
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Jyotirlingam
2023
An image-text documentary project focusing on the 12 ancient Shiva temples