Nayan Sthankiya is a Canadian photojournalist of East Indian decent. For the last 5+ years he has been based primarily in Asia covering breaking news as well as political, social, cultural and environmental stories on assignment as well as self generated. He has traveled and operated world wide. His images strive to engage and inform, encompassing the daily human experience and its environment. Born in Uganda, Africa to East Indian parents and forced to flee during a brutal civil war he quickly learned first hand the importance of media, the image and it’s role as a witness as well as its ability to foster dialogue and in that dialogue effect change

He studied multi-media arts at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Graduating with honors and a 3.89 G.P.A. He slowly gravitated into editorial photography, after spending a year lobbying the Chinese government for the release of a wrongly imprisoned Korean photojournalist documenting North Korean refugee’s.

He was asked to undertake disaster missions with the Korean Medical Association to Aceh and Paksitan, receiving a citation from the K.M.A. He also spent 14days traveling and documenting throughout North Korea with the Korean Friendship Association.

Most recently he was in India, invited to teach for 6 months, photojournalism, multi-media, creativity, digital B&W, travel photography and location portraiture in the city of Ooty in the mountains of Tamil Nadu.

His images and writing have appeared in publications world wide, National Geographic Korea, N.Y.T, L.A. Times, Wall Street Journal Asian Magazine, Financial Times, The Guardian, I.H.T., Village Voice and Internazional.

He has a field proven track record of getting the job done despite circumstances. His skills in photography, video and multi-media allow him to come at stories from multiple angles of execution producing content that is engaging, informative, sometimes provocative but always on time.