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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->'''Max Kandhola''' (Peter Pupender Max Singh Kandhola) is a British Punjabi Sikh. Max is a photographer and an academic. Born 1962, ]<ref>{{Citation |title=Selly Oak |date=2024-09-21 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Selly_Oak |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, England, to Punjabi Sikh parents. Father born in ]<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Lahore |date=2024-11-30 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/History_of_Lahore |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lahore, the City of History and Culture |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/lahore-the-city-of-history-and-culture-soch/_wWRJHqaQDk7sg?hl=en |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref> (Punjab) before the partition of India<ref>{{Citation |title=Partition of India |date=2025-01-06 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Partition_of_India |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Why the Partition of India and Pakistan still casts a long shadow over the region |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/partition-of-india-and-pakistan-history-legacy |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=History |language=en}}</ref> and mother born in Jalandhar<ref>{{Citation |title=Jalandhar |date=2025-01-06 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Jalandhar |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, Punjab<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Punjab |date=2025-01-06 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/History_of_Punjab |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, India. Parents migrated to England<ref>{{Cite web |title=Work - A Brief History of Black and Asian History in England {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/another-england/a-brief-history/work/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> in 1956, settling first in Bradford and then Birmingham in the early 1960s. <!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->'''Max Kandhola''' (Peter Pupender Max Singh Kandhola) is a photographer and <ref>{{Cite web |title=Photography |url=https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/art-and-design/ug/ba-hons-photography |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.ntu.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> at . Kandhola's work have been published and exhibited nationally and internationally. Born 1962, ]<ref>{{Citation |title=Selly Oak |date=2024-09-21 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Selly_Oak |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, Birmingham, England, to Punjabi Sikh parents. His father was born in ]<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Lahore |date=2024-11-30 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/History_of_Lahore |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lahore, the City of History and Culture |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/lahore-the-city-of-history-and-culture-soch/_wWRJHqaQDk7sg?hl=en |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref> (Punjab) before the partition of ]<ref>{{Citation |title=Partition of India |date=2025-01-06 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Partition_of_India |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Why the Partition of India and Pakistan still casts a long shadow over the region |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/partition-of-india-and-pakistan-history-legacy |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=History |language=en}}</ref> and his mother born in ]<ref>{{Citation |title=Jalandhar |date=2025-01-06 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Jalandhar |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, ]<ref>{{Citation |title=History of Punjab |date=2025-01-06 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/History_of_Punjab |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, India. Parents migrated to England<ref>{{Cite web |title=Work - A Brief History of Black and Asian History in England {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/another-england/a-brief-history/work/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> in 1956, settling first in ] and then ] in the early 1960s.

Kandhola's photography explores cultural displacement, hybridity, and marginalised identities. It challenges dominant portrayals of race, gender, and social space, offering counter-narratives that disrupt hegemonic discourses and reclaim visibility for historically underrepresented groups, in considering Race, Representation, Identity and Difference (RRID)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Max Kandhola {{!}} Nottingham Trent University |url=https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/art-design/max-kandhola |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.ntu.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref>. Kandhola has published a number of books including '''' (2014), '''' (2007), '''' (2002), '' Monograph'' (1996).


== Early life and education == == Early life and education ==
Kandhola studied photography at ]<ref>{{Citation |title=Bournville Centre for Visual Arts |date=2024-06-03 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Bournville_Centre_for_Visual_Arts |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, (Birmingham, England) under the guidance of John Hodgetts and completed his BA Hons Graphic Design (Photography) at ] (Polytechnic 1991), under the tutelage of social documentary photographer <ref>{{Cite web |title=Nick Hedges Documentary Photographer |url=http://www.nickhedgesphotography.co.uk |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Nick Hedges Photography |language=en-GB}}</ref>.

In his formative photography career Max worked from his studio in ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Custard Factory {{!}} Digbeth |url=https://www.digbeth.com/workspaces/custard-factory |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.digbeth.com}}</ref>, Birmingham. The studio provided a space to make work and architect his photographic practice attracting independent collectors, commissioners, and art buyers. From 1993- 2002 Kandhola shared a studio with contemporary Jewellery designer <ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Preisler Gallery – Contemporary Jewellery Maker |url=https://www.sarapreislergallery.co.uk |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref> at the Custard Factory, and with further collaborations with fashion designers in opening the concept space The Goate Gallery (1992-1995) in central Birmingham due to the lack of Black and Asian representation within photography. During this period, the gallery also served as the central office for Birmingham's inaugural photography festival, an initiative realised in partnership with <ref>{{Citation |title=Ten.8 |date=2024-10-14 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Ten.8 |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>, Birmingham City Council, and ]. Max was on the board of advisors for Seeing The Light and Rhubarb Rhubarb photography agency founded by the inspirational MBE. <ref>{{Citation |title=Rhonda Wilson (photographer) |date=2024-06-28 |work=Misplaced Pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/Rhonda_Wilson_(photographer) |access-date=2025-01-14 |language=en}}</ref>

