Ayanava Sil is based in India and is a dedicated self-taught street and documentary photographer. He is passionate about capturing the beauty and stories of everyday life. During the weekdays, he works for a leading global e-commerce and tech corporation, but his weekends are devoted to expressing his creativity through photography.

He firmly believes that every moment has a story waiting to be told and aims to capture those narratives through his photography. The uncertainty and the suspense drives him the most towards these genres of Photography. Documenting people over the years has provided him with the invaluable opportunity to explore the unknown and to embrace the conglomerate realities of people.

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• The Poetry of the Ordinary got published in Bored Panda

• Exhibited at the Exploring Risk Visual Arts Festival 2025 organized by Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience

• Grand Winner in Pure Street Photography Grant 2025

• Published in Inspired Eye Magazine, March 2025 issue

• Viewer's Choice Award in the Street Photo Category in 10th 35Awards

• Published in "Where The Streets Lead" by Street Photography Magazine

• Interview published in ThemFrames

• Finalist in The APF Magazine Awards 2025

• Published in StreetHunters.net
   

• Second place winner of URBAN Photo Arena 2024 by Urban Photo Awards

• Exhibited under the theme “Cycle Diaries” initiated by Museum of Goa

• Exhibited at YEARBOOK Awards 2024 by ShutterHub

• Selected for the "This Homeland" exhibition by The Responsa Foundation & Imperial Health Charity

• Winner of Discover Untold Stories 2024 by Antiquity Discoveries

• Exhibited as part of "The Essence of Water" at Decagon Gallery

• Published in Nabz Magazine's April 2024 edition

• Winner of Open Category at Balurghat Photography Festival 2024

• Winner of Juxtaposition Category by APF Street Photography Magazine
   

• Exhibited under the theme of Eclecticism 2023 by Orange Art Foundation

• Exhibited at Bornodrik 2023 by Jadavpur University

• Awarded Diploma in Sports Category in The Life Press Photo Awards 2023

• Exhibited at Film and Television Institute of Hyderabad on the occasion of World Photography Day 2023
   

• Published in INDO-PAK Photography Book Vol I in 2022 by White Falcon Publishing in Association with Daastan

• Winner of ‘Amar Chokhe Kolkata Photo Contest' by Kolkata Municipal Corporation

• Finalist in the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards 2022

• Exhibited at Imaginea Flow - The Balurghat Art & Photo Festival 2022
   

• Exhibited in “The River Of Hope & Sorrow” initiated by IIT Guwahati

• Third place winner of The Andrei Stenin Press Photo Awards 2021

• Exhibited at Trieste Photo Days 2021 by Urban Photo Awards

• Finalist in the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards 2021

• Finalist in the 18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest 2021

• Exhibited under the theme “At Home” by Mira Forum

• Finalist in Italian Street Photo Festival 2021

• Where I Bloom got Exhibited in Following The Strokes, Through Dark Times 2021 by Kolkata Centre For Creativity
   

• Finalist in Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards 2020

• Published in “100 Untold Stories” first e-book by Street Photography India

• Where I Bloom got exhibited in Bursa Photo Fest 2020

• Third place winner of The Andrei Stenin Press Photo Awards 2020

• Where I Bloom got published in Eyeshot StreetPhotography Magazine

• Published in PHmuseum 2nd Photobook on Mobile Photography

• Awarded Diploma from National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine in The Life Press Photo Awards 2020

• Winner of Flow Master Print Challenge – The Corner judged by Joel Meyerowitz

• Where I Bloom got published in PrivatePhotoReview.com

• Published in Docu Magazine Vol 1. Issue 3

• Where I Bloom got published in fotojajs.com

• Published in Credai Bengal Real Estate Digest 2020

• Where I Bloom got published in openeyestories.org.uk

• Finalist in FINI 2020

• Where I Bloom got published in 121clicks.com

• Exhibited in Montage 2020
   

• Exhibited at Wlasnymi Slowami Film Festival 2019

• Winner of The Creative Eye Photo Contest 2019 by Calcutta School of Contemporary Photography

• Category Winner of The Andrei Stenin Press Photo Awards 2019

• Exhibited at First Armenian Photo Festival

• Published on National Geographic Website

• Exhibited at Kolkata International Photography Festival 2019

• Commissioned by RR Cables to document their Industrial Unit

• Exhibited at The Kolkata Photo Festival 2019
   

• Published in Kolkata Now and Calcutta Then by Roli Books

• Grand Winner of Travel Photography Contest by HungryTripper

• Commissioned by Asus India to document Durga Puja 2018

• Published in World Street Photo Book - 5

• Winner of Street Photography Competition by Meri Deewar

• Exhibited at Polyphony International Photo Festival 2018
   

• Exhibited at Ariano International Flim Festival 2017

• Merit Award in Golden Orchid International Photo Awards 2017

• Exhibited at Ode To Bengal by Streets Of Calcutta and ITC Hotels

• Interview published in Medium.com by Halla

• Published on Getty Reportage on their Weekly Top Picks

• Exhibited at London Photo Festival 2017

• Published on Nat Geo Traveller India Website 

• Winner of Carpe Diem 2017 by IIM Calcutta
   

• Exhibited at Jaipur Art Summit 2016

• Published at Don’t Take Picture Magazine

• Second Prize in Durga Utsav Competition by Zoom Colour Prints

• Published on Getty Reportage on their Weekly Top Picks

• Winner Of Debi Photography Competition by ITC Hotels

• Published on Getty Reportage on their Weekly Top Picks

• Winner of 25 Under 25 Summit by Campus Diaries

• Published in APF Street Photography Magazine

• Winner of Carpe Diem 2016 by IIM Calcutta
   

• Second Prize in Time Frame Competition by News Times

• Top 25 in Nikon I am DURGAUTSAV Competition by Streets Of Calcutta

• Published on CNN America

• Exhibited at Art Mela Kolkata 2015