N. A. Naseer

N. A. Naseer
Born	(1962-06-10) 10 June 1962 (age 63) 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, ^[1] is an Indian wildlife photographer, nature conservation activist and author, ^[2] who is a member of the Bombay Natural History Society. He is sometimes called the ambassador of Kerala's forests. ^[3] He is also a martial artist (karate, thai-chi, chi gung). ^[2]

Career

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 , ^[4] Frontline , ^[5] Outlook , Traveller, and others. Besides conducting sessions about nature conservation, photography all over South India, he teaches martial arts. ^[2]

Books

• Woods and Photographer, ^[6] which was the first book on wildlife which was written in Malayalam, Naseer's mother tongue, and sold out three months after being published.^{[ citation needed ]} It has photographs of fauna native to South India.
• Kadine chennu thodumbol: ^[7]
• Kadum Camerayum ^[8]
• Vranam pootha chantham ^[8]
• Malamuzhakki (2020) ^{[9] [10]}
• Kattil oppam nadannavarum pozhinju poyavarum ^[11]

Awards and honours

• 2013-KR Devanand Memorial Award ^[12]
• 2011-Excellency in Photography award by All Kerala Photography Association ^[12]

See also

• Sandesh Kadur

References

1. Nazeer, N. A. (2017). "കാടും ക്യാമറയും /". find.uoc.ac.in (in Malayalam). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
2. N. A. Naseer's profile. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
3. "Joy Mathew releases wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book". Mathrubhumi. 20 July 2020.
4. An unusual butterfly gathering
5. "Close encounters in the wild". Hindu.com. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
6. Archive
7. "കാടിനെ ചെന്നുതൊടുമ്പോള്‍". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam).
8. "Wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book 'Malamuzhakki' coming soon; pre-order now". Mathrubhumi.
9. "എന്‍.എ നസീര്‍ കേരളത്തിലെ കാടുകളുടെ അംബാസിഡര്‍- ജോയ് മാത്യു". Mathrubhumi. 20 July 2020.
10. "Wildlife photographer NA Naseer's latest book 'Malamuzhakki' coming soon; pre-order now". Mathrubhumi. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
11. Naseer, N. A. (2017). Kattil oppam nadannavarum pozhinju poyavarum (കാട്ടിൽ ഒപ്പം നടന്നവരും പൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോയവരും). Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN   978-81-8267-095-2.
12. "NA Naseer". Mathrubhumi. 23 January 2018.