Yog Joy (1938–1996) was an Indian 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; ' Sakaal' Golden Jubilee National Award for outstanding news photography; The Lalit Kala Akademi'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