Our Mentor and Founder

Bibhas Deb

“He is a self-employed IT Professional having more than 25 years of experience in his area of interest. He is the Founder of this fraternity and a passionate Wildlife, Landscape and Astro Photographer. Despite being extremely occupied with his business and other group related activities, he takes out time and travels around the country to photograph birds, mammals in their natural habitat. His images have won accolades in many reputed photography groups across Facebook and many other platforms like Nat Geo, Viewbug, Photocrowd, 35Awards, 500px, National and International Salons. He is also enthusiastic about promoting photography and focused on bringing out new talents amongst the crowd. His vision and dedication towards the photography community and promote photography across various platforms including social media.

His achievements:
1. Achieved World Top 2% Waterfalls 2021 Photographer under the Thematic Contest of “Waterfalls” in 35 Awards. Only two Indians are there in the Top 100 Best Photographers list around the World.
2. Achieved World Top 7% Astrophotographer 2022 under the Thematic Contest of “Astro Photography” in 35 Awards. Only two Indians are there in the Top 100 Best Photographers list around the World.
3. Top 5 Best Photos of the Contest – “Predators on Hunt” of 35Awards in 2019.
4. World Top 35 Photographers in Wildlife Section and Top 70 Photographers in Macro Section, Top 70 Wildlife Nomination, 1 Photograph selected for publishing in catalogue 2019, Top 35 Indian Photographers of 5TH 35AWARDS.
5. Received the FIAP RIBBON for Nature Section in 1st Viewfinder International Digital Salon 2019, organized by the Federation of Indian Photography.
6. Published his photograph in Blue Sapphire Magazine from the Federation of Indian Photography.
7. His several photographs are appreciated by Nat Geo Editors.
8. Achieved 4th Position in Photocrowd Macro N-Photo Competition, this photograph will be printed in an upcoming issue of N-Photo, the UK’s most popular photography magazine for Nikon users.
https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/macro-6-nature-photo-contest-11831
9. His photograph has been published in Sanctuary Asia’s April 2021 issue.
10. His several photographs featured in several popular Instagram communities, viz. Nikon India Official, 35Awards, Naturein_Focus, IndianBirdlifeOfficial, AWPC | WILD ASIA, etc.
11. Achieved Total 58th MC Nominations and 7 Gold Medals,1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal from Camarena Academy Photography Award.
12. Published His photograph on Nikon Brochure and also Nikon Creative Showcase: https://www.capturewithnikon.in/
13. Achieved the position of Rank 3 in the list of the Top 10 Photographers of INW Awards-2022
https://inwawards.com/top10-photographers-2022
14. His many photographs have been published in Nat Geo India, Nikon Website, Nature in Focus, 35Awards, Sanctuary Asia and several National and International platforms.
15. Achieved Life Membership of the Federation of Indian Photography (from September 2023).
For his more work, please follow his FB Page: Bibhas Deb Photography and his Instagram profile: treat_for_the_eyes