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LIFE-TIME WORK OF RAVINDER REDDY DUGGEMPUDI

Ravinder Reddy Duggempudi, aged 50, belongs to the rare breed of photographers who always have an eye for the picture and nose for the news. He always looks for human element while taking any picture and believes that it is all about giving life to photographs - be it the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya or the evastating earthquake at Lathur.

His works have been published in the prestigious book “The Definitive Images – From 1958 to The Present”, published by Dorling Kindersley, London. His Gigapan panorama picture of Charminar, the only picture representing entire Asian region, was published in the Gunnies Book of World Records winner gigantic book with the title “Earth Platinum Atlas” measuring 6’ X 9’. So far he has published his own five pictorial coffee-table books, namely “India – Andhra Pradesh”, “Hyderabad – Portrait of a City”, “YSR – Man of The People”, “Threads of Hope – The Magical Weaves of Andhra Pradesh” and “Tirumala” for whom he did photography. For his sixth book “Traditional Crafts of Andhra Pradesh”, he did photography.

He successfully worked on the projects like The Girl Child, Rural Development, Water & Sanitation and Picture Post Cards on monuments of Hyderabad, Vizag, Nagarjunakonda, Thirupathi and Warangal.

He traveled extensively along with two former Chief Ministers of A.P., namely N. Chandrababu Naidu and Late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and followed them even to their official US Tours.Some of his pictures like the demolition of Babri Majid and Lathur earthquake have appeared on the covers of some of the major national and international magazines, newspapers like Time, India Today, Penguin Books and Dorling Kindersley etc.

Since 1990, he has been doing photography to a number of prestigious organizations such as UNICEF, Dept. of Tourism & Culture (Govt. of AP), Dept. I & PR (Govt. of AP), Dept. of Endowments (Govt. of AP), Deccan Chronicle, News Time, Sakshi, Indian Express, India Today, The Outlook, Sunday, Tehelka, Wow, Swaagath, Jet Wings, Time, Span, The Week, Penguin Books, Dorling Kindersley, Reuters, AFP, Bajaj Group, Fortune Group, Sanghi Group, Khaitan Group, Bangur Family, Dalmia Group, Wizcraft, Indbharath Group, GVK Group, Gayathri Group, Dr. Reddy Labs etc.

He is also an accomplished wedding photographer whose journalistic approach in wedding photography earned him the acclaim of top business families of India and abroad for whom he works regularly.

He had been to USA numerous times and also visited Germany, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Singapore on his photo assignments and exhibited his works.His owns state-of-the-art photo establishments “Ravi Studios”, “Ravi Press Photo”, “Ravi Frames” and “Ravi Photo Gallery” at Somajiguda, Hyderabad, with the implementation of latest technology and art and is considered to be one of the best in the country. His gallery exhibits finest examples of photography and encourages emerging photographers.

Education : Diploma in Photography, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,

Hyderabad, 1987-90 : MA (English), Vikram University, Ujjain.

Warangal, 1980-83 : B.Sc (B.Z.C), Arts & Science College,

Started Photography Career : 1990

Prizes / Awards : 1991, Soccer Shot Photo Contest - on Olympic Foot Ball from Press Club of Hyderabad.

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Books Published : 2002, “India – Andhra Pradesh”,coffee-









Photography only : 2013, Traditional Crafts of Andhra Pradesh, coffee-table book.