Palani Mohan was born in Chennai, India, and moved to Australia as a child. His photographic career began 25 years ago at the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper and since then he has been based in London, Bangkok and Malaysia. He now lives in Hong Kong with his family.
Mohan’s work is regularly featured in many of the world’s leading magazines. He has published five photographic books and has been honored with awards including World Press Photo and Picture of the Year International. His photographs have been exhibited widely throughout the world and recently was asked do a TED talk at the Sydney opera house on his long term book project on the last remaining men who hunt with eagles in far western Mongolia.