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Photo Captions:COVER: Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, New Zealand. TITLE SPREAD: Sand patterns, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Published by Prof. Hersh Chadha ARPSwww.hershchadha.com

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INTRODUCTION

As an inveterate traveller I’ve been fortunate enough to visit and photo-graph many of the world’s fabulous countries and cities. Now, looking back on my travels and photographs, I realize there always seems to be one particular image that transports me back to a place I’ve visited and provides me with some of the excitement of my original visit.

Although these images might not necessarily be the best I have, they are dear to me because of the magical link they provide – almost like being transported on a magic carpet. They may be very simple or somewhat abstract, without any real sense, but there is a story behind each and every one of them. A story that only I know and only I can relate with, and the image takes me to that story or, sometimes, the story even takes me to that image.

This is what I’d like to achieve with Masterpiece. Although, admittedly, this is an intensely personal book, I hope to share my experiences with the reader and take them to the places I’ve visited, hoping they’ll experience the same connections and excitement I’ve experienced.

As far as is possible, I’ve placed the images in an ‘alphabetical-sequence-by-country’ order rather than a thematic order – or by following any other logic. This means the reader will never know what’s on the next spread and I hope this adds to the enjoyment.

Hersh Chadha

COUNTRIES AND PLACESPHOTOGRAPHED BY HERSH CHADHA

ARGENTINABuenos AiresIguazu Falls

AUSTRALIAAyres Rock (Uluru)CairnsDarwinHobartMelbournePort Campbell (Twelve Apostles)Sydney

AUSTRIAInnsbruckTyrol region

AZERBAIJANBaku

BAHAMASNassau

BAHRAINManama

BELARUSMinsk

BERMUDAHamilton

BHUTANParoThimphu

BRAZILIguassuManaus (Amazon River)Rio de JaneiroSan Paulo

BRUNEIBandar Seri Begawan

BURMA (MYANMAR)BaganInle LakeMandalayYangon

CAMBODIAAngor Wat

CAYMAN ISLANDS

CHINABeijingChengduGuangzhouHong KongLhasaShanghaiXianZhangjiajie

COMOROSMoroni

CROATIAPula Zagreb

COSTA RICASan Jose

CUBAHavana

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLICPrague

DENMARKCopenhagen

EGYPTAbu SimbelAlexandriaCairoGizaIsmailia (Suez Canal)LuxorSakkara

FINLANDHelsinki

FRANCEBonifacioCannes

NiceParisPort Vendres

GERMANYBaden-BadenBerlinLudwig CastleMunichStuttgart

GREECEAthensCreteMykonosSantorini

HUNGARYBudapest

ICELANDHofnReykjavik

INDIAAgraAlibag

IRANEsfahanShiraz (Persepolis)Tehran

ITALYCagliariCapriCatinaFlorenceNaplesPalermoPisaPortofino RomeSienaVenice

JORDANAmman (Jerash)PetraWadi Rum

KAZAKHSTANAlmatyAstana

KENYAMasai MaraMombasaNanyuki (Mount Kenya Safari Club)

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTANBishkekOsh

LAOSVientiane

LEBANONBeirut

LITHUANIAVilnius

MADAGASCARAntananarivoMorondovaNosy Be

MALAYSIAKuala LumpurLangkawi

MALDIVES

MALIBamakoTimbuktu

MALTAGozo IslandValletta

MAURITIUS

MONACOMonte Carlo

MONGOLIAUlaanbaatar

MOROCCOCasablancaFezMarrakechTangier

MONTENEGROBudvaPerastPodgoricaTivat

MEXICOAcapulcoMexico City

NAMIBIASossusvlei

NEPALJumla (Tangbocke Monastery)KathmanduNaamche BazaarNagarkot

NETHERLANDSAmsterdamKeukenhof

NEW ZEALANDChristchurchDunedinHaast (Franz Joseph Glacier)KailouraQueenstown (Milford Sound)Westport

