http://www.lightstalkers.org/senthil Senthil Kumaran was born 1977 in South India. After studying computer science in Madurai University, India, he worked as a software engineer in Indian defense. Meanwhile, he pursued photography, and in 2001 he quit his software field and studied Journalism & Communication and 2005 entered as a freelancer Photo-Journalist. He photographed whatever he came across on his daily life, mainly focused with Social and Cultural Documentation. He has won several international awards that include UNESCO, City Magazine and Photo Life Magazine award. In 2007 he got a Geographical Photographer of the year award from Royal Geographic Society, London. Working Experience : Five Year Experience in photojournalism field. Current : Member & Photographer of “Trikaya Photosâ€* Online News Agency in India. Freelancer of INDIA TODAY, TEHELKA, OPEN Magazines ( India Weekly Magazine). Awards: 2003, Indian International Photographic Council, India. First Prize. Photo-Journalism. 2006, Humanity Photo Awards, UNESCO, China. Second Prize. Festivals. 2007, Royal Geographical Society, U.K. Geographical Photographer of the Year - 2007. 2008, Connection Photo Contest, National Geographic Society & Intercontinental Hotel, U.S.A. Honorable Mention. 2008, Climate Change Photo Contest, WWF, Honorable Mention. Environment. 2008, "One Place, Many Destination" City Magazine, U.S.A. Runner Up. Travel. 2008, Image International Photo Contest, Photo Life Magazine, Canada. Runner Up. Travel. Note: Globally Nominated one among the 114 young photographer for World Press Photo Joop Swart Master class for pre final selection in 2005. Exhibitions: One Man Show 2001, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai,South India. Group Show 2004, Gandhi Memorial Hall , Madurai ,South India. One Man Show 2007, Daily Life of Dalit People, Erode, South India. One Man Show 2007, Life of Manual Scavengers, Chennai, South India. Group Show 2007, HPA Exibition, China. Group Show 2008, RGS, U.K. Group Show 2009, Trikaya Photos, Chennai ,South India. Other Photo Documentations: Cauvary Delta People, Bull Taming, Bonded Labourers, Rural school in India, Tsunami Victim Children, Mentally ill, Life of Madurai, Vaigai River, Dhasera Festival in Sea Shore, Pushkar Fair, Kumbha Mela, Life in Varanasi, Daily Life of Dalits, Manual Scanvengers, Child Labours in Mining, Camp Schools,Indian Circus. en-us Image feeds are temporarily unavailable due to heavy load on the Lightstalkers servers. Please consider making a donation today so that we can afford to upgrade this service. Sun, 19 May 2013 21:35:38 -0700 http://www.pledgie.com/campaigns/1888