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Jan 29, 2023 · Growing up in South Bombay, Taraporevala’s world and her explorations through photographs began with the subject of her home city. Her family and community formed the primary subjects of her exploration along with the multitudes of life in the big city and its myriads of contexts.
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Oct 30, 2012 · Taraporevala, who is based in Mumbai, has written, among other acclaimed films, the Oscar-nominated “Salaam Bombay!” and an adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel “The Namesake,” both of which were...
Taraporevala first came to the U.S. as an undergraduate student at Harvard University and later received an M.A. from New York University in Film Theory and Criticism.
Taraporevala was born to a Parsi family in Mumbai in 1957. Her granduncle had been a studio photographer in Bombay, and her father Rumi had been an amateur photographer. [8] She completed her schooling from Queen Mary School, Mumbai. Taraporevala got her first Instamatic camera at age 16. [8]
Jun 28, 2016 · Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, took a picture of her family in a Mumbai balcony 31 years...
Oct 11, 2017 · Since 1977 Taraporevala has photographed India's western city of Mumbai in which she grew up. These photographs celebrate the odd and the everyday and provide a significant contribution to the...
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Jun 28, 2016 · Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala, best known as the screenwriter of The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, took a picture of her family in a Mumbai balcony 31 years...
