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<p>Earlier this week, photographer Souvid Datta, who had shot a series of photographs in a brothel in Kolkata's red light district of Sonagachi, was outed by critic Shreya Bhat, for having not simply plagiarised an idea, but photoshopping someone else's work into his own</p>

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"In the Shadows of Kolkata" by Souvid Datta uses a doctored image of a Mumbai brothel originally shot by Mary Ellen Mark in the 1970s
"In the Shadows of Kolkata" by Souvid Datta uses a doctored image of a Mumbai brothel originally shot by Mary Ellen Mark in the 1970s

Earlier this week, photographer Souvid Datta, who had shot a series of photographs in a brothel in Kolkata's red light district of Sonagachi, was outed by critic Shreya Bhat, for having not simply plagiarised an idea, but photoshopping someone else's work into his own. Not just anyone's, but the work of Mary Ellen Mark, the most famous photographer of brothels that there is!

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