Wildlife & landscape photographer · Dehradun

Vikram Sahni

Ten years of patient, low-light work — animals in fog and at dusk, night skies, and mountains before sunrise. Editorial assignments, photo tours and fine-art prints.

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48published editorial features
70+photo tours led, 600+ guests
2,300images licensed through agencies
3international competition commendations

Sunrise over a sea of cloud, orange light on mountain ridges below a banded sky — **Above the cloud line, first light**Placeholder photo: Nitish Meena / Unsplash

Photographs

Wild, high and after dark

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A leopard walking along a dusty track, looking back at the camera — **Crossing**Leopard on a forest trackPhoto: Martyn Seddon / Unsplash

Layer upon layer of blue mountain ridges fading into haze — **Blue Hour Ridges**Mountain layers in hazePhoto: Luca Zanon / Unsplash

A meteor streaking across the Milky Way above a dark horizon — **Perseid**Meteor across the Milky WayPhoto: Juskteez Vu / Unsplash

Deer silhouetted in thick golden morning fog — **Gold Fog**Deer at dawnPhoto: Paul Earle / Unsplash

A lone pyramidal snow peak against a clear lavender sky — **The Horn**Alpine peak, late afternoonPhoto: Andras Toth / Unsplash

Close portrait of a lioness staring straight into the lens — **Held Gaze**Lioness, eye levelPhoto: Samuel Scrimshaw / Unsplash

Green aurora curling over dark snowy hills — **Green Curtain**Aurora over snowPhoto: Marcelo Quinan / Unsplash

A deep blue fjord between granite cliffs, seen from the cliff edge — **Fjord from the Edge**Granite and deep waterPhoto: Alexey Topolyanskiy / Unsplash

A young fawn standing among fallen leaves in a sunlit forest — **First Autumn**Fawn in leaf litterPhoto: E+N Photographies / Unsplash

Black and white photograph of a tall waterfall with a tiny figure at its foot — **Scale**Waterfall, black and whitePhoto: Jose Murillo / Unsplash

A brown bear facing the camera, snow behind it — **Spring Thaw**Brown bearPhoto: Thomas Lefebvre / Unsplash

A person silhouetted on a ridge beneath a vivid pink and gold Milky Way — **Under the Core**Milky Way, one figurePhoto: Greg Rakozy / Unsplash

Close-up of a snow monkey's red face in soft falling snow — **Snowfall**Macaque, closePhoto: Damir Kotoric / Unsplash

Mountains and clouds mirrored perfectly in a still lake — **Mirror Lake**Still water, clearing stormPhoto: Alberto Restifo / Unsplash

A grey wolf walking through a forest clearing — **Edge of the Pack**Wolf in a clearingPhoto: Josh Felise / Unsplash

Photo tours

Small groups, no baiting

70+ tours led since 2018 — tiger reserves in central India, Himalayan birding and the Kenyan migration — rated five stars by 96% of guests.

Lead photographer · a wildlife travel company

A code of conduct for photographing animals

Field

Small groups in tiger reserves, the Himalaya and East Africa — 600+ guests so far.

Teach

Field craft, ethics and editing, taught on location and in evening reviews.

Code

Wrote the company's code of conduct: no baiting, no disturbance, the animal comes first.

Prints, licensing & assignments

Work with Vikram

Fine-art prints — museum-grade archival paper, editions of 25380 sold
Editorial assignments — travel and nature magazines, in-flight titles48 features · 3 covers
Commercial — eco-lodges and a state tourism campaign9 lodges
Licensing — through two stock agencies2,300+ images
Framed work on show — 4 hotels and 2 corporate officesEnquire for placements

Zoology first, then a newsroom, then ten years of waiting for the light.

Vikram studied zoology in Garhwal before a postgraduate diploma in photojournalism and two years as a staff photographer on a Delhi daily — 600+ published images on daily deadlines. Since 2016 he has worked independently from Dehradun: editorial features, lodge and tourism campaigns (one lodge's direct bookings rose 30% after its new site), tours, prints and licensing.

Based inDehradun, Uttarakhand
Works inIndia, East Africa, Europe
DroneDGCA certified
LanguagesHindi, English, Garhwali
EducationPG Diploma, Photojournalism

Awards & shows

Recognition

Highly commended — an international wildlife photography competition2021 · 2024
Solo exhibition — "Before Sunrise", an arts centre in New Delhi2024
Finalist, landscape — an international nature photography awards2023

Kit

In the bag

Full-frame mirrorless
600mm super-telephoto
Astro & long exposure
Camera traps
Drone (DGCA)
Lightroom Classic
Photoshop
Capture One

Assignments, tours & prints

Out before sunrise?

vikram.sahni.photo@email.com

+91 97190 44683
Dehradun, Uttarakhand
vikramsahni.photo
@vikram.in.the.field

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