Meet Shreyovi Mehta, 10YO Wildlife Photographer Capturing World's Beauty

To mark World Wildlife Day, we bring you the story of Shreyovi Mehta. At age ten, the Faridabad girl has achieved great appreciation for her wildlife photography skills. The Class 5 student has won numerous awards, including the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2024 title by the BBC. Her photograph titled 'In The Spotlight', capturing an ethereal silhouette of peahens in Bharatpur's Keoladeo National Park, has proven that the little prodigy does not come just to play. 

Shreyovi Mehta was just two years old when she first got into wildlife photography, inspired by her family. Her father, Shivang Mehta, is a renowned artist in this field. Her mother, Kahani Mehta, is the co-founder of a leading wildlife destination management company called Nature Wanderers.

Shreyovi Mehta's 'In The Spotlight'

According to the Local Samosa and PTI, Mehta's picture was among nearly 60,000 photographs by participants of all ages and experience levels from 117 countries and territories. The nine-year-old received a medal at an award ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London on October 8.

Mehta was on a morning stroll in the forest with her family and father's friend, Anish Andheria, President of the Wildlife Conservation Trust, when they chanced upon a pair of peahens in the fog under a canopy of trees. She quickly captured the stunning scene, which has now won her the global limelight.

The budding wildlife photographer remarked, "I am glad that my image of our national bird has been given recognition by the Natural History Museum at the biggest stage of wildlife photography. I will continue to practice so that one day even our national animal - the tiger gets the same recognition."

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 exhibition opened at London's NHM on October 11 and will run till June 29, 2025. Shreyovi Mehta told the PTI that she hopes to continue her passion for photography and bring more wildlife conservation issues to the spotlight through her craft.

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Kathy Moran, chair of the judging panel, spoke about the selection process. "These images represent the evolution of the competition through the years, from pure natural history to photography that fully embraces representation of the natural world - the beauty and the challenges."