NORWAYAalesund (Raumadalen Valley)Geiranger (Geirangerfjord)OsloRoisheim (Gudbrandsdalen Valley)

OMANAl SuwaidiJebal al AkhdarMasabha Wadi (near Muscat)MusandamMuscatSalalah

PERUCuzcoLimaMachu Picchu

PHILIPPINESBoracayManilaPalawan IslandTagaytay

POLANDWarsaw

PORTUGALLisbonPorto

PUERTO RICOSan Juan

QATARDoha

RUSSIAKrasnodar (Mykob)Moscow (Kremlin)St Petersburg

SAUDI ARABIARiyadh

SEYCHELLES

SINGAPORE

SOUTH AFRICACape of Good HopeCape TownKruger National ParkPretoriaSun City

SPAINBarcelonaBilbaoGibraltarGranada (Alhambra)IbizaLanzaroteMalagaMarbellaPunteo BurgosRonda

SRI LANKAColomboKandy (including areas around Kandy)

SWEDENMalmoStockholm

SWITZERLANDGenevaMartigny (St Bernard Pass)St MoritzZermatt

SYRIADamascus

TAJIKISTANDushanbeKharog

TANZANIAMount Kilimanjaro

THAILANDAyutthayaBangkokChiang MaiChiang RaiHat YaiKrabiPhi Phi IslandPhuket

TUNISIASidi Bou SaidTunis

TURKEYEphesusHierapolis (Pamukkale)IstanbulIzmir

UKRAINECarpathian MountainsChernobylCrimeaKievLvivPoltava

UNITED ARAB EMIRATESAbu DhabiDubaiFujairahSharjah

UNITED KINGDOMBathBradfordCardiffDoverDublinEdinburghInvernessLake District

LiverpoolLondonOxfordStonehenge

UNITED STATESOF AMERICAAcadia National ParkDenali National Park and Glacier BayArches National ParkAspenBostonBryce Canyon National ParkCanyonlands National ParkCape CodCoral GablesDallasDeath Valley National ParkEverglades National ParkGrand CanyonKilauea Volcano National ParkPalm SpringsKey WestMadisonMonument ValleyNew YorkPacific Coast (17 Mile Drive)Red Rock CountryRenoSan FranciscoThe Wave and Antelope CanyonYellowstone National ParkYosemite National ParkZion National Park

UZBEKISTANBukharaSamarkandTashkent

VATICAN CITY

VENEZUELACaracas

VIETNAMHo Chi MinhHanoi

YEMENSana

ZIMBABWEVictoria Falls

MAP OFCOUNTRIES AND PLACES

PHOTOGRAPHED BYHERSH CHADHA

ABOVE: Iguazu Falls, Argentina.OPPOSITE PAGE: Columbus Monument, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.

The Twelve Apostles, Victoria, Australia.

THIS AND PREVIOUS SPREAD: Uluru (AyersRock), Northern Territory, Australia.

LEFT: Rock monolith near Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia.

Sandbank, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Termite mound, Litchfield National Park,near Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Coastline near Hobart,Tasmania, Australia.

Sydney, New SouthWales, Australia.

Waterfall, Tyrolregion, Austria.

LEFT: Cathedral of St James, Innsbruck, Austria.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Bell tower, Innsbruck, Austria.

ABOVE: Seagulls, Nassau, Bahamas.OPPOSITE PAGE: Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain.

Bahrain World Trade Center, Bahrain.

ABOVE: The Tatshung Monastery, Paro, Bhutan.LEFT: Paro Dzong and the Paro River.

Bridge over the Wong Chhu River, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Warer-lily leaves, Amazon River, Manaus, Brazil.

Iguassu Falls, Brazil.

TOP: Christ the Redeemer,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.LEFT: Ipanema Beach,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ABOVE: Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddeen Mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.OPPOSITE PAGE: Clock Tower, Estacion Luz train station, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Temple, Bagan, Burma (Myanmar).

