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Kalyan Varma | |
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| Occupation | Environmental photographer & Wildlife filmmaker |
| Website | www.kalyanvarma.net |
Kalyan Varma is a wildlife photographer [1][2] and filmmaker based out of Bangalore, India. He freelances with many of the world's leading magazines, environmental NGOs,[3] and television channels like National Geographic[4] and BBC.[5][6]
Career[edit]
In 2015, Kalyan, along with other photographers and journalists, founded the Peepli Project, a slow-journalism site which tries to showcase the issues of water, environment and development in India. It delves deep into the unreported, under-reported, themes that public discourse currently abdicates. It aims to bring together the right platform with the right journalist to tell the stories that matter most to a country on the cusp of dramatic, occasionally violent, often wrenching, change. Each project is reported from the ground, and is characterised by a mix of live reportage and deep narrative, the whole enriched with images and video, maps and timelines, and the entire suite of tools and technologies that enhance contemporary storytelling. [7] [8]
His recent project Nature without Borders showcases the relationship between people and wildlife in India in particularly the rise and factors that influenced the capture of elephants in Hassan. His video of the elephant capture went viral and was instrumental in the government banning large scale translocations of elephants in Karnataka[9]
Wildlife films[edit]
- 2015 BBC India: Natures Wonders [10]
- 2014 BBC Wonders of the Monsoon Series [11]
- 2012 BBC Life Stories series - BBC, 2012
- 2011 National Geographic Channel Secrets of Wild India: Tiger Jungles[12]
- 2011 National Geographic Channel Secrets of Wild India: Desert Lions[13]
- 2010 BBC One million snake bites [14]
Other work[edit]
Along with a team of photographers he founded India Nature Watch,[15] an online not-for-profit photography community which now has become the largest platform for upcoming wildlife photographers in Asia. He is a fellow[16] and speaker[17] at INK Talks in association with TED. He is associated with various NGO's like Nature Conservation Foundation and VGKK.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Cocoon of life". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Indian photographer wins intl photography competition". indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Nature Conservation Foundation". ncf-india.org. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ P. Oppili. "'Secrets of Wild India' bags award at International Wildlife Film Festival". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC Two - Kalyan Varma, Indian wildlife photographer/filmmaker and natural history knowledge guru - Wonders of the Monsoon - In pictures: Meet the extended Monsoon family". BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "BBC Two - India: Nature's Wonderland, Episode 2, Lion-tailed macaque says hello". BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "About Peepli". Peepli. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Hema Vijay. "Stories, not headlines". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Forest Department Says 'No' To Wholesale Elephant Capture For Now - Peepli Project Blog". peepli.org. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "India Natures Wonders". BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "India Natures Wonders". BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Secrets of Wild India: Tiger Jungles". IconFilms. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Secrets of Wild India: Desert Lions". IconFilms. Retrieved 19 October 2015.l
- ^ "One million snake bites". IconFilms. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "India Nature Watch". indianaturewatch.net. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Innovational Talks - Inspirational Talks & Videos - Motivational Speakers - The INK Conference -". inktalks.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Free art is profitable". inktalks.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.