Ashok Kumar Vootla

Travel and Photography are my twin passions and I had the opportunity to travel extensively across India, Europe, the US, the UK and South-East with my Camera, capturing the little nuances of life. My genres vary from Nature, Travel, Architecture and Street Photography while my professional career spanned across BFSI, IT, ITES, Pharma and Semi-conductor Industries.
Though I feel Academically strong being a double Post graduate with a dozen Globally recognized Certifications in Information Security, I wish to round it off with a distinction in Photography, as well!
I have curated my maiden Solo Photo Exhibition at the State gallery of Art, Hyderabad in 2016 and my Photographic work was also exhibited pan India at Chennai, Mumbai, Nasik, Pune and Hyderabad during the Indian Photography Festival, Hyderabad Literary Festival, Goethe Zentrum, Ameerpet Metro Station, Our Sacred spaces, Society to save rocks, Phoenix Arena, Numaish, Lamakaan, LaCONES, ICONART, CCRT, MPS and TPS.
My photographs were published in Newspapers, Society’s Newsletters and Corporate magazines and I have won awards and Recognitions from Telangana Tourism, Uttarakhand Tourism, TOI, Wiki and Photography clubs.
“Though Rocks do not have life, they support life system. So, save them!”
I embraced this unique genre of ‘Rock Art Photography’ due to my passion and always go an extra mile to identify these amazing rocks and show them in aesthetic forms. Hitherto, I have visited more than 60 Rock sites globally and this body of work is being created over a decade and is an ongoing project as my tryst with them continues. It is through this artistic medium I infuse life into the subjects by their forms and create an awareness and sensitize people to preserve them, through the display of my photographs and talks at various exhibitions.
I was recognized for ‘Rock Art Photography’ and entered into the ‘Legend Book of Records’ in 2016 and was conferred with the title “Rockman of the Deccan”.
Whatever is available by way of the subject, light and the equipment on hand, I would like to shoot that instant as I am aware that the moment does not recur. Most of all, the timing is important, either to capture the expression or the event and that is my ‘Prime Focus’!