N. A. Naseer

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Orphan|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox person
|name = N. A. Naseer
|image = N.A. Naseer 7972 by NPT.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1962|06|10}}
|birth_place = [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala State]], India
|nationality = Indian
|known_for = Wildlife photography, conservation of nature, and authoring books
}}

'''N. A. Naseer''', born 10 June 1962 in [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala State|Kerala]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nazeer|first=N. A.|date=2017|title=കാടും ക്യാമറയും /|url=https://find.uoc.ac.in/Record/150847/Description|access-date=27 October 2020|website=find.uoc.ac.in|language=Malayalam}}</ref> is an Indian [[wildlife]] photographer, [[nature conservation]] activist and author,<ref name="Profile">[https://web.archive.org/web/20091226201331/http://www.nilgirimarten.com/n-a-naseer-profile/ N. A. Naseer's profile]</ref> who is a member of the [[Bombay Natural History Society]]. He is sometimes called the ambassador of Kerala's forests.<ref name="joym">{{cite news |title=Joy Mathew releases wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/joy-mathew-releases-wildlife-photographer-na-naseer-s-latest-book-1.4918316 |work=Mathrubhumi |date=20 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref> He is Martial Artist (Karate, Thai -chi, chi gung )

==Career==
[[File:Sloth bear walking by N A Nazeer.jpg|thumb|A [[sloth bear]] photographed by Naseer.]]
In addition to leading [[Malayalam]] periodicals, he writes on wildlife with photographs, in magazines like the ''Mathrubhumi Yathra'' travel magazine, Mathrubhumi weekly ''[[Sanctuary Asia]]'', ''[[Hornbill (magazine)|Hornbill]]'',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110711122300/http://www.nilgirimarten.com/articles/hornbill/an-unusual-butterfly-gathering/ An unusual butterfly gathering]</ref> ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'',<ref name="hindu1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2605/stories/20090313260506400.htm |title=Close encounters in the wild |website=Hindu.com |date=13 March 2009 |accessdate=2 October 2016}}</ref> ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'', ''Traveller'', and others. Besides conducting sessions about nature conservation, photography all over South India, he teaches [[martial arts]].<ref name="Profile"/>

===Books===
* ''Woods and Photographer'',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111017233226/http://www.nilgirimarten.com/2011/10/book/ Archive]</ref> which was the first book on wildlife which was written in Malayam, Naseer's mother tongue, and sold out three months after being published.{{Citation needed|date=June 2014}} It has photographs of [[fauna]] native to [[South India]].
* Kadine chennu thodumbol:<ref>{{cite web |title=കാടിനെ ചെന്നുതൊടുമ്പോള്‍ |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/books/latest-news/388031 |website=Deshabhimani |language=ml}}</ref>
* Kadum Camerayum<ref name= "Bo">{{cite web |title=Wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book 'Malamuzhakki' coming soon; pre-order now |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/wildlife-photographer-na-naseer-s-latest-book-malamuzhakki-coming-soon-pre-order-now-1.4882723 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref>
* Vranam pootha chantham<ref name= "Bo"/>
* Malamuzhakki (2020)<ref name="Mala">{{cite web |title=എന്‍.എ നസീര്‍ കേരളത്തിലെ കാടുകളുടെ അംബാസിഡര്‍- ജോയ് മാത്യു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/na-naseer-new-book-release-by-joy-mathew-1.4918208 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><ref name="newb">{{cite news |title=Wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book 'Malamuzhakki' coming soon; pre-order now |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/wildlife-photographer-na-naseer-s-latest-book-malamuzhakki-coming-soon-pre-order-now-1.4882723 |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=Mathrubhumi |date=5 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* Kattil oppam nadannavarum pozhinju poyavarum<ref>{{cite web |last1=Naseer |first1=N. A. |title=Kattil oppam nadannavarum pozhinju poyavarum (കാട്ടിൽ ഒപ്പം നടന്നവരും പൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോയവരും) |url=http://opac.cusat.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=92831&query_desc=pb%3AMathrubhumi%20books |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |date=2017}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* 2013-KR Devanand Memorial Award<ref name="Aw">{{cite web |title=NA Naseer |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2018/speakers/na-naseer-1.2549711 |website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>
* 2011-Excellency in Photography award by All Kerala Photography Association<ref name="Aw"/>

==See also==
* [[Sandesh Kadur]]

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian wildlife photographers]]
[[Category:Artists from Kochi]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian photographers]]
[[Category:Indian conservationists]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Photographers from Kerala]]

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