ABOVE: Golden stupa, Shwezigon Pagoda, Burma (Myanmar).OPPOSITE PAGE: Buddhist Temple, Yangon, Burma (Myanmar).

Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Inle Lake, Burma (Myanmar).

ABOVE: Marine landscape, Cayman Islands.OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: The Marble Boat, Summer Palace, Beijing, China.OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Ornate gate, Summer Palace, Beijing, China.

ABOVE: Panda, Chengdu Panda Breedingand Research Center, Chengdu, China.OPPOSITE PAGE: Guangzhou, China.

Hong Kong, China.

Potala Palace, Lhasa, China.

Shanghai, China.

ABOVE: Terracotta Warriors, Xi’an, China.OPPOSITE PAGE: Hallelujah Mountains, Zhangjiajie, China.

ABOVE: Wave breaking near Moroni, Comoros Islands.OPPOSITE PAGE: La Paz WaterfallGardens, San José, Costa Rica.

ABOVE: Mirogoj Cemetery Zagreb, Croatia.OPPOSITE PAGE: Pula, Croatia.

LEFT: The Little Mermaid,Copenhagen, Denmark.BELOW: The Prague AstronomicalClock, Prague, Czech Republic.OPPOSITE PAGE: Havana, Cuba.

Coastal landscapes near Paphos, Cyprus.

ABOVE: The Great Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt.OPPOSITE PAGE: Temple of Luxor, Luxor, Egypt.

ABOVE: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.OPPOSITE PAGE: The Citadel of Qaitbay, Alexandria, Egypt.

ABOVE: Mohammed Ali (Alabaster Mosque), Cairo, Egypt.OPPOSITE PAGE: Qasr al-Nil Bridge, Cairo, Egypt.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Step Pyramid, Sakkara, Egypt. BELOW: The Cheops Pyramid, Giza, Egypt.

ABOVE: Luxor, Egypt.OPPOSITE PAGE: Ismailia (Suez Canal), Egypt.

ABOVE: Two men, Finland.OPPOSITE PAGE: Helsinki Cathederal, Helsinki, Finland.

ABOVE: Bonifacio, France.OPPOSITE PAGE: Nice, France.

ABOVE: Port Vendres, France.OPPOSITE PAGE: Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.

Baden Baden, Germany.

OPPOSITE PAGE: The Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany.BELOW: The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany.

ABOVE: The Siegestor (Victory Gate),Munich, Germany.OPPOSITE PAGE: Bayerische StaatsoperOpera House, Munich, Germany.

ABOVE: The New Palace, Stuttgart, Germany.OPPOSITE PAGE: Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau, Germany.

ABOVE: Barbary Macaque, Gibraltar.OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Acropolis, Athens, Greece.OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Crete, Greece.

ABOVE: Mykonos, Greece.OPPOSITE PAGE: Santorini, Greece.FOLLOWING SPREAD: Budapest, Hungary.

ABOVE: Jökulsárlón (Glacier Lagoon), Höfn, Iceland.OPPOSITE PAGE: Thermal Springs Blue Lagoon, Reykjavik, Iceland.

ABOVE: Zinnia, Alibag, India.OPPOSITE PAGE: Detail, Taj Mahal, Agra, India.

ABOVE: Shah Mosque (Masjed-e Shah), Isfahan, Iran.OPPOSITE PAGE: Vakil Mosque, Shiraz, Iran.

Persepolis, Iran.

ABOVE: View from Amaneyeh Hill, Tehran, Iran.OPPOSITE PAGE: Imam Mosque, Tehran, Iran.

ABOVE: Mount Solaro, Capri, Italy.OPPOSITE PAGE: Fiat 500, Cagliari, Italy.

ABOVE: Catina, Italy.OPPOSITE PAGE: The Basilica di Santa

Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy.

ABOVE: Children, Palermo, Italy.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Musicians, Venice, Italy.

ABOVE: Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy.OPPOSITE PAGE: The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.

