Artist-Activist
Sujatro primarily started working as a photojournalist with women rights, LGTBQI Issues and environmental issues. Since he was a child, there has always been an intrinsic urge within him to capture the essence of human spirit, especially of resilient people emerging from crises, not willing to give up a fight. Art, he believes, is the most powerful tool in portraying this essence when it reflects the times we live in. Over time, through his work, he learnt how art plays a major role in helping us form opinions, educate us about truth and transform mindsets. This has always been the quest behind all his works on social issues, such as Queer rights, diasporic tensions, women rights. To capture the narratives of their struggle which at times is a result of institutionalized mechanisms of injustice and the urgency to fight for a right cause to bring a change is what he wishes to convey through his art. He seeks to give voice to the voiceless, induce power within the powerless.
