— PHOTOGRAPHER & WRITER
Hi, I am Vivek!
A lawyer in the rythm of routine.
A photographer, magazine editor, writer, poet and curious wanderer at heart.
BIFA Gold Winner | Chief-Editor Creative Zyne | Founder Zyne Awards | Lumix Mentor
15+
Years of practice across genres.
25+
Exhibitions across the globe.
14
Awards and honours worldwide
— PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE
“Between Contracts and Creativity
– a lawyer who photographs like a poet.”
Based in Mumbai, Vivek’s work explores the subtle territory between perception, emotion, and abstraction. Through techniques such as intentional camera movement, spatial reorientation, and mirrored compositions, he reshapes familiar scenes into contemplative visual studies. His work often challenges the convention that photography must faithfully describe reality. In quieter moods, Vivek turns to minimal work as a true reflection of his inner soul and journey.
— Chief-Editor
Creative Zyne
Vivek runs a biannual international photography magazine, Creative Zyne, featuring inspiring work, interviews with eminent photographers, thoughtful essays on the interface of law and art, and reflections on artists’ mental health, creative struggles, and the deeper philosophy behind making meaningful images.
— FOUNDER & VISIONARY
ZIPA
Vivek founded the Zyne International Photography Awards (ZIPA) along with Ali Zolghadri, to celebrate visual excellence while making global recognition accessible and inclusive to all. With 16 international judges and 18 submission categories, ZIPA offers exhibition, publication, and worldwide visibility—completely free to enter.
— EDUCATION & HONOURS
“Meaning matters more than visibility.”
Vivek’s photographs have been quietly recognised across national and international platforms, including a Gold at the Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA). His work has been exhibited at art galleries of cities such as London, Budapest, Barcelona, Mumbai, and Delhi, and featured in reputed publications like Vistara’s in-flight magazine, Deccan Chronicle, and other photography journals.
Alongside his practice, Vivek has pursued formal study in photography—completing programs at Michigan State University and MoMA, New York—to deepen his visual language.
— Integrated Photography Course – Michigan State University
— Seeing Through Photographs – Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
— Fashion Photography course at the BHAOF School of Photography, Mumbai.
— WRITINGS
“Between Images, Law, and the Inner World.”
With over a decade in law—contracts, negotiations, copyright—Vivek writes about the rules that quietly shape creative work, from drone laws to image licensing and photography contracts.
Alongside, he writes about his own journey as an artist—the rejections, self-doubt, and the slow, often exhausting pursuit of meaning—told with unfiltered honesty.
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