ABOVE: Siena, Italy.OPPOSITE PAGE: Colosseum, Rome, Italy.

Ancient Greco-Roman city of Jerash, Jordan.

ABOVE: Wadi Rum, Jordan.OPPOSITE PAGE: Petra, Jordan.

Mombasa Beach, Kenya.

ABOVE: Masai warriors, Masai Mara, Kenya.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Mount Kenya, Kenya.

ABOVE: Manas Statue, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.LEFT: Babur’s House, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.FAR LEFT: The Baiterek Tower, Astana, Kazakhstan.

ABOVE: Kuwait Towers, Kuwait.OPPOSITE PAGE: Lebanon Cedar, Beirut, Lebanon.FOLLOWING SPREAD: Trakai Island Castle, Trakai, Lithuania.

ABOVE: Baobab trees, Morondava, Madagascar.OPPOSITE PAGE: Lemur, Antananrivo, Madagascar.

ABOVE: Langkawi, Malaysia.OPPOSITE PAGE: Nosey Be, Madagascar.

Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sand bank anddhoni, Maldives.

ABOVE: Independence Monument, Bamako, Mali.OPPOSITE PAGE: Sankore Mosque, Timbuktu, Mali.

ABOVE: Waterfront buildings, Valletta, Malta.OPPOSITE PAGE: Maconde Road, Mauritius.

ABOVE: Coloured earth, Chamarel, Mauritius.OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: MetropolitanCathedral, Mexico City, Mexico.OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Acapulco, Mexico.

ABOVE: Mongolia Eagle, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.OPPOSITE PAGE: Przewalski’s horses, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

ABOVE: King Hassan II Mosqueinterior, Casablanca, Morocco.OPPOSITE PAGE: Hotel Palais Jamaï Fes, Morocco.

ABOVE: Fishing boats, Tangier Morocco.OPPOSITE PAGE: Colourful shoes in a Marrakesh market, Morocco.

ABOVE: Namib Desert, Namibia.OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Mount Everest, Nepal.OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Himalayan peaks, Nepal.

ABOVE: Monks, Jumla, Nepal.OPPOSITE PAGE: Pine trees, Nagarkot, Nepal.

ABOVE: Naamche Bazaar, Nepal.OPPOSITE PAGE: Sunrise, Naamche Bazaar, Nepal.

ABOVE: Tulips, Keukenhof Garden, Netherlands.OPPOSITE PAGE: Canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

LEFT: Lake, South Island, New Zealand.FAR LEFT & BELOW: Franz Josef Glacier,South Island, New Zealand.

Raumadalen Valley, Norway.

ABOVE: Geirangerfjord, Norway.OPPOSITE PAGE: Oslo, Norway.

BELOW: Musandam, Oman.OPPOSITE PAGE: A traditional ‘Houseof the Lock’, Musandam, Oman.

ABOVE: Shangri-La Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa, Muscat, Oman.OPPOSITE PAGE LEFT: Jabal al Akhdar, Oman.OPPOSITE PAGE RIGHT: Sunrise, Al Suwaidi, Oman.

ABOVE: Kechua woman, Cuzo, Peru.OPPOSITE PAGE: Machu Picchu, Peru.

ABOVE: Street in Lima, Peru.OPPOSITE PAGE: Fort Santiago, Manila, Philippines.

ABOVE: Borcay, Philippines.OPPOSITE PAGE: Palwan Island, Philippines.

ABOVE: Swletokrzyski Bridge, Warsaw, Poland.OPPOSITE PAGE: The Palace of Arts and Culture, Warsaw, Poland.

ABOVE: Torre de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.OPPOSITE PAGE: Fort San Felipe del Morro,San Juan, Puerto Rico.

ABOVE: Inland Sea, Qatar.OPPOSITE PAGE: Granite rocks, Seychelles.

LEFT: Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood,St Petersburg, Russia.FAR LEFT: Cathedral of the AnnunciationMoscow, Russia.

