YPS Wildlife Week | Tuesday, October 07 | 5:30 PM IST | Wildlife Photography | Google Meet
Presentation by: Sangram Govardhane
An artist, sculptor, architect, and photographer, Sangram has always strived to find creative satisfaction in everyday work and artistic pursuits.
As part of DCP Expeditions, he has traveled extensively across the length and breadth of India, exploring diverse landscapes and wildlife. In this presentation, he will share his journey from being a young, introverted village boy to becoming a recognized photographer, highlighting the key factors that shaped this transformation.
The session will feature a blend of his mainstream wildlife work alongside images captured with unconventional approaches that bring out fresh, creative perspectives.
About: Sangram Govardhane
Sangram Govardhane is an eclectic photographer with his niche in wildlife captures.
His sombre yet vivid persona also defines his style in capturing the world around in his lens, as he moves quietly as one of their own in forests and sees most of what we miss on streets.
Technically sound and efficient in understanding the immediate environments, Sangram’s images freeze the moments of silent life within running lives.
He is vigilant and persistent in his maneuver and toils hard to achieve what he does in his photographs, going an extra mile that makes a difference.
As he says often, expensive equipment doesn’t give great photographs, it’s the eye behind the lens and hands holding the camera that create a ‘moment’ out of mundane.
He serves as a panel member and strategic consultant at DCP (Documentation Conservation Photography), one of India’s fastest-growing wildlife and travel photography training academies.
He is also the convenor of the DCP Nashik Chapter. Through DCP, Sangram conducts photography workshops, photo walks, and wildlife camps, and plays a key role in organizing exhibitions and outreach initiatives.
DCP is widely recognized for its distinguished panel of photographers and experts in allied fields.
In addition to his photography, Sangram is a practicing architect and founder of Meeti Architects, based in Nashik.
Accolades and Recognition
- Honored with the ‘Vasundhara Mitra’ Photographer Award (2018) by Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival (KVIFF) for his contribution to nature photography.
- Awarded Photographer of the Year (Birds Category) in Nature’s Best Photography Asia Awards (2021).
- Named DCP Wildlife Photographer of the Year and received second place in the DCP Travel Photographer of the Year – Mentors Section (2022).
- Winner of DCP Travel Photographer of the Year – Mentors Section (2021).
- Champion of the Fotothon Photography Competition (2021, 2022, 2023) organized by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.
- Winner of the Sahyadri Mitra Sanmelan Photography Contest (2023).
- Winner of the Light of Cosmos Astrophotography Contest (2022).
- His films have been showcased at Ankur Film Festival and in the Artizens series by Kusumagraj Pratishthan, Nashik (2017, 2018).
- Two short films received special mentions from the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) in 2021.
Exhibitions and Publications
Sangram’s work has been exhibited widely across India and internationally, including at:
- Nature Photography Exhibition, Mantralaya, Mumbai (2017), inaugurated by then Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis and Forest Minister Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar.
- DCP Annual Wildlife and Nature Photography Exhibitions
- NCPA, Mumbai, DCP mentors panel exhibition
- Pratibimb – Solo exhibition in Nashik by Design Nonstop
- Rachana Sansad School of Architecture
- Kirloskar Vasundhara Film Festival, Pune (2017)
- Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, via the Photographic Society of India (PSI) International Salon (2018)
His photographs have been regularly featured in leading photography and wildlife magazines such as Sanctuary Asia, Smart Photography, Asian Photography,
and Saevus Explorer’s Journal. Notably, his work has appeared on the covers of Smart Photography, Sanctuary Asia,
and the novel Feral Dreams by renowned author Stephen Alter, as well as the Marathi novels Ghumakaddi and Baija.
https://www.facebook.com/Sangram.Govardhane.photography
https://www.instagram.com/traveltales_by_sangram
Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/ews-zvce-bjt