Komal Bedi Sohal is a creative director, designer, and photographer whose work bridges storytelling and visual artistry. With over three decades of experience in advertising, including winning multiple Cannes Lions and serving on the Cannes Lions Jury, she brings a sharp eye for narrative, detail, and composition to her photographic practice.
Now based in Gurgaon, India, Komal focuses on capturing candid, emotionally resonant moments from everyday life. Her photography is rooted in documentary realism and shaped by an artist’s sensitivity: it invites viewers to pause, reflect, and connect with the human experience.
Komal’s photography has earned recognition on both national and international platforms. In 2024, she was selected for the prestigious La Vie Un Bleu International Photography Residency in Nice, France. Her photographs have been exhibited in solo and group shows across New York, Paris, London, Nice, Venice, Victoria, and New Delhi.
SELECTED EXHIBITONS:
2025
FRANCE- Chola Maati – Solo Exhibition, Espace Cinko, Paris
ROME- International Street Photo Festival, Rome
FRANCE- In Search of the Light – Glimpses of Hope for Humanity, Paris
INDIA- Every Smile Belongs, Solo Exhibition, Kiran Nader Museum of Art, New Delhi
INDIA-Pratibimb, Delhi Craft Council, Galerie Museo, Gurgaon, Haryana
INDIA-Pratibimb, Delhi Craft Council, Bikaner House, New Delhi
UK- Street Badass: Animals in Street, Knapp Gallery, London
INDIA-Through the 100 Masters’ Lenses: Banaras, Banaras Lit Fest
2024
FRANCE- La Vie un Bleu, International Photography Residency, Winner, Nice
FRANCE- Resident Exhibition, La Gare du Sud, Nice
USA- Women Street Photographers, Annual Exhibition, New York
FRANCE- 100 Years, 100 Women, Paris
INDIA- Face to Face, Solo Exhibition, Amphitheatre, Select City Walk, New Delhi, February
2023
ITALY- Venice Photo Lab, Group Exhibition, Venice
AUSTRALIA- Wall of Women, Ballarat International Foto Biennale
USA- Women Street Photographers, Virtual Exhibition, Finalist, New York
INDIA- Hardcore Street Collective, The HeArt Space Gallery, Ahmedabad
INDIA- Leica Gallery India, Group Exhibition, New Delhi
FEATURED ON:
Lens Culture Editor’s Picks, Eyeshot Magazine, Women Street Photographers, Leica Fotographie International Gallery-Master Shot, Best of Asia | Australia | Oceania and several independent photo reviewers.
BOOKS:
2025: “CHOLA MAATI” Rituals of Pardhan Gond Community from birth to death. Published by Mapin Publishers.
2024: “Circle of Love” Comminsioned by The Happy School.
2019: Self-published “Dreamkeeper” an ensemble of poetry and photography.
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Playful Paris is my way of seeing the city as a living playground.
I’m drawn to the in-between moments- a nun beside a cartoon figure,
kids lost in costume, a waiter balancing a tower of chairs.
I look for humour, tenderness, and the small coincidences that make ordinary life feel magical.
For me, Paris isn’t a postcard, it’s a stage where the everyday is playful.
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EVERY SMILE BELONGS
SOLO EXHIBITION AT KNMA NEW DELHI
Every Smile Belongs is one of the most meaningful bodies of work I’ve created. Commissioned by Smile Train India and exhibited at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, it marks their 25-year journey supporting children born with clefts—a journey that has transformed countless lives.
When I began this project, Rumi’s words stayed with me: “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” They became the spirit of the series. In a world obsessed with filters, perfection, and erasing anything deemed “flawed,” I wanted to make portraits that do the opposite, images that simply see.
I photographed these children in natural light—pre-op in a quiet hospital room in Lucknow, and post-op outside in a park where they could just be themselves. No retouching, no AI, nothing altered. Just honesty, dignity, and presence.
Through these black-and-white portraits, I want to challenge how we define beauty and difference. These children are not invisible, not incomplete—they are luminous. Their smiles are symbols of resilience, courage, and the desire to be seen.
For me, Every Smile Belongs is more than an exhibition. It’s a reminder that visibility is the first step toward inclusion—and that sometimes, what we think of as a wound is exactly where the light enters.
AN EXHIBITION AT BIKANER HOUSE, NEW DELHI & MUSEO CAMERA, GURGAON.
I was invited by the Delhi Crafts Council to be part of PRATIBIMB, celebrating 25 years of Sarees of India. This edition focuses on the saree as it’s worn every day by the women while working, praying, travelling, and moving through their lives with ease wrapped in six yards of unstitched fabric.
The saree isn’t just clothing; it’s movement, colour, and an unspoken confidence. Its patterns and hues reflect the vibrancy of our textile traditions, and its continued use supports the handloom sector that depends on it.
I’m grateful the Council trusted me to document these moments—the beauty, the challenges, and the ordinary magic of women for whom the saree is simply a part of life. PRATIBIMB is my tribute to both the saree and the women who wear it.
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I walk the streets of Kulasai sweaty, overwhelmed, and inexplicably happy witnessing a world where ordinary people shape-shift into Gods. I follow them as they paint their faces, slip into costume, and surrender to rituals that blur the line between devotion and performance.
Somewhere between the drumbeats, the chaos and elbowing my way through hoards of equally determined photographers- I find small, tender moments that pull me in—the last deep breath before trance, a child watching wide-eyed, or someone adjusting their mask like it’s about to fall off.
I’ll admit, half the time I have no idea what’s happening and that’s part of the joy. These images aren’t here to decode the festival; they’re a record of my stumbling, curious journey inside it. I make them to honour a community whose faith is lived and to chase the brief instant where belief reveals its human (and sometimes a gloriously yelllow) face.
