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DINESH SHUKLA PROFILE

DINESH SHUKLA
Photographer and freelance photo-journalist
Dinesh Shukla is one of India’s most published tourism photographers. His photographs of tourist destinations in India have been widely published around the world. His specialties are photographing people and culture, architecture, interiors, heritage sites, food, wildlife, agriculture and industries.



AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES
He has been awarded more than 200 prizes, honours and citations at national and international competitions. He has won national awards like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwm9ftXHp0Q
He also won a prize at the wildlife photography competition https://www.sanctuaryasia.com/photography/gallery/item/2837/asInline.html

He has been secured the Associateship and Licence of India International Photographic Council, Delhi.
SELECTED BOOKS
ROYAL FAMILIES AND PALACES OF GUJARAT (Publisher: Scorpion Cavendish, London) - All the 144 photographs in this coffee table book were by Dinesh Shukla.
LIVING THE ROYAL LIFE (Hyundai) – The entire photography of this series of coffee table books spanning various princely states of India was done by Dinesh Shukla.

VIBRANT GUJARAT - COLOURS OF GUJARAT, (Gujarat Tourism) – Most of the photos used in the six book set launched at Vibrant Gujarat 2007 were by Dinesh Shukla.


GOLDEN GUJARAT - SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE (Department of Industries, Government of Gujarat) – Dinesh Shukla was the principal photographer for this commemorative volume.

MADHYA PRADESH - THE HEART OF INCREDIBLE INDIA (Madhya Pradesh Tourism) – Dinesh Shukla contributed photographs for this coffee table book of MP Tourism.

MAHARASHTRA 50 years (Government of Maharashtra) - Dinesh Shukla contributed photographs for this commemorative volume of Maharashtra.

KARNATAKA - A CULTURAL ODYSSEY (Raj Bhawan, Bangalore) – The cover photograph and more than 25 other photographs in this book were from Dinesh Shukla’s collection.

BEST OF CHENNAI – Dinesh Shukla contributed photographs for this book.

SUMMIT OF SUCCESS: TALES OF EMPLOYMENT, EMPOWERMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ( Industrial Extension Bureau, Government of Gujarat) – Dinesh Shukla was the principal photographer for this book.


GUJARAT'S 50 GOLDEN DESTINATIONS (Gujarat Tourism) – Dinesh Shukla was a major contributor of photographs for this book.

GOLDEN SAGA OF SUCCESS - GUJARAT CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (Gujarat Chemical Association) – Dinesh Shukla was the official photographer for this book.

THE GOLDEN QUADRILATERAL (Maruti Suzuki India Limited) – Dinesh Shukla was one of the main photographers for this book.

INDIA'S 100 BEST DESTINATIONS ( Volkswagen India) - Dinesh Shukla was one of the main photographers for this book.

KERALA & SOUTHERN INDIA (Thomas Cook Publishing, UK) – Dinesh Shukla contributed photographs for this internationally-published guidebook.


TRAVELLERS GOA (Thomas Cook Publishing, UK) – Dinesh Shukla contributed photographs for this internationally-published guidebook.

SOARING TO GREATER HEIGHTS – CIVIL AVIATION IN GUJARAT (Civil Aviation Department, Government of Gujarat) – Dinesh Shukla was the principal photographer for this book.


OUTLOOK TRAVELLER GETAWAYS – Dinesh Shukla has contributed more than 100 photographs for these guidebooks.
EXPERIENCE GUJARAT (Times) – Dinesh Shukla contributed almost all the photographs for this guidebook.

SUMPTUOUS GUJARAT (Times) – Dinesh Shukla contributed many photographs for this guidebook.

PUBLICATIONS

Dinesh Shukla’s photographs have been published in:

Newspapers like Times of India, Indian Express, New Indian Express, The Hindu etc.
Lifestyle magazines like Harper’s Bazar, Vogue, Tattler, etc
Women oriented lifestyle magazines like Cosmopolitan, Femina , Woman’s Era
South Asian Diaspora magazines like India Currents (California), The South Asian (USA) and some UAE publications.

Leading Indian magazines like India Today and Week.
The inflight magazines of Air India, Jet Airways, Spicejet, Go-Getter, Trujet, Air Asia, Singapore’s Silk Air, etc. Also Airport Magazine of India.
Automobile and motoring magazines like Overdrive, Auto India and Top Gear.
Travel magazines like Nat Geo Traveller, Discover India, T & L, etc.
India Perspectives, the Indian Embassy magazine.
A number of corporate newsletters and journals.
POSTS HELD
Former Committee Member – photography, Gujarat State Lalit Kala Academy
Joint Secretary of Niharika – The Society of Gujarat Pictorialists (Ahmedabad)

JUDGING/JURYING EXPERIENCE
Judge at photography competitions of:
The Gujarat State Lalitkala Academy

India Circuit for slides (International) by India International Photographic Council

IndiaCircuit for Print (International) by India International Photographic Council

The Camera Club of Karanavati Ahmedabad


Curated All India Exhibition of Photography Ahmedabad by Niharika Society of Gujarat Pictorialists.

Judged the Wildlife Photography Competition of Gujarat Tour