“If you are not filled with overflowing love, compassion and goodwill for all creatures living wild in nature, You will never know true happiness.” ― Paul Oxton
When it comes to geographically, we all know how beautiful India is. I love to travel to different places whether it is mountains, beaches, meadows or desert but there is one thing which took all my attention recently is 'Wildlife of India'.
I wish I can tell you how rich our country is when it comes to different animals as well as birds. I realized all of these things on my recent trip to Kabini forest, where I witnessed the beauty of nature and how these beautiful animals roam in their habitat freely.
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After this trip, I decided to follow these beautiful wildlife photographers who inspire me everyday to explore all the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of India.
We all should learn compassion and love for wildlife from these photographers. So, follow these photographers who can make you fall in love with nature and wildlife through their pictures.
1. Shaaz Jung
According to his bio, Shaaz Jung is a naturalist, big cat tracker, professional wildlife photographer and cinematographer. Shaaz left the corporate world to follow his passion. He is currently filming for NatGeo. Shaaz Jung ‘s work primarily spans across South India and East Africa. His love for nature is reflected in how he portrays his subjects through his photography and writing in a unique style. He truly is a storyteller through his pictures, you should not miss 'The Jungle Book'(my own personal favorite) post on his instagram profile.
2. Kalyan Varma
According to his bio, he is a wildlife photographer, filmmaker, naturalist and explorer dedicated to documenting wildlife and the environmental issues that define our times. He freelances with many of the world's leading magazines, environmental NGOs and television channels like Nat Geo and BBC.
3. Sandesh Kadur
Sandesh Kadur is a famous Wildlife Film Maker and Conservation Photographer known for his contributions to Planet Earth II. He is also an award winning photo journalist and a documentary film maker, who has worked with Nation Geographic, BBC, Discovery and Animal Planet. Sandesh is a Senior Fellow of The International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) and co-founder of Felis Creations a visual arts company based in Bangalore, India, which work on a variety of projects ranging from natural history documentaries to art and still photography.
4. Shivang Mehta
Shivang was a journalist and a PR professional and having served leading corporate brands, he left his profession for pursuing his interest in wildlife and photography. Now, he is an Indian wildlife photographer and an author, his work on Indian tigers has been compiled in a book - 'A decade with Tigers'(2017), apart from that he has written Chasing Horizons (2019), Leopards & Shepherds of JAWAI (2019). Shivang is a brand ambassador of Canon India and Columbia Sportswear India.
5. Rathika Ramasamy
She is an Indian wildlife photographer. She is a freelance photographer and she has received accolades for her photographs and has been called the "first Indian woman to strike an international reputation as a wildlife photographer". She is passionate about birds and is specializing in bird photography. She regularly conducts wildlife photography workshops and holds talks all over India. Her quest for wildlife is incredible.
6. Dhritiman Mukherjee
Dhritiman Mukherjee is one of the most respected Nature ,Wildlife and Conservation photographers from India. He has traveled extensively across India and also abroad in his quest for wild-life photography, and has taken pictures in almost all of India's National Parks and Bio-zones. He has got EARTH HERO award from RBS for inspiring people towards conservation with his images. He has also awarded Carl Zeiss Conservation award, Kirloskar Vasundhara Mitra award with many national and International photographic awards. He is one of the the authors of the book "Magical Biodiversity of India" and one of the founders of a nature and wildlife magazine from india called "Saevus".
7. Sudhir Shivaram
Sudhir Shivaram grew up in Karnataka, is one of India’s most respected and renowned wildlife photographers. He left his cubicle job to follow his passion in wildlife. A long and lucrative career in the IT industry did not diminish Sudhir’s passion for photography but on the contrary, ensured that he never lost touch with his wild side. So, he turned his passion into his profession. He received various awards for his incredible work like Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 award, at the 2018 awards, he was awarded the top honour as India’s ‘First’ Most Influlential from among a chosen group that comprised top officials of global multinationals.
8. Aditya Panda
Aditya Panda is an award winning wildlife conservationist and naturalist from Odisha. Professionally he is a wildlife and sustainable travel expert who leads wildlife expeditions across India. When Aditya is “off field” he is usually hard at work at being one of the most vocal advocates for the conservation of India’s wildlife and wildlife habitats, especially in his home state of Odisha. Actively involved in wildlife conservation early in his life, Aditya has played a crucial role in highlighting the plight of Odisha’s wildlife, particularly that of its tiger and elephant landscapes over the past one and a half decades.
9. Nisha Purushothaman
According to her bio, Nisha Purushothaman is an avid traveler and photographer. She is a naturalist, conservationist photographer. She is the co- founder of 'YNot Escapades' a photo tour company and one of the founding members of 'Paw Trial Explorers' which works for conservation. From the backwaters and rainforests of India to the grass plains of Masai Mara; from the crater of Ngorongoro to the deserts of the Middle East, she has spent days and nights passionately following the landscapes, flora & fauna, birds and wildlife of these places. She has achieved many awards, and published and exhibited her work at prestigious platforms.
10. Tapan Sheth
Tapan Sheth a Gujarat based businessman but a hardcore wildlife photographer by heart. He has explored Gir like none other and he has awarded for the same so many times. His work has been published in NatGeo and BBC and he was the wildlife winner of Nature's Best Photography Asia 2016.