JWALA KOTESHINDEPENDENT PHOTOJOURNALIST

An independent lens on South India

HYDERABAD, INDIA / SELECTED PORTFOLIO

I’m Jwala Kotesh.

An independent photojournalist based in Hyderabad. I document news, everyday life and the people shaping South India — from city streets to coastal communities.

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Through my lens

Workers draw a shrimp net through a farm pond in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh.

Business / Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

When global trade comes home.

Workers draw a shrimp net through a farm pond in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh.

28 August 2025

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39 photographs. 10 stories. One independent perspective.

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01 Selected work

Every frame, a human story.

All photo stories

02 Behind the lens

Looking closely.
Listening first.
Staying curious.

From a newsroom in Telangana to the shrimp farms of coastal Andhra Pradesh, my work follows the people living the story.

Based in Hyderabad. Available for editorial assignments and documentary projects across South India.

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An artisan paints statues of Hindu deities ahead of Ram Navami at a Hyderabad workshop.

Hyderabad, Telangana © Jwala Kotesh

03 From the field

The reporting continues.

Selected reporting and published photographs
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