About

Nipun is an independent photographer, journalist and architect based in Delhi and Bhopal. His work spans documentary, photojournalism, and architectural storytelling with a focus on South Asian communities, craft traditions, climate change and the spaces people build and inhabit.

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His background as an architect has deeply impacted his sense of space in situations that call for a contextual response to culture and geography. This duality provides him with an opportunity to both observe and participate in different cultures.

 

His photographs have appeared in print and the digital space of  The New York Times, The Washington Post, Restofworld, Wallpaper*, REDUX Pictures, The Architectural Review, FRAME magazine, People's Archive of Rural India, The Hindu, Scroll, Aga Khan Awards for Architecture, Google arts and culture etc. 

 

He has forged partnerships with leading academic institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University, the Institute of Development Studies (UK), and the University of Michigan, collaborating on diverse research and documentation endeavours.

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He is a recipient of the SAJA Award 2025, Eddie Award 2025, SOPA Award 2025, and SOPA HM 2024. He was the Cornell South Asia Program Fellow 2019–20, and a speaker at the RIBA Architecture Photography Festival 2023. He is a member of Diversify Photo.
 

He is also the founder of Dhammada Collective, a design collective working towards community architecture, participatory design, natural building, and circular design and construction.