{"id":26992,"date":"2023-01-31T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T01:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=26992"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T08:21:41","slug":"arshdeep-singh-the-teen-wildlife-photographer-seeing-the-world-through-the-lens","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/arshdeep-singh-the-teen-wildlife-photographer-seeing-the-world-through-the-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Arshdeep Singh: Teen wildlife photographer seeing the world through the lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

(January 31, 2023)<\/strong> His Instagram page is a gateway into the wilderness. If the beautiful dusky leaf monkey of Malaysia stares right back with those distinctive eyes in one capture, the other has a stunning diademed sifaka revelling in his natural habitat in Madagascar. That\u2019s Arshdeep Singh for you – the teenager behind the phenomenal snapshots that have earned him a credible place among the wildlife photographer fraternity. And he is just 15 years of age.<\/p>\n

It was a splendid snapshot of a treetop douc that earned this boy from Jalandhar the tag of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020. \u201cWhen I started, I never expected to gain so much recognition at such an early age. I am happy that my photos are loved by millions,\u201d says Arshdeep in an interview with Global Indian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He continued the winning streak by bagging the Asian Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021, and very recently, a picture of a ‘winking’ owl earned the teenager the Junior Award at the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. The photo clicked in Bikaner during a family trips, helped him bag the prize, making him the only Indian to make the cut.<\/p>\n

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