Tira Khan

Photography / Based in Boston

Tira Khan’s photographs explore the meaning of family, the formal and informal moment, and the architecture of place. She enjoys shooting straight from the camera, as well as pushing the bounds of a photograph.  She... read on
Focus: Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Writer, Reporter, Politics, Fine Art, Documentary, News, Creative, Photography, Domestic, Portraiture, Lifestyle, Art, Culture, Arts & Culture, Freelance, Editorial, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Print Journalism, Portrait Photography, Visual Storyteller
Skills: Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Photoshop
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Available in: Boston
Focused on: Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Writer, Reporter, Politics, Fine Art, Documentary, News, Creative, Photography, Domestic, Portraiture, Lifestyle, Art, Culture, Arts & Culture, Freelance, Editorial, Storyteller, Visual Artist, Print Journalism, Portrait Photography, Visual Storyteller
Skilled at: Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Photoshop
Coverage Regions: USA & Canada
Languages Spoken: English
Years of experience: More than 10
Tira Khan’s photographs explore the meaning of family, the formal and informal moment, and the architecture of place. She enjoys shooting straight from the camera, as well as pushing the bounds of a photograph. 

She believes documentary photography is important as both art and historical record; she also explores photography using the layered imagery of monotype, photogravure, archival materials, and digital collage. Although documentary and collage seem to be opposite approaches to the medium, the ideas behind her series often converge. 

Tira has exhibited her work nationally and internationally in magazines, galleries, and festivals. This summer, her series, A Place I Never Knew, inspired the Boston Festival Orchestra to play a concert at the Boston Athenaeum based on her work. The series was also selected for the 2021 Indian Photo Festival; published in Vogue India; and displayed in solo exhibitions at the Athenæum, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. 

She was recently Artist-in-Residence at the Boston Athenæum, a historic, independent library in the U.S. She is working on a photographic commission documenting the library’s large expansion.Tira is a four-time Critical Mass Finalist, and a two-time winner of the Photographic Resource Center’s Exposure. Her series and images have been published in books, magazines, and newspapers, including Harper’s Magazine, Der Spiegel,  Lenscratch, Musee Magazine, The Boston Globe, India’s News9, and The New York Times. 

Tira began her career as a writer, working as a staff reporter at daily newspapers. She has worked as an editorial photographer for Bloomberg Businessweek, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Quanta Magazine, Woz, Teen Vogue, and The Seattle Times.