Pablo Bartholomew is an award-winning Indian photojournalist and an independent photographer based in New Delhi, India. He is noted for his photography, as an educator running photography workshops, and as manager of MediaWeb, a software company specializing in photo database solutions and server-based digital archiving systems. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013. In 2014, he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He was born on December 18, 1955 in New Delhi, India. Bartholomew studied at Modern School (New Delhi), where his father taught English. He abandoned his schooling in Class Nine, adopting the camera instead. In his early teens he photographed his family, friends, people, and cities. He participated in the city’s emerging theatre scene and even produced, in the ’70s, a series of events called “Thru Pablo’s Eyes” which was based on rock music accompanied with slide and film projection and live performers. To make ends meet, and to finance his photo documentary projects, he worked in advertising and as a stills photographer, most notably on the sets of Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj ke Khilari (1977) and Richard Attenborough’s 1982-film, Gandhi. In 1975, he was awarded First Prize by World Press Photo for his series “Time is the mercy of eternity,” on morphine addicts in India titled Time is the Mercy of Eternity.

Pablo Bartholomew is a self-taught, Indian photographer. He was awarded first prize by World Press Photo in 1975 for his series on morphine addicts. In 1984, he won the World Press Picture of the Year for his iconic image of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. As a photojournalist, he documented societies in conflict and transition for over 20 years. His work has been featured in magazines like  New York Times, Time, Life, Newsweek, Business Week, National Geographic, Geo, Der Spiegel, Figaro Magazine, Paris Match, Telegraph and the Sunday Times magazine, Guardian and Observer Magazines.