Tira Khan’s photographs explore the meaning of family, the formal and informal moment, and the architecture of place. She enjoys shooting straight from the camera, as well as pushing the bounds of a photograph. She believes documentary photography is important...
Read MoreTira Khan’s photographs explore the meaning of family, the formal and informal moment, and the architecture of place. She enjoys shooting straight from the camera, as well as pushing the bounds of a photograph.
She believes documentary photography is important as both art and historical record; she also explores photography using the layered imagery of monotype, photogravure, archival materials, and digital collage. Although documentary and collage seem to be opposite approaches to the medium, the ideas behind her series often converge.
Tira has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in magazines, galleries, and festivals. Images from her series, A Place I Never Knew, were selected for the 2021 Indian Photo Festival; published in Vogue India; and displayed in solo exhibitions at the Boston Athenæum, and the Griffin Museum of Photography.
She is currently an artist-in-residence at the Boston Athenæum, a historic, independent library in the U.S. She is working on a photographic commission documenting the library’s large expansion.
Tira is a four-time Critical Mass Finalist, and a two-time winner of the Photographic Resource Center’s Exposure. Her series and images have been published in books, magazines, and newspapers, including Harper’s Magazine, Der Spiegel, Lenscratch, Musee Magazine, The Boston Globe, India’s News9, and The New York Times.
