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Studio A89, located in Kaladham, Greater Noida (Delhi NCR), is a visual arts studio dedicated to historic, alternative, and analogue photographic printmaking, as well as contemporary image-making practices.

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Constructed in 2010 and activated in 2017, the studio is an evolving space for creative exploration, artistic dialogue, and education. Studio A89 traces its roots to Avinash Foto Graphics (1992–2016), a well-regarded studio based in Sector 19, NOIDA, known for its excellence in commercial, product, industrial, interior, and portrait photography. Across the decades, it partnered with many of India’s foremost professionals, leading brands, and top advertising agencies. Building on this journey, Studio A89 represents a step forward to a broader engagement with the visual arts, embracing analogue and alternative processes alongside digital experimentation, and stands as a space for practice, learning, and collaboration in photography and beyond.

 

​The studio offers a range of interactive programs—from hands-on workshops and exhibitions to presentations and community events—designed to cultivate creative exchange and interdisciplinary engagement.

 

The Studio is led by Mr. Avinash Aggarwal, a veteran of analogue photography, and is managed by Dr. Aditi Aggarwal, a contemporary artist and visual researcher. The idea is to reimagine the studio as more than just a space for photography— a living lab for slow, tactile image-making practices rooted in memory, archives, and experimentation. The collaborative projects at the studio embrace traditional darkroom methods, chemical-based processes, and alternative photographic techniques, offering a mindful counterpoint to today’s fast-paced digital world.  

 

The vision is to be more than just a photography studio—it is to be a creative ecosystem for analogue, alternative, and digital image-making, blending tradition with experimentation. With a deep expertise in both black-and-white and colour film processing, the studio actively collaborates with artists, scholars, and institutions, positioning itself as a co-working space that nurtures dialogue, creativity, and collaboration. The studio is fully equipped with darkroom facilities and supports 35mm and medium format photography. Whether it’s silver gelatin printing, experimental darkroom processes, or alternative image-making, Studio A89 is committed to cultivating a vibrant community where visual art practitioners and learners can explore, question, and grow together.​ The outreach activities of the studio are supported by Prof. Dr. Sandhya Goel Aggarwal.  

 

Additionally, each floor of the studio has a selection of books to support work, spontaneous discovery, and creative cross-pollination. ​​​

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Mr. Avinash Aggarwal

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Born in 1953 at Ropar, Punjab, India, Avinash Chand Aggarwal is a Professional Photographer based out of Greater Noida.

After graduating in Mathematics (Hons.) from the University of Delhi, he took training in Still photography and painting from Triveni Kala Sangam, N. Delhi.

He specialises in Product, Industrial, Interior and Portraiture Photography and has shot for some of the best brands and advertising agencies in India.

Mr Aggarwal has been awarded Senior Fellowship in the field of Photography, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India; Honourable Mention at the N.E.A. Lalit Kala Akademi; Three times Photography Award by Sahitya Kala Parishad; Honoured Associateship of India International Photographic Council, New Delhi; Photography Award by the Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India and The United Nations Children’s Fund, Regional Office for South Central Asia. He has also designed the Official Logo for the NDMC New Delhi Municipal Committee between 1979- 81.  His works are in the collection of the Government of NCT of Delhi, Osho Commune International, Private Collections etc.​

He holds experience in B&W and Colour processing of prints and films.  Currently, he practices at his studio based in Kaladham, also teaches Analogue Photography & Alternative Photography at various institutes in the Delhi NCR region; and has a keen interest in Painting, Pottery and Bonsai Making.

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Dr. Aditi Aggarwal

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Born in New Delhi, Aditi holds a PhD in Visual Studies from the University of Delhi (2023). She was awarded the Odyssey Fellowship by The Alternative Art School – Global/Online (2024).​ Her past projects include the ‘Future is Born of Art’ commission by India Art Fair and BMW India (2023). In 2019, she was a part of the Indo-European Residency Project Kolkata, organised by the British Council, Kolkata, the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata and the Alliance Française du Bengale in collaboration with the Kolkata-based gallery CIMA and Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. In 2016, she had a solo show titled ‘Recent Works’ curated by Amal Allana, with Text by Prof. (Dr.) Nuzhat Kazmi at Art Heritage II, New Delhi. She has also presented and published papers at Research Seminars, including the International Seminar on “Relevance of Performing and Visual Arts in contemporary society: A Perspective (creative experiments and changing profiles of the Arts)” at the Faculty of Performing Arts, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. In her works,  Aditi explores and expresses the idea of repetition, beauty, automatism & spontaneity through bookmaking and painting formats.

 

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