Portrait: Honorable Mention 2017 (professional)
ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Indian bodybuilders prepare back stage as they participate in a local bodybuilding compitition in Mumbai, India, 27 November 2013. Bodybuilding involves the act of showing off the muscles in body, which are grown and developed through various exercises. There are many restrictions and hardships through which the bodybuilders have to pass. Different types of bodybuilding are meant for separate age groups like, Professional Bodybuilding, Natural Bodybuilding, Female Bodybuilding and Teenage Bodybuilding.
AUTHOR
Divyakant Solanki, a self-taught photographer, associated with European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) since 2010. Born in Amreli, Gujarat in 1981, he developed his passion for photography and consequently became a photographer with Business Standard in Ahmedabad in 2003. In 2005 he moved to Mumbai to work as Senior Photographer at Business Standard daily before joining EPA in 2010.
His work graced as 'Photo of the Day' mostly in various international newspapers and on websites such as The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The National, The Seattle Times, The Telegraph and more.
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