Ashok is a photographer based in Manhattan, but he considers the whole wide world to be his home. After graduating from college, he spent a decade of his life constrained inside the cubicles and conference rooms of soulless corporations, until he could no longer bear to contain his creative impulses. Since then, Ashok has worked in more than thirty countries and his photographs have appeared in many magazines and publications, as well as in advertising campaigns for big companies, including some he used to toil for.
Whether making portraits or capturing the sense of place of a far-flung location, Ashok is intent on keeping his viewpoint original and his compositions compelling, and making every image breathtaking and thought provoking. Ashok’s hard work and creative aesthetic have earned him recognition from the industry as well as the opportunity to exhibit at galleries in New York and beyond. Learning about new cultures (whether near home or abroad) is Ashok's passion. He has a bag packed and ready for travel on a moment’s notice.
Regardless of where he goes, his inquisitiveness about the human condition sometimes results in unexpected outcomes—as in the case of his humanitarian endeavor, The Cartwheel Initiative, which brings the power of art to children living in the aftermath of war and disaster.