Mohd. Danish - Decisions I Took While Starting Led Me to Where I Am Now (Photographer)

Mohd. Danish is a travel photographer who enjoys more than 30,000 followers on his Instagram handle @travelwithdanish. His works have been featured in the likes of NatGeo, Google, Canon, BBC, CNN, TOI, NDTV, Telegraph, Incredible India, and Lonely Planet.

Tell us about your background and what led you to start your Instagram page?

I’m just a boy next door who has big dreams and strives for it every single day. The sheer hustle and hard work, nothing else. During my graduation days, I had developed an inclination towards travel and photography, by going through magazines and after watching YJHD I just thought of giving it a shot. 

Since then there was no looking back.


If you were to start in your industry now, what would you do differently?

I’m glad and happy with the decisions I took while starting because those are what led to me where I am now. So I wouldn’t do it any different way.


What are your future aspirations and do you plan to scale this up?

I want to get better in what I do and keep doing it for the rest of my life; that’s the goal. I would definitely love to expand my horizons

Would you say that it is financially sustainable to be a travel blogger today?

Initially, it wouldn’t be as easy as it seems to sustain, but if you’re good at what you do, sooner or later, people are bound to notice you and your work; once you stand out; you attract what you aspire to.


Which trip(s) that you undertook stand out the most for you and why?

There’s a story in every place I have travelled to, all of these places are very close to my heart since I’ve fond memories in each of those places. It’s kinda difficult to choose.

If I have to name one then it’s going to be, Death Valley, it was one of my first trips while I was in college; few local goons who were armed held us, and looted us, that was quite some experience I must tell you.


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Interviewed by - Divye Satija