Born in Moscow in 1960, Ananta Dasa's photographic journey began in 1983 after graduating from Moscow University. He worked as a fashion photographer, film director on documentary movies and has collaborated with a number of agencies and publications around the world; eventually he settled in a town of "5,000 Temples" in India called Vrindavana (from 1988-2007).

 
I have always tried to preserve my world. One of my Indian friends once said that you can't recover, if you are around sick people. I feel that this very true. Every deed should bring some kind of harmony to the person, no matter what he or she does. We have to learn how to live in peace. When you understand the false aspects of life and get over them, you obtain clarity and essence of life. Every photo of mine is objects and people from my world, and I love and remember them all.
Ananta Dasa



Group Exhibitions

2002 LA Photo, Los Angeles, USA
2003 SF Photo, San Francisco, USA
2004 Art Moscow, Russia
2005 SF Photo, San Francisco, USA
2005 Art Moscow, Russia
2007 Art Moscow, Russia
2007 Photoquai photofestival, Branly Museum, Paris
2007 Adam Gendell Gallery, San Francisco, USA


Solo Exhibitions

2002 Adam Gendell Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2003 Elena Vrublevskaya Gallery, Moscow, Russia, "84000000 Steps"
2005 Moscow biennale of contemporary art, "Babloo"
2006 Art Moscow, Russia, "Happy Hour"
2007 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, "I'm Hindu"