Collective Spotlight - Sugandhi Gadadhar
Photo courtesy of Sugandhi Gadadhar
Sugandhi is a 2020 National Geographic Explorer, wildlife filmmaker and cameraperson based in Bangalore, India. She freelances as a cameraperson for productions based on natural history and conservation, that have been aired on Animal Planet India, Love Nature / Smithsonian, National Geographic Society, Netflix and PBS. She is a member of the IUCN's Otter Specialist Group, working on documenting smooth-coated otters in south India. She also volunteers with Conservation India, curating content and working behind-the-scenes for conservation campaigns.
Sugandhi makes short films on natural history and wildlife conservation, in both English and regional Indian languages, for education and outreach. She believes that wildlife documentaries in regional languages will make a greater impact to those who who are actually living along side our wildlife. She was a 2020 Jackson Wild Media Lab Fellow and a 2019 Jackson Wild Emerging Filmmaking Scholar. In 2015 she was named by Sanctuary Asia Magazine as one of the nine Indian women wildlife photographers to follow, and in 2018 The Vibe Asia featured her as as one of seven women filmmakers from India who are documenting the wild.
Photo Courtesy of Sugandhi Gadadhar
Sugandhi has been enjoying the Jackson Wild Collective experience, from the days of beta-testing it. She feels that the collective has been a great place to bring together people, voices and ideas, from across different parts of the world. She looks forward to updates about events, masterclasses and opportunities. To her, the collective has helped keep in touch with her mentors, and to receive their feedback as well as meet new people from the community. Kudos to the JW family!
Sugandhi’s Instagram handle: @sugandhigadadhar
Photo Courtesy of Sugandhi Gadadhar
Photo Courtesy of Sugandhi Gadadhar