Thane – 400 607, Maharashtra. INDIA
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| Name: | Chirodeep Chaudhuri |
| Date of birth: | July 4th 1972 |
| Address: | E-1, 102 Valley Towers
Co-op. Hsng. Society, Pokhran Road 2, Manpada, Thane – 400 607, Maharashtra. INDIA |
| Telephone: | 0-9820094463 |
| Work experience: | Presently working as a freelancer |
| Photo-editor with the Mumbai edition of TimeOut (April 2004 - March 2007) | |
| Freelance photographer (January 2002 - April 2004) | |
| Photo-editor with traveljini.com (May 2000 - December 2001) | |
| Senior photographer with Intelligent Investor - the personal finance magazine of the Outlook group (August 1998 - May 2000) | |
| Staff photographer with The Sunday Observer (February 1996 - August 1998) | |
| Junior sub-editor and trainee photographer with The Bombay Tribune (July - December 1995) | |
| Began my career with Univads, a sister concern of United Television as a trainee visualiser (Dec 1992 - June 1995) | |
| My work has, over the years, has appeared in publications like India Today Travel Plus, The Financial Times (London), Travesias, Outlook Traveller, Man's World, Jet Wings, SimplyFly and Namaste. | |
| Collections: | My work is part of the permanent collections of the following museums: |
| Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston. USA | |
| Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan | |
| Books: | Fort Walks co-authored by Sharada Dwivedi and Rahul Mehrotra (Published by Eminence Designs, January 1999). |
| Anchoring a City Line: A history of the Western Railways in Bombay co-authored by Sharada Dwivedi and Rahul Mehrotra (Published by Eminence Designs, March 2000). | |
| Bombay - The Cities Within co-authored by Sharada Dwivedi and Rahul Mehrotra (the 2nd edition, published by Eminence Designs, March 2001). | |
| CITIBANK - A Century in Asia by Peter Starr (published by Editions Didier Millet, Singapore, 2002). | |
| Through The Looking Glass ~ the Grade 1 Heritage of Mumbai by Abha Narain Lambah (published by Indian Architecht & Builder of the Jasubhai Media group, February 2003) | |
| Bombay, Meri Jaan edited by Naresh Fernandes and Jerry Pinto (published by Penguin India, September 2003). | |
| A City's Legacy - The Indian Navy's Heritage in Mumbai co-authored by Sharada Dwivedi, Rahul Mehrotra and Abha Narain Lambah. (Published by Eminence Designs, December 2005) | |
| The Mumbai Diary - 2005 published by India Book House | |
| Timeout Mumbai & Goa guidebook (Published by Paprika Media, 2006) | |
| To Strive and to Soar - The Tata's in sports (Published in July, 2006). This book documents the Tata group's contribution in the development of sporting talent in India | |
| Timeout Mumbai Kids guide (Published by Paprika Media, 2007) | |
| Exhibitions | Bombay Clocks - A photo documentation of buildings in the city of Bombay with clocks mounted on them. Held at the David Sassoon Library; Bombay -- February 1st to 14th, 1999. |
| Grief in Gujarat - A joint exhibition of photographs of the earthquake that hit Gujarat on the 26th of January 2001. Held at the Y. B. Chavan Centre, Bombay -- March 22nd to 27th, 2001). | |
| Portfolio - An exhibition of images short-listed from my first eight years of work as a professional photographer. Held at the David Sassoon Library - February 18th to 24th, 2002). | |
| We are not like that only: A group exhibition held at the Fundacao Oriente at Panaji, Goa -- December 12th to 16th, 2003. | |
| Group show as part of the Pingyao International Photography Festival 2004, China. - September 16th to 22nd, 2004). | |
| Transience: Group show held at The Fourth Floor Gallery, Bombay -- January 14th to 22nd, 2006. | |
| Gateway Bombay: the exhibition showcased 13 artists from India and their works inspired by the city of Bombay. Held at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. USA. (July 14th 2007 -- December 7th 2008). | |
| The one-rupee entrepreneur: this series of photographs looks at the phenomenon of the one-rupee pay phones as a metaphor for the idea of "enterprise" in the city of Bombay. (September 20th 2007 -- October 13th 2007 at Project 88, Bombay). | |