Born in a tiny village to the north of Orissa, priteesh after graduation left school and spent his time travelling, taking photographs. He is completely self taught, having rejected the conventional way of learning. He believes If the image is to have any real value it has to be truthful. thus he became more interested in documenting human life, social issues, urban or rural.
Priteesh lives in Bhubaneswar, Orissa and is available for commissions, ranging from covering news events to documentary work.