== Life and work ==

Max Kandhola has authored and published 4 books, '''''The Aura of Boxing''''' <ref>{{Cite web |last=Sillitoe |first=David |date=2014 |title=aura of boxing guardian - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=aura+of+boxing+guardian&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.google.com}}</ref>'''(2014)''', published by ; An extended essay on The Aura of Boxing, titled ''<nowiki/>'To Document The Methodology of The Pugilistic Artisan''' by Max Kandhola is published by <ref>{{Cite web |title=MAX KANDHOLA: THE AURA OF BOXING – THE BLACK AND WHITE SERIES |url=https://www.nae.org.uk/event/max-kandhola-the-aura-of-boxing-the-black-and-white-series/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=New Art Exchange {{!}} NAE |language=en-US}}</ref>. Kandhola spent 12 years in-between other projects and academic commitments from 1998-2012 documenting boxing methodology.

''Flatland: A Landscape of Punjab'' (2007), published by Dewi Lewis Publishing; ''Illustration of Life'' (2003), published by Lightwork Syracuse New York and Dewi Lewis Publishing; Autograph Monograph (1996), ed by Mark Sealy published by Autograph;

Kandhola’s contributions to the field of photography are featured in prominent publications, including ''Photography: Race, Rights and Representation'' (2022), and ''The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography'' (2020). His photographic essays, such as ‘The Realisation of The Beautiful,’ have been published in the ''Journal of Art & Design Education (JADE)'', and ‘No Birds Do Sing In Blue Sky’ appeared in ''Contact Sheet'', Syracuse, New York. Between 1999 and 2002, Kandhola was represented by Barbara Greene Fine Art, New York, and he is presently represented by Photoink, based in Delhi, India. Max was a recipient of the prestigious Light Work Artist Residency in Syracuse, New York, in both 1996 and 2002.



== References == == References ==

Latest revision as of 19:07, 14 January 2025

Max Kandhola (Peter Pupender Max Singh Kandhola) is a photographer and Associate Professor in photography at Nottingham Trent University Design & Digital Arts. Kandhola's work have been published and exhibited nationally and internationally. Born 1962, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England, to Punjabi Sikh parents. His father was born in Lahore (Punjab) before the partition of India and his mother born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Parents migrated to England in 1956, settling first in Bradford and then Birmingham in the early 1960s.

Kandhola's photography explores cultural displacement, hybridity, and marginalised identities. It challenges dominant portrayals of race, gender, and social space, offering counter-narratives that disrupt hegemonic discourses and reclaim visibility for historically underrepresented groups, in considering Race, Representation, Identity and Difference (RRID). Kandhola has published a number of books including The Aura of Boxing (2014), Flatland A Landscape of Punjab (2007), Illustration of Life (2002), Autograph Monograph (1996).

Early life and education

Kandhola studied photography at Bournville College of Art, (Birmingham, England) under the guidance of John Hodgetts and completed his BA Hons Graphic Design (Photography) at University of Wolverhampton (Polytechnic 1991), under the tutelage of social documentary photographer Nick Hedges.

In his formative photography career Max worked from his studio in Digbeth, Birmingham. The studio provided a space to make work and architect his photographic practice attracting independent collectors, commissioners, and art buyers. From 1993- 2002 Kandhola shared a studio with contemporary Jewellery designer Sara Preisler gallery at the Custard Factory, and with further collaborations with fashion designers in opening the concept space The Goate Gallery (1992-1995) in central Birmingham due to the lack of Black and Asian representation within photography. During this period, the gallery also served as the central office for Birmingham's inaugural photography festival, an initiative realised in partnership with Ten-8 magazine, Birmingham City Council, and Arts Council England. Max was on the board of advisors for Seeing The Light and Rhubarb Rhubarb photography agency founded by the inspirational Rhonda Wilson MBE.

Life and work

Max Kandhola has authored and published 4 books, The Aura of Boxing '(2014), published by Dewi Lewis Publishing; An extended essay on The Aura of Boxing, titled 'To Document The Methodology of The Pugilistic Artisan by Max Kandhola is published by New Art Exchange Nottingham. Kandhola spent 12 years in-between other projects and academic commitments from 1998-2012 documenting boxing methodology.

Flatland: A Landscape of Punjab (2007), published by Dewi Lewis Publishing; Illustration of Life (2003), published by Lightwork Syracuse New York and Dewi Lewis Publishing; Autograph Monograph (1996), ed by Mark Sealy published by Autograph;

Kandhola’s contributions to the field of photography are featured in prominent publications, including Photography: Race, Rights and Representation (2022), and The Figure of Christ in Contemporary Photography (2020). His photographic essays, such as ‘The Realisation of The Beautiful,’ have been published in the Journal of Art & Design Education (JADE), and ‘No Birds Do Sing In Blue Sky’ appeared in Contact Sheet, Syracuse, New York. Between 1999 and 2002, Kandhola was represented by Barbara Greene Fine Art, New York, and he is presently represented by Photoink, based in Delhi, India. Max was a recipient of the prestigious Light Work Artist Residency in Syracuse, New York, in both 1996 and 2002.


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