Born in Kenya to Indian parents. I grew up in the Great Rift valley province and Narok County on the outskirts of the Masai Mara in Kenya. My late parents came from the Saurashtra region in the Gujarat state, India.

 

After completing high school in Nairobi, I emigrated to the United Kingdom in my late teens where I lived for many years. During my lifetime, I have been a electrician in Kenya, CNC and wood machinist in England, geography and multimedia teacher in India, poultry farmer and tropical fish breeder in Suriname and a printer in the Netherlands. I am currently living in the Netherlands for over two decades with my family.

 

I first took interest in photography during my teenage years in Kenya and would become fascinated watching the foreign tourists with their cameras and telephoto lenses shooting wildlife at the Masai Mara game reserve and Lake Nakuru national park. 

 

I enjoy listening to metal and rock music, attending concerts, travelling, learning different cultures languages and cuisines and reading real-life biographies.

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