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Shantanu Saha (born March 1989) is an Indian photojournalist, currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His works have been featured by National Geographic      , Discovery Digital Network , Religion News Service , South China Morning Post , The Times of India , The Telegraph etc. He specializes in covering events of mass attendances with a focus on documenting the human condition. He lives to tell the human story.

Life and Work
Originally from the City of Joy, Kolkata, West Bengal, Shantanu nurtured his photography skills in the vibrant and chaotic streets of Kolkata and Varanasi. He started off with street photography and gradually developed an interest in visual storytelling. He pivoted to travel documentary photography but ultimately fell in love with photojournalism. Over the course of the last decade, photography has taken him to diverse places like ancient Hindu priest schools and the traditional wrestling gyms of Varanasi, Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas, the tango milongas of Buenos Aires, ancient colonial interiors of Mexico, the Rohingya refugee camps of Bangladesh, the headhunting insurgent tribal villages of Nagaland, the colorful lanes of Barsana and Nandgaon during Lathmaar Holi, the Super Bowl celebrations in the streets of Philadelphia, the Times Square on New Year's Eve and many more. He also covered the world's largest peaceful religious congregation called the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj for The Times of India in Feb 2019.

Accolades

 * 2018 : Tokyo International Foto Awards: Silver Winner in Editorial-General News category for the project Life In Rohingya Refugee Camps.
 * 2017 : Int'l Photography Awards: 3rd Place Winner in Special Travel category for the project Akhara's - The Traditional Gyms of Varanasi.