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{{Short description|Indian wildlife photographer (born 1991)}}
{{Orphan|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Varun Aditya
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|January 18, 1991}}
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| nationality = 
| education = Dr.G.R.Damodaran College of Science
| occupation = Wildlife photographer
| known_for = Assignments to ''National Geographic'' magazine
| spouse = Sindhu(m.2021)
| website = {{URL|varunaditya.com}}
}}

'''Varun Aditya''' ([[Tamil Language]]:வரூன் ஆதித்யா born January 18, 1991) is an Indian [[Wildlife photography|wildlife photographer]] and an environmentalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/131673/|title=Varun Aditya Photographer Profile -- National Geographic Your Shot|website=m.yourshot.nationalgeographic.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024052049/https://m.yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/131673/|archive-date=24 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has also received accolades for his photographs, notably claiming first prize as the [[National Geographic]] Nature Photographer of the Year 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://blog.indiefolio.com/varun-aditya-nat-geo-nature-photographer-year/|title=Varun Aditya: Nat Geo Nature Photographer of the Year {{!}}|date=2016-12-27|website=IndieFolio Blog|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>

He has also been doing research about animals and nature by taking photographs of them.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=``புலிகள் ஊருக்குள் வருவது ஏன்?!" - விலங்குகளைப் பற்றி பகிரும் போட்டோகிராபர்|url=https://www.vikatan.com/living-things/animals/wildlife-photographer-varun-aditya-talks-about-his-wildlife-experience|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-24|website=www.vikatan.com|language=ta}}</ref>

== Career ==

He received the opportunity to travel with American popular landscape photographer [[Michael Melford (photographer)|Michael Melford]] to [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] after winning a [[Nat Geo]] competition in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/%E2%80%98I-have-to-be-satisfied-with-my-photograph%E2%80%99/article16911243.ece|title=‘I have to be satisfied with my photograph’|last=Jeshi|first=K.|date=2016-12-20|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2016, he won the first prize at the National Geographic Photographer of the Year in the Animal Portraits category for his photograph on a green vine snake which is also called the [[Ahaetulla|Asian Vine Snake]].<ref name=":0" />

On 19 August 2019 coinciding with the World Photography Day, CEO of Apple, [[Tim Cook]] took to [[Twitter]] and shared an image which was captured by Varun Aditya related to the picture on elephants with double rainbow in the background.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/check-the-indian-photographers-picture-shared-by-apple-ceo-tim-cook/articleshow/70751139.cms|title=Check the Indian photographer's picture shared by Apple CEO Tim Cook | date=21 August 2019 | newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2 July 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/indian-photographers-double-rainbow-picture-impresses-tim-cook-on-worldphotographyday/articleshow/70752506.cms?from=mdr|title=Indian photographer's double rainbow picture impresses Tim Cook on #WorldPhotographyDay|date=2019-08-20|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianweekender.co.nz//Pages/ArticleDetails/10/11061/India/Tim-Cook-tweets-stunning-image-taken-by-Indian-photographer|title=Tim Cook tweets stunning image taken by Indian photographer|website=Indian Weekender|language=en-NZ|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/tech/photographers-are-impressed-with-the-apple-iphone-xs-camera-your-move-google-pixel-1892819.html|title=Photographers Are Impressed With The Apple iPhone XS Camera; Your Move, Google Pixel|website=News18|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
'''2016''':
* The National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year award in 2016<ref>{{cite news |title="I Was Called A Slow Learner": Award-Winning Photographer Recounts His Journey |url=https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/i-was-called-a-slow-learner-award-winning-photographer-recounts-his-journey-2222763#:~:text=Varun%20Aditya%20won%20the%20National,Nature%20Photographer%20of%20the%20Year. |work=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian wildlife photographers]]
[[Category:Indian portrait photographers]]
[[Category:People from Coimbatore district]]
[[Category:Artists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian photographers]]
[[Category:Indian environmentalists]]
[[Category:Photographers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1991 births]]

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