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Mayank Makhija is an independent multimedia journalist based in Delhi, India. Recently, he completed the 'New Waves of Documentary: Practice as Research' mentorship program- a collaboration of Pathshala and VII Academy. His editorial work has been published in NYTimes, TIME, The Guardian, BBC News, Le Monde, NPR, CNN, Deutsche Welle, Getty Images, and Caravan Magazine among others. He also contributes to various agencies including AP, AFP, and Zuma besides NurPhotos. Makhija's work has also been exhibited at Expanded/Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, Dhaka (2022); Copeland Gallery/Peckham 24, London (2021); Iran Artist Forum/24HourProject, Tehran (2019); MF Husain Art Gallery/JMI, New Delhi (2019) and SACAC, New Delhi (2018).
Produced for Climate Tracker
Thaely, an Indian footwear company is on a mission to make sneakers sustainable and provide a solution to global plastic pollution. Instead of using new materials to produce a pair of shoes, Thaely is turning to other sources – used plastic bags and bottles.
Produced for Associated Press
Farmers gather to mark the first anniversary of their protests at Bahadurgarh, near Tikri Border (Delhi-Haryana), on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. Tens of thousands of farmers rallied on Friday marking one year of their movement that forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw three agriculture laws that feared would drastically reduce their incomes and leave them at the mercy of corporations. (AP Photo/Mayank Makhija)
LOTA+ is an international social enterprise offering circular off-grid wet sanitation solutions for individual households in settlements with improper sanitation facilities. Shot images and visual stories for the agency working on sanitation project in the rural areas of Madhya Pradesh- the heart of India.
Produced for Pictures of the Year Asia (POYAsia)
Ashfaque Ahmed (42), a healthcare worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a nasal swab sample from locals for Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), along the river Yamuna, on September 27, 2020 in New Delhi, India. He is one of the many thousand anonymous health workers who have been out in the field collecting samples through sun, rain and cold. He has taken around 30,000 samples during the last five months individually with record 1,101 tests on a single day.
Produced for Zuma Press
A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from residing children at a recovery shelter, for Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), at Mahila Samman Ashiyana, on November 4, 2020 in New Delhi. India has reported 46,253 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The total caseload now stands at 8,313,876. The country's death toll has mounted to 123,579. Delhi recorded its highest single-day spike of 6,725 new coronavirus cases and its total count of cases crossed the 400,000 mark.
On 24 February 2020, supporters of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 pelted stones at a Muslim locality near Yamuna Vihar. One of the men was wearing a t-shirt with the prime minister Narendra Modi’s face and the symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Over three days, armed right-wing mobs have deliberately targeted Muslim neighbourhoods across northeast Delhi all the while raising chants like “Jai Shri Ram,” “NRC will happen” and “Modi go ahead, we are with you.”
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