Aged 71, a Chennai resident travels to top-tier international sports events, freezing iconic sporting moments
Seshadri Sukumar, a 71-year-old former banker from Chennai, has successfully transitioned into a professional international sports photographer. He now covers major global events like the Olympics and Asian Games after pursuing his passion post-retirement.
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It serves as an inspiring human-interest story about career pivots and pursuing lifelong passions in later life.
In cricket, one regularly comes across teams that shift to a whole new lane in the second innings, with surprising progress, eclipsing their first-innings performance. And in that process, they bring immense joy and wonder to spectators.
Seshadri Sukumar has pulled off something similar to that.
Here are the details of 71-year-old Seshadri’s second innings: a Press Information Bureau-accredited international sports photographer from Chennai and a Canon EOS Ambassador. He now has a reputation for “checking into” major international sporting events. As this article is being written, he is shooting images of sporting excellence at the 20th Asian Games, unfolding at Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya in Japan.
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