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{{Short description|Indian photographer}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Dimpy Bhalotia
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1987}}
| known_for = [[Photography]]
| style = [[Street Photography]]
| awards = Photographer of the Year, iPhone Photography Awards, 2020<ref>{{cite web|first1=Alexandra|last1=Garrett|access-date=2022-08-17|title=This year's iPhone Photography Award winners showcase 'powerful worldviews'|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/this-years-iphone-photography-award-winners-showcase-powerful-worldviews/|website=CNET}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|www.dimpybhalotia.com}}
| alma_mater = [[London college of fashion]], [[University of the Arts London]]
}}
'''Dimpy Bhalotia''' (born 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dimpy Bhalotia |url=https://www.dimpybhalotia.com/about/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Dimpy Bhalotia |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian [[Street photography|street photographer]] based in London<ref>{{Cite web |last=IANS |title=Mumbai-Born Dimpy Bhalotia Wins Photographer of the Year at the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards For 'Flying Boys' {{!}} India.com |url=https://www.india.com/viral/mumbai-born-dimpy-bhalotia-wins-photographer-of-the-year-at-the-2020-iphone-photography-awards-for-flying-boys-4091817/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Jessica |date=2021-09-24 |title=Using smartphones for street photography |url=https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/smartphones-for-street-photography-154272 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Amateur Photographer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-23 |title=Mumbai woman's photo 'Flying Boys' shot on iPhone X wins IPPAWARDS 2020 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/specials/mumbai-womans-photo-flying-boys-shot-on-iphone-x-wins-ippawards-2020-864710.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> and [[Mumbai]]. In 2020, she was one of the winners of the ''[[British Journal of Photography]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Female in Focus Award,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-10-29 |title='Fearlessness and freedom': winners from the Female in Focus awards – in pictures |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/oct/29/fearlessness-and-freedom-winners-from-the-female-in-focus-awards-in-pictures |access-date=2022-08-17 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and won the Grand Prize Award in the [[iPhone Photography Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-22 |title=Perspective {{!}} These are the winners of the 13th annual iPhone Photography Awards |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/07/22/these-are-winners-13th-annual-iphone-photography-awards/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref>

== Life and work ==
Bhalotia was born and grew up in Mumbai, India. After school, she moved to London and gained a BA in [[Fashion design|Fashion Design]] Technology: Womenswear from the [[London College of Fashion]], [[University of the Arts London]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dimpy Bhalotia |url=https://www.platform-mag.com/art/dimpy-bhalotia.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.platform-mag.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Asto |first=Joy Celine |date=2018-12-29 |title=Dimpy Bhalotia: Pure Black and White Street Photography of Life's Beauty |url=https://www.thephoblographer.com/2018/12/29/dimpy-bhalotia-street-photography/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=The Phoblographer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Fairclough>{{Cite web |last=Fairclough |first=Steve |date=2022-03-08 |title=12 top UK woman photographers you must follow |url=https://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/12-top-uk-woman-photographers-you-must-follow-161884 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Amateur Photographer}}</ref>

Her work has appeared in ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holliday |first=Grace |date=2021-11-20 |title=Dog days: Dimpy Bhalotia's best phone pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/nov/20/dimpy-bhalotia-best-phone-pictures-dogs |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{Cite news |title=Washington Post |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/07/22/these-are-winners-13th-annual-iphone-photography-awards/}}</ref> ''The Telegraph''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dimpy Bhalotia captures her world through 'a lightweight butter slice' called the iPhone, which has also fetched her a top prize |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/science-tech/dimpy-bhalotia-captures-her-world-through-a-lightweight-butter-slice-called-the-iphone-which-has-also-fetched-her-a-top-prize/cid/1787474 |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref>, ''L'Officiel''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chopra |first=Eshika |title=The Success Story Of An Award-Winning Photographer, Dimpy Bhalotia! {{!}} L'Officiel |url=https://lofficiel.in/2021/10/25/the-success-story-of-an-award-winning-photographer-dimpy-bhalotia/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''Mare'' <ref>Andrea Walter, ''Hundstage'', in: [[Mare (Zeitschrift)|Mare]], Nummer 174, 02/2026, S. 90-101</ref>. The [[paperback]] edition of the novel ''[[Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line]]'' (2021) by Deepa Anappara used photographs by Bhalotia in its cover design.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-23 |title=The book covers that almost were |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/02/the-book-covers-that-almost-were/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.penguin.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
