CITB PHOTO GURU

Akash’s romance with wildlife and nature photography goes back over two decades. A renowned advertising creative director, he started dabbling initially with fashion photography in the early ‘90s and quickly became a well-known name in the industry. A few trips to Corbett National Park began what he describes as an infatuation with the flora and fauna of the jungles; it’s a passion that has only gathered intensity with passing time.

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Drawing upon his innate instincts as an artist, Akash has changed the way wildlife is photographed and presented. He is a dedicated environmentalist, and his body of work strongly reflects that – the creatures of the wild are always a part of a larger story in his pictures. Over time, some of his pictures have become icons of wildlife photography, regularly featuring in International magazines, National Geographic, WWF journals, Time magazine, the globally admired Incredible India campaigns and many other celebrated publications.

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A former CANON brand ambassador, Akash is now the brand ambassador of NIKON. He is also an active member of NIKON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, and the first Member of SANDISK Extreme Pro Team Worldwide, as well as SANDISK’s and Western Digital brand ambassador.

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He is popularly acknowledged as the pioneer of Art Wildlife Photography. He has over 100 prestigious advertising and photography awards under his belt.  Among them, the honor of being one of the ’10 most influential people in photography industry’ adjudged by Ernst & Young for Asian Photography in February 2013.

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He is the only photographer whose black and white exhibition titled ‘In Search of Asian Nudes’ featured in Limca Book of World Records as the first of its kind theme- based display in the world. Till now, Akash has done twelve solo exhibitions all over the world including in Paris, Miami, Hamburg, Monte Video and in India.

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