Singapore Zoo.

ABOVE: Mica Building, Singapore.OPPOSITE PAGE: Cape Point Lighthouse, South Africa.

ABOVE: Palace of the Lost City at Sun City, South Africa.OPPOSITE PAGE: Voortrekker Monument, South Africa.

ABOVE: Leopard, Kruger National Park, South Africa.OPPOSITE PAGE: Pine trees, Cape Town, South Africa.

Alhambra, Spain.

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain.

ABOVE: Camels on a lava field, Lanzarote, Spain.OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Alhambra Palace and Castle, Granada, Spain.OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: Punto Burgos, Spain.

ABOVE: Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka.OPPOSITE PAGE: Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

ABOVE: Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden.OPPOSITE PAGE: Twisted tower, Malmo, Sweden.

St Bernard Pass, Switzerland.

LEFT & OPPOSITE PAGE: MountMatterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland.BELOW: St Moritz, Switzerland.

Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria.

ABOVE: Hissor Fort, Hissor, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.OPPOSITE PAGE: River near Kharog, Tajikistan.

ABOVE: Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania,

OPPOSITE PAGE: Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand.

ABOVE LEFT: Guard, Temple of the EmeraldBuddha, Bangkok, Thailand.ABOVE LEFT: Guardian Aspara, Wat Bupparam,Chiang Mai, Thailand.OPPOSITE PAGE: Red sail, Phuket, Thailand.

ABOVE: Phi Phi Island, Thailand.OPPOSITE PAGE: Krabi, Thailand.

ABOVE: Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia.OPPOSITE PAGE: Clock Tower, Tunis, Tunisia.

Ephesus, Turkey.

ABOVE: Hot springs and travertines,Pamukkale, Turkey.OPPOSITE PAGE: Dolmabahce Mosque,Istanbul, Turkey.

ABOVE: Old lady, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine.RIGHT: Swallow’s Nest, Crimea, Ukraine.

Old school, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Pechersk Lavra (Kiev Monasteryof the Caves), Kiev, Ukraine.

ABOVE: Opera House, Lviv, UkraineOPPOSITE PAGE: St Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, Lviv, Ukraine.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque,Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

LEFT: Burj al Arab, Dubai,United Arab Emirates.OPPOSITE PAGE: Camels near Dubai.

ABOVE: Dune abstract, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.OPPOSITE PAGE: Dune abstract, Ra’s al-Khaimah,United Arab Emirates.

ABOVE: Bradford, United Kingdom.OPPOSITE PAGE: Minaret, Sharjah,

United Arab Emirates.

ABOVE: Church, Dover, United Kingdom.OPPOSITE PAGE: Cardiff City Hall, Cardiff,United Kingdom.

ABOVE: Buckingham Palace, London, United Kingdom.OPPOSITE PAGE: London Eye, London, United Kingdom.

ABOVE: Signs, Oxford, United Kingdom.OPPOSITE PAGE: Stonehenge, United Kingdom.

LEFT: Golfers, Dublin, United Kingdom.BELOW: Rainbow near Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Acadia National Park, United States of America.

LEFT: Mount McKinley, United States of America.FAR LEFT: The Lone Cypress, 17-MileDrive, United States of America.

ABOVE: Delicate Arch, Arches National Park,United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Antelope Canyon,United States of America.

ABOVE: Aspen, United States of America.

OPPOSITE PAGE: Boston, United States of America.

ABOVE: Hoodoos from Sunrise Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Sunrise Arch, CanyonlandsNational Park, United States of America.

ABOVE: The Texas School Book Depository Building,Dallas, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Cape Cod, United States of America.

Death Valley National Park, United States of America.

ABOVE: View of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River,from Dead Horse Point, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Heron portrait, Everglades National Park,United States of America.

ABOVE: Joshua Tree National Park, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Kilauea Volcano, Volcanoes National Park,

United States of America.