* 2019: 2nd Place, Italian Street Photo Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISPF Finalists Contests 2019 |url=https://2022.italianstreetphotofestival.com/finalists-contest-2019/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=italianstreetphotofestival.com |language=it-IT}}</ref>
* 2019: 1st Place, The Independent Photographer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners: 2019 Black & White Award |url=https://independent-photo.com/themes/november-2019/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=The Independent Photographer |language=en}}</ref>
* 2019: 2nd place, series, iPhone Photography Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-25 |title=2019 Winning Photographers |url=https://www.ippawards.com/2019-winning-photographers/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US|website=ippawards.com}}</ref>
* 2019: Grand Winner, Photobox Instagram Photography Awards (PIPA)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-11 |title=Les 10 meilleurs photos Instagram de l'année 2019 |url=https://www.gqmagazine.fr/pop-culture/article/les-10-meilleurs-photos-instagram-de-lannee-2019 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=GQ France |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* 2019: 1st Place, StreetFoto San Francisco<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 StreetFoto San Francisco International Street Photography Awards Contest Finalists – StreetFoto |url=https://streetfoto.org/sf2019-contest-finalists/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2020: Grand Winner, Paris International Street Photo Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paris International Street Photo Awards - Photo Contest - Categorie Black & White SP Results |url=https://www.streetphotoawards.art/site/winners-gallery/spa-2020/single/black-white |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=www.streetphotoawards.art}}</ref>
* 2020: 1st Place, Gold star Award, ND Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=Special: Mobile Photography - 1st place gold star award - Dimpy Bhalotia (India) |url=https://ndawards.net/winners-gallery/nd-awards-2020/professional/mobile-photography/773/gold-award/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=ndawards.net |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020: 1st Place, Fotografia Alicante Monovisions Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dimpy Bhalotia - 1ST Place - Black & White Street Photo of the Year 2020 |url=https://monovisionsawards.com/winners-gallery/monovisions-awards-2020/show/5576/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=monovisionsawards.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020: 2nd Place, Oneshot: Movement, International Photography Awards (IPA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneShot : Movement Winner / Flying Boys / Dimpy Bhalotia / Dimpy Bhalotia |url=https://photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-184158-19 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=photoawards.com}}</ref>
* 2020: 2nd Place, People, [[International Photography Awards]] (IPA)<ref>{{Cite web |title=IPA 2020 Winner / Flying Boys / Dimpy Bhalotia / Dimpy Bhalotia |url=https://photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-184160-19 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=photoawards.com}}</ref>
* 2020: Grand Prize Winner, Photographer of the Year category, [[iPhone Photography Awards]] (IPPAWARDS)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-08-17|title=Apple Unveils Winners of 2020 iPhone Photography Awards|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/7/apple-2020-iphone-photography-awards-winners-news|date=23 July 2020|website=Hypebeast}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-08-17|title=iPhone Fotoğraf Ödüllerı'nın Kazananlari Açiklandi!|url=https://www.elle.com.tr/extra/kultur-sanat/iphone-fotograf-odullerinin-kazananlari-aciklandi|website=Elle Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gharib |first=Malaka |date=2020-07-25 |title=Prize-Winning Phone Pix Dial Up Moments Of Freedom And Serenity |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/07/25/895020308/prize-winning-phone-pix-dial-up-moments-of-freedom-and-serenity |access-date=2022-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=See The Stunning Winning Shots Of The 2020 iPhone Photography Awards |url=https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/tech/see-the-stunning-winning-shots-of-the-2020-iphone-photography-awards/image-gallery/e19ec0f988a8b6fd8bebc5274f638e69|website=GQ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrett |first=Alexandra |title=This year's iPhone Photography Award winners showcase 'powerful worldviews' |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/this-years-iphone-photography-award-winners-showcase-powerful-worldviews/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref> for her photograph "Flying Boys" photographed in [[Varanasi|Banaras]], India<ref name="Laurent-22Jul2020">{{cite news |last1=Laurent |first1=Olivier |title=These are the winners of the 13th annual iPhone Photography Awards |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2020/07/22/these-are-winners-13th-annual-iphone-photography-awards/ |access-date=18 August 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=22 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Jefferson|last1=Graham|access-date=2022-08-17|title=You don't have to use the latest iPhone to win awards. This year's winner used phone introduced in 2017.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/07/27/some-winners-iphone-photography-2020-awards-used-old-iphone-models/5519374002/|website=USA Today}}</ref>
* 2020: Gold in Advertising, Budapest Foto Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Winner – We Run, You Fly |url=https://budapestfotoawards.com/winners/bifa/2020/5034/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=budapestfotoawards.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2020: Gold in Special/Smartphone Photography; second place in Special, [[Px3|The Prix de la Photographie]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=PX3 2020 Winner – Flying Boys |url=https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2020/11613/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US|website=[[Px3]]}}</ref>
