ASP & Arun Saha

Arun Saha is a veteran Pune-based photographer who had been associated with Indian Air Force for 16 years as a combatant member and technical photographer. Despite possessing a sound prowess in Cine, Aerial and Ground Photography concerned to defence system, he generated a strong forte for other photographic fields like travel, journalism, humanity, people and culture. Academically, he is a post graduate in both “English Literature” and “Journalism & Mass Communication” along with “Diploma in Photography” awarded by Govt. of India, which eventually leads him to pen down his best seller book “Varanasi- A passage to Immortality” co-authoring Rishi Agrawal. His article on the turmeric festival of Jejuri was published in the prestigious online magazine DODHO from Barcelona, Spain and the same fetched him the Performance Award in HPA(Humanitarian Photography Awards), China, 2017. His article and photographs of Indian culture and heritage got published in OUTLOOK TRAVELER and 121click.com too. He runs his own photography tour and workshop venture as “Arun Saha Photography” where he is the chief photographic mentor and workshop leader for innumerable Indian and foreign aspiring photographers. He is also appointed as one of the photographic mentors by “Photographic Society of Pune” and “Pict-o-real” photographic clubs for his 30 years’ long experience and sound knowledge in the field of photography. Apart from winning the Maharashtra Govt Tourism Award(1st), India Tourism Mumbai Award(1st), he is also the recipient of 8th National Photography Award as Best Amateur Photographer of The Year(2019-20). He also serves as a guest lecturer of photography for different universities like Sandip University(Nasik), Techno India University(Kolkata) for their VFX and Visual Art departments. Presently he is associated with India Today Group as a photo journalist contributor for their Corporate Story Coverage.

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Academy of Visual Arts (AVA) is formed with a love for different genres of visual art. We are here to nurture each budding artist to understand their liking and dislike to channel their passion for their goal. AVA believes in providing guidance by the doyen of that field who is also a mentor here. Thereby uplifting an artist’s skills. We are here to promote art with the belief that one day the artists can freely take up their passion as their profession without a glitch. AVA’s goal is to make art a mainstream profession.

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