I am an information science engineering graduate turned photographer and naturalist. After completing a post- graduate diploma in Professional Photography from Light and Life Academy in Ooty, India, I have worked and traveled as a freelance photographer contributing work to the Wildlife Trust of India, documented the lives of pastoralists and teaching them photography as a means of communication with the outside world for Sahjeevan, worked extensively with Field Projects International, headed photography projects on rehabilitation of sex workers and transgenders for the Govt. of Karnataka and have also worked for the Swiss Development corporation. In addition, my photos have appeared along side written articles in Hornbill Magazine, produced by the Bombay Natural History Society. I have also regularly provided photographs for local and international news agencies taking special interest in depleting wildlife habitat and living and working conditions of people in India
“I aim to contibute to work in the fields of conservation, animal-human conflict resolution, and social reform.”
Featured Organisations
Field Projects International is an organisation that conducts scientific research and educational courses in multiple sites around the world. The primarily work in Peru studying the wild populations of primate at the Los Amigos Biological Station, while also using education as a means of bringing in resources to conserve the ecosystems that they work in.
I have spent several field seasons at the Los Amigos Biological Station(Peru) and FringeFord(India) while working for Field Projects International. During this period I have trained and lead research assistants on a variety of data collection projects, conducted multiple conservation photography workshops, lead research teams, assisted with teaching Tropical Biology and Primatology field courses, and served as a field manager for the Wildlife Handling program as well as their Disease Ecology research team. This has earned me an intimate knowledge of jungle landscape, flora, and fauna.
Sahjeevan is an organisation that works with the rural development sector in Kachchh, India. I have worked with Sahjeevan over a span of 3 years running a youth photography program for Maldhari youth whilst documenting their pastoral lives and producing a book about the same.
Wildlife Trust of India is an organisation that works with wildlife conservation in India
I have worked as a photographer for Wildlife trust of India on multiple conservation projects including their Amur falcon conservation efforts in Nagaland, India and their Elephant - human conflict resolution in Ranchi, India
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Book Publications
Book available at Living Lightly exhibitions and at request from Sahjeevan.