Max Kandhola Brief bibliography (Oct 2013)
Max Kandhola is a fine art documentary photographer and head of Photography at
Nottingham Trent University. He works from Birmingham, Brighton, London and
Nottingham. Kandhola studied photography under John Hodgetts at Bourneville
College of Art followed by First Class BA Hons Degree in Photography taught by
Nick Hedges at Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
Max Kandhola’s approach is philosophical – photography used within a cultural
discourse, critically observing and questioning the complexity and relationship of the
human condition and the politics of representation in photography. Kandhola has
used photography to reflect on the following themes: Death & Dying; Faith; Urban
and Rural Landscape; Boxing as a Metaphor: An exploration of society and cultures.
Working as an academic and artist, over the past 15 years Max Kandhola has
successfully supported a number of young artists careers and aspirations through
specific personal mentoring; portfolio development, editorial advice for direct
outcome towards publication, exhibition and support for business strategic
development within arts.
Max Kandhola has published four books; most recently The Aura of Boxing, Dec
2013, Dewi Lewis Publishing; Flatland A Landscape of Punjab, Dewi Lewis
Publishing 2007; Illustration of Life (co published by Light Work New York,
Impressions Gallery Bradford England & Dewi Lewis Publishing, England 2003);
Autograph ABP Monograph, Peter Max Kandhola 1996 Autograph ABP; Contact
Sheet Syracuse New York.
Max Kandhola’s work is held in numerous collections; The National Archive and
Research Centre for Culturally Diverse Photography, Autograph ABP London;
The Deutsche Bank Collection; Government Art Collection UK; Light Work Syracuse
New York; Bradford Museum of Photography Film & Television; Wolverhampton
Art Gallery UK; Virgin Records UK; Birmingham Library photographic collections &
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery; Walsall Art Gallery; UB40 and various
private individual collections in Europe, USA and India. Exhibitions, The Last Seven
Words of Christ The Church of St Martins Bull Ring Birmingham 2013 and St Mary’s
Church Lace Market Birmingham 2012; Impressions Gallery Bradford April 2010,
PhotoInk Delhi India 2009, Slovakia, Bratislava May 2009. His photographic essays
have been published in numerous journals, JADE Journal of Art Design Education,
Source Magazine, Portfolio Magazine, British Journal of Photography. Critical essays
and reviews by Mark Sealy MBE, Anne McNeil, Prof Val Williams, Rhonda Wilson
MBE, Simon Bainbridge, Chris Arnot, Dr Alka Pande, Gary Hesse, forthcoming
essays by Prof David Scott on Boxing.