Aditya ‘Dicky’ Singh – A Lodge owner or a photographer or a wildlife enthusiast or a conservationist or a traveler – that’s for you to decide…………..
There are some places on this planet where I have got some great shots. These places include Ranthambhore (where I live), Kanha, Kaziranga, Rann of Kutch, Corbett, Hemis, Tadoba, Bharatpur, Chambal (all these national parks are in north and east India), Yala (in Sri Lanka), Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara, Tsavo (in Kenya) and some parks in USA. I go back to these parks regularly and know all of them very well.
With a background in sciences and a Bachelors degree in Engineering, Aditya followed this up by joining the Indian Civil Service and worked there till finally deciding that his interests and calling lay in working with wildlife. He has lived in Ranthambhore since early 1998, working on various wildlife documentaries, photography and conservation projects.
He took to serious photography over a decade and a half ago and has one of the largest, if not the largest, collection of pictures from Ranthambhore. Since moving to Ranthambhore he has gone on over 7000 safaris to the Ranthambhore national park, when he stopped counting. As a photographer he probably knows Ranthambhore better than any other person. He is a regular visitor to many wilderness areas in the Indian subcontinent and other parts of the world. Some of his work can be seen at www.ranthambhore.net and on his blog www.dickysingh.com
Over the years he has worked as a Field Assistant / Line Producer for over a dozen wildlife documentaries for BBC Wildlife Division, National Geographic Film and Television, NHK Japan, Tokyo Broadcasting Service, Irish Television and many independent productions. He has also assisted some of the best names in wildlife photography in the world.
Aditya ‘Dicky’ Singh is the recipient of the prestigious Carl Zeiss Award for Conservation (2012), Sanctuary Wildlife Photographer of the Year (2011), Highly honoured in Nature’s Best Windland Smith River annual photography competition 2016. He also has one of the largest collections of still images from Ranthambhore tiger reserve, where he has been working for nearly two decades.