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'''Balan Madhavan''' is an Indian [[nature photographer|nature conservation photographer]]. He is a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://conservationphotographers.org/profile/?uid=27|title=Balan Madhavan|website=International League of Conservation Photographers|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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He runs the N Madhavan Pillai Foundation for Conservation Communication,<ref>{{cite web|title=Balan Madhavan|url=http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs075/1101775793036/archive/1103048449468.html|website=constantcontact.com|publisher=iLCP|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref> which awards the annual Madhavan Pillai Conservation award to forest guides and workers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nature Caught on camera|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Nature-caught-on-camera/article15904417.ece|accessdate=2 March 2018|publisher=The Hindu|date=6 September 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Recognition and awards==<br />
Madhavan was invited to the membership of the [[International League of Conservation Photographers]] in 1992 and serves on the board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://conservationphotographers.org/staff-board-of-directors/|website=conservationphotographers.com|publisher=International League of Conservation Photographres|accessdate=6 March 2018}}</ref><br />
He was the recipient of the Keizo Yamaji UNEP Photography Prize in 1992.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} The competition was organized by the [[United Nations Environment Programme]] and [[Canon Inc.]] and encapsulated the theme "Focus on your world" and prizes were announced at the [[World Environment Day]] ceremonies in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992.<ref>{{cite journal|title=UNEP and Canon's International Photographic Competition 'Focus on Your World'|journal=Environmental Conservation|date=Winter 1991|volume=18|issue=4|page=371|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0376892900022761|accessdate=2 March 2018|doi=10.1017/s0376892900022761|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
He is an associate of the [[Royal Photographic Society]], UK{{citation needed|date=March 2018}} and an artiste of [[Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique]].{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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==Works== <br />
In 2017 he traveled to Antarctica on a photo expedition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Postcards from Antarctica|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/travel/Wildlife-photographer-Balan-Madhavan-on-his-maiden-expedition-to-Antarctica/article17346955.ece|website=The Hindu|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref> An exhibition of the photographs from the expedition he led was held in Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite news|title=Antarctica in Frames|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2018/jan/11/antarctica-in-frames-1751356.html|accessdate=2 March 2018|agency=Express News service|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=11 January 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Publications== <br />
*''Sanctuary for the soul of Kerala Tourism''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/A-sense-of-space/article13975106.ece|title=A sense of space|website=The Hindu|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref><br />
*''Periyar in Her Elements''<ref name="books">{{cite web|title=Lifescapes|url=https://www.evolveback.com/lifescapes/balan-madhavan/|website=www.evolveback.com|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref><br />
*''Water Taken for Granted''<ref name="books" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.balanmadhavan.in}}<br />
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