Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri | Changing Culture with Images & Story
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Imagine being a young photographer, working to stand out and rise up in a hyper-competitive industry, then getting a call one day from Iman and David Bowie, asking to shoot the cover of Iman’s next book, after two of the covers shot by two of the world’s top photographers had been rejected? That is exactly what happened with Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri.
That moment would become an inciting incident, leading evermore opportunities to deepen into her wildly imaginative and compelling magical realism style and launch years of award-winning collaborations, image-making and storytelling with everyone from HBO, Vogue and Vanity Fair, to Pepsi and Nike to L'Oreal and icons like Beyonce, Gaga, Bowie, Kate Winslet, Pharrell Williams, Eugene Brave Rock, Jay-Z and countless others. Indrani’s work is exhibited in museums worldwide and in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian. Over time, she’s integrated her love of image-making and storytelling with her passion for service in the name of social justice and impact, and expanded from still images to film, including directing the powerful Girl Epidemic documentary about sex trafficking and slavery.
Beyond directing, advocacy has taken a much more central role in her work and life, with positions as the co-Host of the Global People’s Summit at the United Nations, host of the New York Live Arts' Humanities Symposium, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Shakti Empowerment Education for women and children in India. She also lectures at her alma mater, Princeton University, on "Mobilizing Millions with Art and Film for Human Rights and Social Justice."
You can find Indrani at:
Website : https://www.indrani.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/indranipc/
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, so imagine this. You're a young rising photographer working to really stand out in |
| 0:10.4 | a hyper-competitive industry and then you get a call one day from Imman and David Bowie, |
| 0:16.2 | asking you to shoot the cover of Imman's next book after two covers shot by two of the |
| 0:21.9 | world's top photographers had already been rejected. Well, that is exactly what happened |
| 0:26.6 | with my guest today in Drony Peltraugery and she rose to the occasion and absolutely |
| 0:32.6 | nodded out of the park. That moment would become an exciting incident leading to ever more |
| 0:38.2 | opportunities to deepen into her wildly imaginative and really compelling magical realism style |
| 0:45.4 | and launch years of award-winning collaborations, image-making and storytelling with everyone |
| 0:51.0 | from HBO Vogue, Vanity Fair, Pepsi Nike and Lori Al to icons like Beyoncé, Gaga, Bowie, |
| 0:57.8 | Kate, Winslet, Farrell Williams, Eugene Bravock, Jay-Z and just countless others. And in Johnny's |
| 1:04.0 | work is exhibited in museums worldwide in the permanent collections of the National |
| 1:09.0 | Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian and over time she has integrated her love of image-making |
| 1:14.2 | and storytelling with this lifelong passion for service in the name of social justice |
| 1:19.4 | and impact and expanded from still images to film, including directing the powerful girl |
| 1:25.1 | epidemic documentary about sex trafficking and slavery. And beyond directing advocacy |
| 1:30.9 | has really taken a much more central role in her work in life with positions as the co-host |
| 1:36.9 | of the Global People Summit at the United Nations, the host of New York Live or Humanities |
| 1:42.8 | Symposium and co-founder and executive director of Shockty Empowerment Education for Women |
| 1:47.9 | and Children in India, she also lectures at her alma mater, Princeton University on mobilizing |
| 1:53.9 | millions with art and film for human rights and social justice. So excited to share this |
| 1:59.5 | conversation with you. I'm Jonathan Fields and this is Good Life Project. |
| 2:12.6 | I know you were born in Calcutta, spent the first seven or so years there and I think |
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