Amartya Mukherjee, a Bangalore-based chartered accountant, is an award-winning photographer and a regularly published writer, whose initial grounding in image-making was in the pictorial and street photography genre of Kolkata. Subsequently, with the move to the digital medium just over a decade ago, he ventured into extensive outdoor photography, with a focus on natural history. In the course of visiting over 25 countries with his camera, he has explored several of the iconic wildernesses of Asia, Africa, and the Arctic and has undertaken expeditions to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and above the northern Everest Base Camp in Tibet.
Amartya’s photographic work has been awarded multiple times in various contests in India and abroad and his images and articles have been regularly featured over 50 times in leading global and Indian publications/ websites such as BBC Wildlife, National Geographic, National Geographic Traveller, India Today, Outlook Traveller, Lonely Planet, Saevus, Jetwings, Touriosity, Smart Photography, Asian Photography, Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Telegraph, apart from numerous Bengali magazines like Anandamela, Aranyak and Sananda. His images have been showcased at curated exhibitions and international salons in several cities across the world and in photographic presentations at various fora, as well as television programmes.
Through his creative work, Amartya strives to engender love and awareness for our planet’s wonderful natural and cultural heritages, some of which alas are fast disappearing.
A selection of his photographs along with accompanying write-ups may be seen on his FB profile