He is one of the founding members of the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT)[5] in New Delhi, a leader in the resistance to communal and sectarian forces in India through its public cultural action.
Ram Rahman has shown his photographs in individual and group shows in India and around the world.
Ram's most recent group show was 'Touched by Bhupen',[13] exhibited at Galerie Mirchandanni and Steinruecke, Mumbai, 2013.
Other prominent group shows include 'Where Three Dreams Cross',[14] White Chappel Gallery, London (2010); 'Public Places, Private Spaces'[15] at the Newark Museum (2007); 'I fear, I believe, I desire' at Gallery Espace, New Delhi; 'Woman / Goddess',[16] British Council, New Delhi (1999);'Context as Content – Museum as Metaphor', The Museum of Fine Arts, Punjab University, Chandigarh (2001), etc.
Ram has curated several exhibitions including Rare Vintage Photographs – 1940s-1960s (2014); The SAHMAT Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989 exhibited at Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, and The Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (2013); The United Art Fair, New Delhi (2013);[17] Delhi Modern: The Architectural Photographs of Madan Mahatta, 1956–1984, Photoink Gallery, Delhi Goethe Institute, Bombay (2012); HEAT, Bose Pacia Modern, New York (2003), etc.