Ismail Shariff Biography
Ismail Shariff is an internationally featured nature and wildlife photographer and fine art printmaker from Hyderabad, India. Known as the “Snow Leopard Man” due to his extensive work on one of the rarest wild cats of the world, he has successfully run several wildlife photo expeditions since 2011 all around the world.
Ismail is known as a conservationist photographer. He works with the Snow Leopard Trust. He was invited to showcase his work at the Snow Leopard Conservation Conference.
Ismail was featured on the cover of Canon Asia and Canon India. He was also featured on the cover of India Today. He published for the COP-11 Biodiversity Summit with the support of the Andhra Pradesh government. He has his photographs printed in “The Tadoba Inheritance” by Sanctuary Asian. His photographs were printed in the highly renowned “Indian Birds”, a book on Indian Ornithology. He has been a finalist in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2015 and 2020.
Inspired by the experience of printing 4×5’s in Paris, Ismail pioneered commercial fine art printing in Andhra Pradesh in 2012 by founding Imprima. The company is certified by Hahnemühle (Germany) and Breathing Color (USA) and is proud to be the only vendor for metal printing in India. Imprima specializes in fine art prints, gallery-quality photography printing, large-scale wall décor/murals, and album or book prints.
His wide range of clients include ALMARI, Alpla, Anushree Reddy, Avasa Hotel, BMW, Cognizant, Deccan Birders, Deloi?e, Dr Reddys, Goethe Zentrum, Google, Infosys, International School of Hyderabad. Mahavir Soundroom, Moriq, Yacht Club of Hyderabad, Novotel, Penna Cement, Quantium, Ramky Group, Room Therapy, Sajjala Bio Labs. Secunderabad Club, SodaBo?leOpenerwala, Srinivasa Farms, The Deccan Story, The Hyderabad Public School, WWF, and YPO to name a few.
Ismail Shariff’s philosophy is to create uncommon images with common subjects by promoting awareness around critical issues of wildlife conservation.
Astana, Kazakhstan Solo Photography Exhibition
Los Angeles and New York City Solo Exhibition
India Today Simply Hyderabad – on cover July 2016
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