For Sumit Basu, based in Kolkata, photography is a passion.  Shows participated in include Lalit Kala Academy National Exhibition and Photo Division on several occasions.  In 2000 he had his first solo show at the NCPA Mumbai, about which India Today commented “must visit for those collecting and taking photographs”. Other exhibitions include at the India International Centre in 2003, Birla Academy in Calcutta in 2001 and 2006.  He was a part of ‘Click India’ organized by the Vadehra Gallery in February 2008.  Awards, among others, include The Kodak Excellence in Photography.

Sumit Basu is a darkroom aficionado and spends a lot of time in making prints.

Photography for him is the magic of viewing a picture in the viewfinder - that’s what fascinates him. To see and further develop in the darkroom where a photographer discovers himself. Attracted to motifs in city life that speak of an underlying culture -sometimes of abandoned things which reflect the melancholy of everyday urban existence or of memories of events long over.  His present project is on Varanasi and ongoing projects are on Urban Landscapes and a project about Calcutta, all in Black and White.