Tamma Srinivasa Reddy is a student of photography. Like every aspiring learner he had a penchant for higher learning and sharing of his little and pooled up experience across the globe. Born in a small village of Undavalli (the gateway of the capital of Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati) on the banks of river Krishna, T S Reddy today set several new records in the world of photography. His hard work and commitment to the profession made him very popular. He is one of the top ten photographers of the world for the past two decades, which fact makes Indian photography proud.

T S Reddy hails from a modest agrarian family that had exacting means to sustain and look after household members. Being deeply rooted in land-based livelihood routines, his deceased father Subba Reddy and mother, Seethamma brought Srinivasa Reddy into close contact with landscapes and changing seasonal environs during his childhood. Those small and effective impulses from vernal woods, dry spells, torrential showers, flowering springs and misty clouds had a tell-tale effect on his formative mind. Nature became his teacher and began to instruct him on changing shades of life and light more than the mortals can. His appetite for the art was appeased by his parents; especially mother Seethamma, in consenting for the disposal of family’s fortune of a small piece of land three decades ago. It ushered in a difficult phase in his professional life when he had to learn and earn for self and family. Soon he started working as a photojournalist for various periodicals: Udayam (Telugu), Ahdhra Bhoomi (Telugu), Prajasakti (Telugu), Indian Express (English), The Hitavada (English), Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi) and India Today (English & Telugu). Lion’s share in his earnings was purposefully spent on experimenting with the lens and the rest had gone to support parents and family.

His obsession with camera had its meandering twists that made him learn intricacies in photography: monochromes, colour, nature, wild life, travel and journalism. Every time his struggle ended in mixed results and encouraged him for further experimentation. His life till date has been taken over by these dialectics and made him enter global photo contests from 1989 onwards. His amateurish stint in photography was chiseled to near perfection by many. Foremost among them is Srinivas (Indian Express News Former, President, Andhra Pradesh State Akademi of Photography Former, General Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Photography Akademi ICS -USA Grand Master – International Diamond ExhibitorPhotographer) who trained him for two long years. Other stalwart teachers and photographers who guided him in the profession include K G Maheswari, C Rajagopal, S R Patel, O P Sharma and Benu Sen. He is indebted to every one of these philosophers- guides who shaped him and his career in early 1980s. He is privileged to have been born in India which country offers diversified natural resources, lighting conditions, cultural vibrancy and democratic rights for free movements. Every photographer is delighted to have these influential and enabling factors at one place and, Srinivasa Reddy is one of those very few privileged in India.

His photographs frame ideas and words in pictures. He played a pivotal role in promoting and supporting photographers’ associations. Honors, awards and laurels came rolling his way. Among the prestigious honours bagged by T S Today are: awards by Photo Division, Govt. of India and, Information and Broadcasting Dept., Govt. of Andhra Pradesh from 1993 onwards; Lalit Kala Akademi awards from Govt. of Gujarat, and Govt. of UP; the highest photography honor of Govt. of AP, Rahman Memorial Award in 2010. He chairs the photojournalism division of IIPC and conducts national and international photo salons and workshops on photography over the globe. He had to his credit individual photo exhibitions in countries like USA, UK, South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore.

He won prestigious competitions at regional, national and international levels. Some of these awards to mention are Raja Triambak Raj Memorial Award (2003), G Thomos Memorial Award (2004), Shri H.N. Saxena Memorial Award 2005, Kala Maharshi K.K. Moos Memorial Award – 2007,India Press Photo Award (2008) instituted by Ramnath Goenka Foundation for excellence in Photojournalism, Sandhya Rani Basak Memorial Award-2009, ARKA GHOSH Memorial Award 2010, Benu Sen Memorial (2011), Ugadi Puraskaram (Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, 2013) ,Late JNUnwala Memorial Award (2014), K G Maheshwari Memorial Award (2015) Salim Ali Memorial Award 2015 and, Dr. Pinnamaneni and Smt. Seethadevi Foundation National Award- 2016. He is the first person from the field of photography to receive Kala Ratna (Hamsa) honor, the highest civilian award of the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh (2016) He has been in receipt of Government of Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi Awards (2017,2019), Pictorial Photographer of the Year (Australia, 2017, 2019), Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao Memorial Award in Journalism (2018), ASIIPC Outstanding Award (2019). T S Reddy is the first Indian national to be crowned Grand Master by Image Colleague Society of USA (2018). The crowning achievement of his career was soon to come. TS Reddy was awarded Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in the year 2021. The following year he received the Photography Icon Award from Image Colleague Society of USA.and, he is the first Indian national to be crowned Grand Master by Image Colleague Society (ICS) of USA. He regularly participated in international salons recognized by FIAP, PSA, RPS, APS, ICS, IIPC, FIP, PSS and UPI photographic associations.

T S Reddy is rich today by 189 Gold Medals, 494 Awards, and 896 Certificates of Merit and, around 5872 photographs and slides of T S Reddy are accepted and exhibited at national and international photo salons. He regularly contributes to various journals and periodicals in and out of India. For him, the rest is photography. And with him is the indomitable spirit and unflagging zeal of a passionate learner of the subject. He sounds very modest when he says: what I know forms an iota of knowledge in the field of photography. I am a seeker. I seek knowledge in the field. For me, the rest is further learning. His tryst with camera is a continuing saga.