* 2020: VI Concurso Internacional de Fotografía Alicante<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catalogo VI Concurso Internacional de Fotografia Alicante by Club Fotografico Alicante - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/clubfotograficoalicante/docs/catalogo_inter2020_con_portada |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=issuu.com |date=30 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020: 1 of 20 Single Image category winners, Female in Focus Award, ''[[British Journal of Photography]]''<ref name="Warger">{{Cite news |last=Warger |first=Rebecca |title=Winners {{!}} Female in Focus Photography Awards {{!}} 1854 Media |language=en-GB |work=1854 Photography |url=https://www.1854.photography/awards/female-in-focus/winners/ |access-date=2022-08-12}}</ref>
* 2021: 1st Place, The Spider Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhalotia Dimpy, India, 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement - Children of the World - Professional, Flying Boys - 15th Spider Awards |url=https://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/15th/professional/children-of-the-world/winners/226033 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.thespiderawards.com}}</ref>
* 2022: 3rd place, Lifestyle category, iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=2022 Winning Photographers |url=https://www.ippawards.com/2022-winning-photographers/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |language=en-US|website=ippawards.com}}</ref>

== Publications with contributions by Bhalotia ==
*''#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis''. Glitterati. By [[David Campany]]. {{ISBN|978-1943876228}}. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the [[International Center of Photography]] in New York, 2020. Bhalotia contributed a photograph.<ref>{{Cite web |title=#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis |url=https://shop.icp.org/icpconcerned-global-images-for-global-crisis.html?source=facebook |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=International Center of Photography |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Group exhibitions and during festivals ==
* Brussels Street Photography Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=Küçükarslan |first=Umut |date=2019-10-01 |title=Women Street Photographers Photo Exhibition- BSPF |url=https://www.bspfestival.org/en/women-street-photographers-photo-exhibition/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Brussels Street Photography Festival - BSPF |language=en-US}}</ref>
* PhoS Sofia Street Photography Days, Bulgaria, 2019<ref name="WSP">{{Cite web |title=Photographers {{!}} A – D |url=https://www.womenstreetphotographers.com/photographers-i |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Women Street Photographers |language=en-US}}</ref>
* El Barrio Art Space PS109, New York, USA, 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Annual @WomenStreetPhotographers Exhibition in New York City |url=https://street-new.dns-service.it/news/the-annual-womenstreetphotographers-exhibition-in-new-york-city/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Exibart Street |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Treviso Photographic Festival, Treviso, Italy, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-11 |title=Dal 15 settembre il Festival fotografico di Treviso |url=https://tribunatreviso.gelocal.it/treviso/cronaca/2020/09/11/news/dal-15-settembre-il-festival-fotografico-di-treviso-1.39294086 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Tribuna di Treviso |language=it-IT}}</ref>
* The State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women Street Photographers |url=https://www.womenstreetphotographers.com/russia-exhibition |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=WOMEN STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS |language=en-US}}</ref>
* CLB Berlin Gallery for The Independent Photographer<ref>{{Cite web |title=EMOP: The Independent Photographer, CLB Berlin |url=https://www.clb-berlin.de/en/events/emop-the-independent-photographer/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Posters on the Streets, New York 6 locations, USA, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kail |first=Ellyn |date=2020-05-28 |title=Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Street Photography Awards |url=https://www.featureshoot.com/2020/05/announcing-the-winners-of-the-feature-shoot-street-photography-awards/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Feature Shoot |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique, Turkey, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Upcoming Show In Russia To Exhibit Women Street Photographers' Work |url=https://www.fotofemmeunited.com/article/232 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.fotofemmeunited.com |language=en}}</ref>
* International Centre of Photography, USA, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-04 |title=#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis |url=https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/icpconcerned-global-images-for-global-crisis |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=International Center of Photography |language=en}}</ref>
* Paris Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Px3 & State of the World Winners Exhibited in Paris Espace Beaurepaire |url=https://px3.fr/px3-and-state-of-the-world-winners-exhibited-in-paris-espace-beaurepaire/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |language=en-US|website=[[Px3]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.dimpybhalotia.com}}

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Maleeha at 12:34, 28 April 2026