Chetan Shashi Suresh Dodwad

I, Chetan Shashi Suresh Dodwad hail from Kolhapur, Maharashtra. A Soft Skills Trainer by profession, I embraced photography in 2018 at the age of 47, when I joined a local group named Kolhapur Amateur Photographers Association. The Lockdown of 2020 opened a world of wisdom for me through the virtual sessions and talks by Indian and Global photography icons that reshaped my approach to photography. Despite starting the journey so late in life, I am fortunate to have won a few awards and publications in some national and international photobooks, magazines. My best milestone in this journey is of, reaching the finalist 7 in the mobile photography category at the XPOSURE 2024 International Photography awards, Sharjah. I love to delve into Street Photography due to its complexities and challenging nature. Travel and Culture Photography are the other genre I am doing. I completed a Documentary Photography Certificate course in November 2023 from the Shivaji University.