Varun Aditya
Varun Aditya (Tamil language: வருண் ஆதித்தியா, born 19 January 1991) is an Indian wildlife photographer and environmentalist. He won the National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year award in 2016. In addition to his photographic accomplishments, Varun Aditya engages in research about animals and nature through his photography.
Varun Aditya
- Name
- Varun Aditya
- Born
- 19 January 1991
- Birthplace
- Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Education
- Coventry University
- Occupation
- Wildlife photographer
- Known for
- Assignments to National Geographic magazine
- Spouse
- Sindhu (m. 2021)
- Nationality
- India
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Varun Aditya (Tamil language: வருண் ஆதித்தியா, born 19 January 1991) is an Indian wildlife photographer and environmentalist. He won the National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year award in 2016. In addition to his photographic accomplishments, Varun Aditya engages in research about animals and nature through his photography.
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• Name — Varun Aditya • Born — 19 January 1991 • Birthplace — Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India • Education — Coventry University • Occupation — Wildlife photographer • Known for — Assignments to National Geographic magazine • Spouse — Sindhu (m. 2021) • Website — birdspedia.org
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Aditya received the opportunity to travel with American popular landscape photographer Michael Melford to Costa Rica and Panama after winning a National Geographic competition in 2013. In 2016, he won the first prize at the National Geographic Photographer of the Year in the Animal Portraits category for his photograph of a green vine snake, also called the Asian Vine Snake. On 19 August 2019, coinciding with World Photography Day, Apple CEO Tim Cook posted an image on Twitter, captured by Aditya, of elephants with a double rainbow in the background.
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• National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year award in 2016
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- 1.Varun Aditya: Nat Geo Nature Photographer of the Year. IndieFolio Blog. 2016-12-27.
- 2.Jeshi, K. 'I have to be satisfied with my photograph'. The Hindu. 2016-12-20. 0971-751X.
- 3.Check the Indian photographer's picture shared by Apple CEO Tim Cook. The Times of India. 21 August 2019.
- 4.Indian photographer's double rainbow picture impresses Tim Cook on #WorldPhotographyDay. The Economic Times. 2019-08-20.
- 5.Tim Cook tweets stunning image taken by Indian photographer. Indian Weekender.
- 6.Photographers Are Impressed With The Apple iPhone XS Camera; Your Move, Google Pixel. News18.
- 7."I Was Called A Slow Learner": Award-Winning Photographer Recounts His Journey. NDTV.
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