Sharad Haksar is India's most accomplished and acclaimed photo- grapher with accolades from all over the world. A Cannes Silver Lion winner and a D&AD nominee, Sharad is the only Asian to snag a Gold, Silver, 2 Bronzes and 21 honorable mentions at the prestigious IPA Awards.
Popular Photography selected Sharad as one of the Top 10 lensmen in the world in 2005. The same year Adobe Galgo named him the Photographer Of The Year in India. A year later, Luerzer’s Archive listed him as one of 200 Best Photographers in the world. Till date, Sharad Haksar has won over 200 regional, national and international awards.
Sharad acquired his craft from masters like Bill Megalos, Constantine Manos, Robert Farber, Sol Negrin and Iqbal Mohamed. The Maine workshops and innumerable brand shoots have honed his skills as an artist with a keen eye for advertising, fashion, still life, travel, and conceptual photography.
Driven by ideas, Sharad is the mastermind behind the world’s first camera lens calendar that he has patented. The innovative piece of art is chiseled from a single block of aluminium and has dates running till the year 2032.
Sharad operates out of South India, from his studio, Eye-Light Pictures. Being a passionate creative person with strong design sense, Sharad runs an advertising hot shop in Chennai, called 1pointsize. He is the founder of OneEyeland.com, the world’s largest virtual community for creative photographers. The site has over 60,000 registered members with over 8.5 million page views a year.
AWARDS
2016
Rated as one of the Top 3 Commercial and Advertising Photographers in the World by TopTeny
2015
1 Honorable Mention at International Color Awards
1 Nomination at International Color Awards
2014
1 Silver at APA (American Photographic Artists)
5 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2012
5 Entries in Communication Arts Photography Annual
3 Bronzes at International Photography Awards
2 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2 Nominations in Goafest
1 Nomination in New York Festivals
2011
Luerzer’s Archive Top 200 Photographers
1 Nomination in Goafest
2010
Luerzer’s Archive Top 200 Photographers
1 Bronze at International Photography Awards
3 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2009
1 Gold in Goafest
1 Entry in Luerzer’s Archive
2008
5 Golds in Pepper Awards
6 Silvers in Pepper Awards
5 Bronzes in Pepper Awards
1 Entry in Luerzer’s Archive
1 Nomination in Goafest
12 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2006
2 Golds at the Abby Awards
2 Golds at Spark Awards
1 Silver at Asia Pacific Ad Fest
1 Silver at International Photography Awards
1 Bronze at International Photography Awards
11 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2 Entries in Communication Arts Photo Annual
1 Nomination at the CLIO Awards
1 Entry in Communication Arts Advertising Annual
1 In-book in the British D&AD Annual
1 Nomination at the Food & Beverage Awards
1 Nomination at the New York Festivals
1 Merit at PDN PIX Awards
2005
Named Top 10 Photographers of the Year by Popular Photography Crowned ‘Photographer of the Year’ by Adobe Galgo
7 Golds at Spark Awards
1 Gold at the New York Festivals
3 Silvers at Spark Awards
1 Silver Lion at Cannes
1 Finalist at Cannes
1 Bronze at the New York Festivals
1 Bronze at Spark Awards
9 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2 Finalists at London International Advertising Awards
2 Nominations at FAB Awards (Food & Beverage Awards)
1 Nomination at the New York Festivals
2004
4 Golds at Spark Awards
1 Gold at International Photography Awards
5 Silvers at Spark Awards
1 Silver at International Photography Awards
2 Bronzes at International Photography Awards
2 Bronzes at Spark Awards
1 Bronze at the New York Festivals
21 Honorable Mentions at International Photography Awards
2 Nominations at the New York Festivals
1 Finalist at London International Advertising Awards
2003
1 Gold at Spark Awards
3 Silvers at Spark Awards
2 Bronzes at Spark Awards
1 Nomination at the New York Festivals
1 In-book in the British D&AD Annual
2002
1 Silver at Spark Awards
2 Bronzes at Spark Awards
1 Merit at PDN Pix Awards