About

ABOUT RAJEEV SINGH

Rajeev Singh is an Indian photographer based in Kolkata, working across editorial, documentary, humanitarian and travel photography.
Born near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh and based in Kolkata since 2003, Rajeev Singh has spent thirty years photographing people, places and everyday life across India — from the ghats of Varanasi to the coastlines of West Bengal, from the streets of Kolkata to remote villages and rivers across the country.
His work is drawn to what is often overlooked — the quiet moment, the dignity that exists without needing attention, the ordinary life that carries something extraordinary inside it. He works with a humanitarian approach, believing that every person photographed deserves dignity and every place visited deserves honesty.

Photography & Publications

Rajeev Singh’s images are available through Getty Images, iStock and Shutterstock — where his work is used by editorial publications, media houses and storytellers across the world.
His photostories and written essays have been published in DoubleSpeak Magazine — an internationally distributed Indian literary magazine — across multiple issues, including:
Masan Holi — the sacred Holi celebration at the cremation ghats of Varanasi
A Tryst with Rabindra Setu — a meditation on Howrah Bridge and the passage of time
The Weight of a Gaze — a humanitarian portrait essay
A Private World in a Public Space
Water: The Essence of Life and a Timeless Teacher
Red Walls, Worn Lives — shot at Chhottelal Ghat, Kolkata

Approach & Practice

Rajeev Singh is an observational photographer. He prefers to wait, to watch, and to let moments reveal themselves rather than directing or staging what he photographs. Over thirty years his practice has moved from image-making toward presence — toward listening, understanding, and responding honestly to what is in front of the lens.
He works primarily across India — in cities, on rivers, at festivals, in sacred spaces and in the places that don’t appear on tourist maps but carry the deepest stories.

Background

Rajeev Singh studied physics at the University of Allahabad and holds an MBA from Invertis University, Bareilly. worked as a Marketing communication Professional for 13 years since 2002 , He is the Founder and Managing Director of COMCRAFT Advertising and Marketing Private Limited, headquartered in Kolkata, established in 2016.
other than Business and Photography He is Passionate about fitness , meditation, reading , writing and Flute with Indian Classical music — these practices he has carried for over thirty years with the same patience and curiosity he brings to photography.
Rajeev Singh began photography at the age of eighteen . He is still learning. He expects he always will be.

“My pictures tell the way I see life and its mysteries.”
— Rajeev Singh