The wild, held still for the moment.
Varun Prakash is a wildlife photographer whose recent work spans Indian tiger forests, the coasts and mountains of North America, and Central American cloud forest. Selected work is below — get in touch for prints, licensing or expedition bookings.
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A working set from recent trips into the field. Full resolution prints and licensing available on request.
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Brown Bear — salmon catch -
Grizzly Bear — sow with three cubs -
Brown Bear — salmon catch, close -
Brown Bear — salmon catch, second look -
Brown Bear — cub in the grass -
Brown Bear — salmon catch, waterfall -
Brown Bear — salmon catch, close bite -
Brown Bear — double salmon catch -
Brown Bear — cubs at rest -
Bengal Tiger -
Bengal Tiger — black and white -
Bengal Tiger — on the track -
Bengal Tiger — resting -
Bengal Tiger — profile, black and white -
Bobcat — snow-dusted -
Bobcat — profile -
Bald Eagle — coming in to land -
Bald Eagle — portrait -
Willow Ptarmigan -
Bald Eagle — in flight -
Dall Sheep — ewe and lamb -
Sandhill Crane — adult with chicks -
Red Fox — on the move -
Bald Eagle — golden hour perch -
Harbor Seals — hauled out -
Bald Eagle — wings raised -
White-crowned Sparrow -
Resplendent Quetzal — cloud forest perch -
Resplendent Quetzal — tail streamers -
Resplendent Quetzal — looking back -
Grey-headed Woodpecker -
Red Fox — resting at dusk -
Eyelash Viper -
Short-eared Owl — low hunting flight -
Short-eared Owl — landing -
Great Grey Owl — facial disc -
Great Grey Owl -
Great Grey Owl — treetop in snowfall -
Bald Eagle — coastal perch -
Great Grey Owl — watching -
Great Grey Owl — dusk -
Great Grey Owl — lichen perch -
Peregrine Falcons — on the branch -
Peregrine Falcon -
Northern Saw-whet Owl -
Bald Eagle — flight, forest backdrop -
Bald Eagles — at the nest -
Indian Peacock -
Bald Eagles — pair on the shore -
Bald Eagle — landing, talons out -
Shikra
About
Varun Prakash is a wildlife photographer working from one rule above the rest: the animal's welfare comes before the photograph. Every sighting in this portfolio was made at a respectful distance, without baiting, playback calls, or staged behavior — the frame exists because the moment happened on its own, not because it was engineered to. Getting to put that in front of people is its own kind of privilege — the hope, always, is that a photograph like this makes it a little easier to see what nature actually looks like, and a little harder to take it for granted.
Most of what doesn't show up in a gallery is the actual work: pre-dawn starts, long stretches in a hide or a jeep, and stints of cold, wet, or simply empty waiting that outnumber the moments worth keeping. None of it happens alone — local guides, park naturalists, and field biologists supply the tracking knowledge and behavioral read that make an ethical sighting possible in the first place, and that debt is owed on every image here. None of it feels owed to me, either — getting to spend a working life this way is not something taken for granted.
Recent work includes tigers and peacocks in Indian forests, bald eagles, brown bears and Dall sheep across North America, and a resplendent quetzal and eyelash viper found in Central American cloud forest.
Prints are made to order, and licensing for editorial or commercial use is available on request.