Vivek Gowda, the magician of exceptional moment

Coming from a farming family in Atihalli village, Sakaleshpur taluk, Vivek Gowda found his passion in photography.

Vivek is a 28-year-old BCA graduate from SDM College-Ujire. He is a cinematographer, photographer, and entrepreneur, who has been declared as the “FIP Photographer of the Year 2020” by the Federation of Indian Photography for his photo story of Intha fishermen in Myanmar (Burma).

Federation of Indian Photography (FIP) is the Indian national body of the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (En: The International Federation of Photographic Art). He was awarded the prestigious medal and a cash prize of Rs 50,000.

Apart from this, he has received the “Best Editor” award from Hamsa TV in 2017 and many other international awards.

Vivek is known for conveying stories and conditions of human life through videos and images. He is an expert at video editing, cinematography, people, and documentary photography.

While Vivek’s time in college, photojournalist Irshad M Venur inspired him to take up photography as a career. His photos were exhibited in exhibitions in Italy, America, Kolkata, Delhi, etc.

Vivek and his partner Sandeep Holla run a production company named “Blink Films” where he focuses on shooting advertisements, feature films, weddings, and filming corporate events.

(Written by Sukanya N.R Tertiary journalism student at Vivekananda College Puttur.)