Yog Joy (1938–1996) was an

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photojournalist whose published works include over 1,000 pictures of news and of human interest themes in international newspapers, periodicals and books. He spent over 20 years with ''

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'', and became their photo editor.

Biography

Joy came from a humble rural background. Born in the

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of Pakistan, he completed his education from Rohtak and pursued photography. He has been honoured with national and international awards which include the National Press Award; All India Press Photography Competition Award; '

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' Golden Jubilee National Award for outstanding news photography; The

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's Portfolio Award,

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photo awards on themes of the 'Girl Child' and 'Child needs Peace'; second prize in the

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National Photo competition, second prize in "Fun with Mazda" organized by

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for three consecutive years (1985, 1986 and 1987); a medal in the World Photo Contest 1993 organised by UNESCO and ACCU, Japan, and first position in the Kodak Awards for Photographic Excellence in the professional category in 1998.

Exhibitions

* A Photographic Retrospective by Yog Joy *Newspaper Photography Exhibition

References

Indian photojournalists 1938 births 1996 deaths {{photographer-stub