N P Jayan, photojournalist, who now resides in Bangalore, has won the UNESCO- United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) Asia Pacific Photo Contest 2009 for his photograph of Namma Makkala Dhama — a home for children infected with HIV in Bagalkot.
Jayan has been a photojournalist for the past 15 years, contributing photographs to some of the leading newspapers and magazines in India, such as The New Indian Express, The Hindu, The Madhyamam Daily, Down To Earth, Marie Claire and Malayalam Varika.
To see Jayan's works CHeck out www.malabarphoto.com
PS: Excerpts from my three hour conversation with Jayan at Ujwal bar last week: A photographer has a particular body language.Human values are above all-- money, name and fame. Your work talks of itself, not publicity.
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