T. S. Satyan

T S Satyan
Born Tambrahalli Subramanya Satyanarayana Iyer
(1923-12-18)18 December 1923
Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore
Died 13 December 2009(2009-12-13) (aged 85)
Mysore, India
Occupation Photographer

Tambrahalli Subramanya Satyanarayana Iyer, popularly known T. S. Satyan (18 December 1923 – 13 December 2009) was an Indian photojournalist

Background

Satyan was born and educated in Mysore. He studied at the city's Banumaiah school and gained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Maharaja College. In 2004 he was honoured with a doctorate degree by Mysore University.[1]

Professional career

Satyan began his journalism career with a state English daily and worked for The Illustrated Weekly before quitting the profession to become a freelancer and take up the assignments of UNICEF. He began working for WHO as a freelance photojournalist in the early 1960s. From 1961 to 1963, he worked with the WHO Regional Office in South-East Asia to produce several photo reports on health work in India. He photographed WHO's smallpox eradication campaign as well as eye-care, nursing and school health programmes. His work was featured in several issues of the World Health magazine.[2]

His images were regularly published in the Illustrated Weekly of India, Life, Time, India Today, Outlook, Deccan Herald and Newsweek.[3]

Death

Satyan died on 13 December 2009 after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He is survived by his wife Nagarathna, two sons and a daughter.[1]

Awards and recognitions

Bibliography

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References

  1. 1 2 "T S Satyan passes away". Times of India. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  2. "Tambarahalli S. Satyan". WHO. WHO International. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. "Ordinary Indians, extraordinary images". Rediff.com. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.


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