Key West, United States of America.

ABOVE: Madison, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Mittens, Monument Valley,United States of America.

New York City, United States of America.

ABOVE: Glen Canyon Dam, Page,United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Red Rock Country,United States of America.

ABOVE: Mono Lake, Reno, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco,United States of America.

ABOVE: The Wave, United States of America.OPPOSITE PAGE: Yosemite National Park, United States of America.

Zion National Park, United States of America.

ABOVE: Amir Timur Statue,Tashkent, Uzbekistan.OPPOSITE PAGE LEFT: Bibi Khanum Mosque,Samarkand, Uzbekistan.OPPOSITE PAGE RIGHT: The Kalyan Minaret,Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

ABOVE: Vatican Museum, Vatican City.OPPOSITE PAGE: Panteon Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela.

Hanoi, Vietnam.

ABOVE: Gate, Hochi Minh, Vietnam.OPPOSITE PAGE: Dar al Hajar(Rock Palace), Sana’a, Yemen.

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Born in India in 1957, Prof. Hersh Chadha OPM (Harvard), ARPS, discovered he was happiest when alone, travelling with his camera and thoughts, trawling through nature’s rich bounty. To date he has visited some eighty-three countries and 226 cities. He authored Elements I, II and III, a series of photographic books that capture nature in its various moods. The proceeds from the sales of these books go to the WWF. Elements can be found in the libraries of the hallowed centres of learning, Harvard and Stanford, where examples of his work also hang on the walls. His images are also in the possession of a number of eminent personalities – including several members of royalty. This series was followed by Hersh Chadha: Visions of Nature which, as its title suggests, contains a unique selection of his images of nature. His most recent work is With Ink & Film. This work takes the reader on an illuminating journey round the world and features thought-provoking quotations in addition to his imagery. At the same time that Masterpiece was being printed, two other new books were at press. One, Y.O.U., celebrates the beauty of women and the other, Patterns, examines the similarity between the patterns of nature and patterns of man. Hersh Chadha is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS), awarded for exhibiting a high degree of proficiency and demonstrating high technical and visual competence in photography. He has also been actively involved with World Press Photo. He is a man of many facets. He resides in Dubai, in the UAE, where he works with a number of wildlife agencies concerned with conservation of Arabian wildlife – including The Arabian Leopard Trust and the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA) – and has made significant photographic contributions to these agencies. He also runs a global network of business activities from Dubai, and is an avid reader, keen economist and collector of objects d’art. In addition, he contributes to various charities and supports up

and coming sportsmen and women. His desire to establish photography as an art form saw him institute an annual award at the prestigious Institute of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko Kiev University. He is now a visiting professor there, as well as at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; the Kyrgyzstan National University; and the Institute of Foreign Languages at the International University of Kyrgyzstan. In 2009 the Taras Shevchenko National University celebrated its 175th anniversary and, on this occasion, Hersh Chadha was bestowed the

coveted title of Honorary Professor. Recognized for his work on the natural splendour of the earth, Hersh Chadha has pledged nearly 50,000 images to the WWF. His uncompromising concern for the environment and the way man ravages it has made him focus on critical issues such as the preservation of wildlife, the protection of the rain forests, the ozone layer and pollution. As he never tires of saying, ‘Life

is beautiful and photography only enhances it.’ Indeed, ‘Have camera, will travel,’ seems to be Hersh Chadha’s eloquent mission statement.

MembershipsThe 1001: A Nature Trust (WWF International)The Royal Photographic Society of Great BritainEmirates Fine Arts Society, Sharjah, UAEHonorary Member of the Union of Photo Artists, UkraineAmerican Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)The Managing Committee, The Delhi Private School, DubaiThe Harvard Alumni Society of the UAEThe Stanford Business School Alumni AssociationInternational Who’s Who of ProfessionalsThe National Geographic SocietyThe University Council of American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, KyrgyzstanWebsite: www.hershchadha.com

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