Debmalya Ray Choudhuri (b. 1991, Kolkata) (he/they) is a self-taught photographer from India based in New York. Rooted in a diaristic practice, their work spans photography, performance, and text, centering trauma and resilience while engaging broader questions of gender, identity, and memory. What began as an escape from chaos evolved into a search for intimacy—connecting deeply, both physically and emotionally, with people and spaces to create images that feel raw, tender, and honest. This personal transformation forms the foundation of the artist's ongoing inquiry into the human condition, connecting personal experience to broader social concerns. In a climate of right-wing populism and selective empathy—both in their homeland, India, and their current residence in the United States—their work seeks to explore community and kinship. Through an emphasis on care, collaboration, and vulnerability, he examines how people express grief, desire, and longing, framing interpersonal relationships as spaces of resistance and solidarity.
Deb has exhibited internationally, including at Les Rencontres d’Arles, the Griffin Museum of Photography, Rotterdam Photo Festival, Sarajevo Photo Festival, Photo Museum Ireland, and has been published in FT Weekend, Granta, British Journal of Photography, Trigger by FOMU Antwerp, among others.