About

Kavi Pujara (b. 1972) is a British-Asian photographer living in Leicester, England, with his wife and two children.

He works on long-term photography projects, exploring community identity in relation to migration, home, and place. He uses a documentary approach to portraiture, landscape, and still life to examine how personal and family histories are shaped by both geopolitical events and class structures.

  • Aperture Portfolio Prize, finalist 2023

    NPG Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, two exhibition entries 2022.

    Martin Parr Foundation photographic bursary, recipient 2020

    British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Britain, winner 2020

  • Martin Parr Foundation, UK (Book & Prints)

    IKS, Institute for Art Documentation and Scenography. Germany (Book and Prints)

    Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (Book)

  • This Golden Mile, Setanta Books 2022

    Facing Britain, exhibition catalogue. Thames & Hudson, 2021

    Portrait of Britain Vol 3, Hoxton Mini Press, 2020

  • In Person

    Royal Photographic Society, BOP Bristol

    Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol

    Stills Gallery, Edinburgh

    Apple Computers (internal), London

    SixBySix Photography, Liverpool

    Norwich School of Art

    Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

    De Montfort University

    Staffordshire University

    Online

    Grain Projects

    London Collage of Communication

    University of Gloucestershire