Amritsar district between Beas and Jandiala Guru, 2006

Nawashahr district between Nawashahr and Balachor, 2006

Jalandhar district near Saidhowal village, 2006

Rupnagar district overlooking Himachal Pradesh near Anadpur Sahib. The river Soan (forming into the river Satluj) with floating rose petals and ash, 2006

Max Kandhola is a British Punjabi Sikh, a renowned fine art photographer and a Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Max studied photography at Bournville College of Art under John Hodgetts, followed by First Class BA Hons Degree in Photography at University of Wolverhampton (Polytechnic), under the tutelage of documentary photographer Nick Hedges. For 21 years Max has taught on the BA Hons Photography course at Nottingham Trent University, 10 years as a senior lecturer and 11 years as Principle Lecturer and Course Leader.

Max Kandhola’s photographic research is used within a cultural discourse, critically observing and questioning the complexity and relationship of the human condition and the politics of representation.

Max has published 4 books; The Aura of Boxing, Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2014, on boxing methodology, Flatland A Landscape of Punjab, Dewi Lewis Publishing 2007, documenting the Punjabi diasporic landscape, Illustration of Life, LightWork Syracuse NY, Impressions Gallery Bradford & Dewi Lewis Publishing 2003, a visual commentary on his father’s death from cancer and Sikh rituals of death and dying and Autograph Monograph, Autograph ABP 1996, a collection of photographic work responding to identity and race.

Max has published and exhibited his work internationally, his work held in major public and private collections in England, Europe, America and India, including, The Deutsche Bank Collection and Government Art Collection UK and represented by PHOTOINK, New Delhi, India.

Flatland: A Landscape Of Punjab (2003 -2006)

Gurdaspur district between Pathankot and Kathua (Jammu & Kashmir) off the Jammu Road, 2006

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Travelling from Mukerian in Hoshiarpur district to Mirthal in Gurdaspur district, 2006

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Amritsar district between Beas and Jandiala Guru, 2006

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Fatehgarh Sahib district between Humayunpur and Sarai Banjara en route to Rajpura in Patiala District, 2004

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Patiala District near Rajpura, 2004

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Jalandhar district on the outskirts of Jalandhar city, 2005

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On the outskirts of Shadipur near Nurmahal travelling towards Kandola village, Jalandhar district, 2005

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Amritsar district between Amritsar City and Mananwala, 2004

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On the outskirts of Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur district, between Harsemansar and Talibpur Pindori near the river Beas, 2005

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On the outskirts of Saidowal village near Nurmahal district Jalandhar, 2004

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30 × 30 in / 76.2 × 76.2 cm (Ed of 5)

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