Jul 30, 2026 · 58 min · 10 segments
ayanth Sharma, one of India's leading wildlife photographers and founder and CEO of Toehold, gives a behind-the-scenes look at what it actually takes to turn a creative passion into a working…
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So, my first question is you, uh, turned your passion into profession, right? So walk us through the journey.
Um, I was born and brought up in a family where creative arts were, uh, the fabric.
So बचपन से I was always into music, I was into dramatics, I was into, uh, a lot of stuff.
And also it's important to know that my exposure to photography happened, uh, in my, uh, you know, even in my, uh, KG years, even my first standard, second standard, I was already in the world of photography because my father is a photographer.
Apart from that, he was an archeology, um, Mysore University Archeology department's official photographer.
So for me, uh, there was always an influence of art, creativity, photography, painting, music, dance, drama and all of that.
And, uh, it, it was just an undercurrent, um, you know, let's say बीज or a seed in my, um, you know, in my personality.
I was actually in, um, Nasik in Maharashtra on my industrial training in my 19th year, and I, I actually met with an accident on a machine.
And then I, you know, I don't know how many of you know, I broke my, uh, fingers on a power press.
And then after that, um, suddenly '99, 2000 में IT started coming out, internet started happening.
So, my first question is you, uh, turned your passion into profession, right? So walk us through the journey.
Um, I was born and brought up in a family where creative arts were, uh, the fabric.
So बचपन से I was always into music, I was into dramatics, I was into, uh, a lot of stuff.
And also it's important to know that my exposure to photography happened, uh, in my, uh, you know, even in my, uh, KG years, even my first standard, second standard, I was already in the world of photography because my father is a photographer.
Apart from that, he was an archeology, um, Mysore University Archeology department's official photographer.
So for me, uh, there was always an influence of art, creativity, photography, painting, music, dance, drama and all of that.
And, uh, it, it was just an undercurrent, um, you know, let's say बीज or a seed in my, um, you know, in my personality.
I was actually in, um, Nasik in Maharashtra on my industrial training in my 19th year, and I, I actually met with an accident on a machine.
And then I, you know, I don't know how many of you know, I broke my, uh, fingers on a power press.
And then after that, um, suddenly '99, 2000 में IT started coming out, internet started happening.
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