Pallav Vyas

Photography

[2014 - Present]

Photographer

Digital photographer with a passion for creating photographs that evoke an emotional response. I use photography as a medium to capture and communicate "what it felt like", rather than "what it looked like".

• Officially photographed the 121st Cal-Stanford Big Game (NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision) attended by 55K+ fans at California Memorial Stadium. The Big Game is one of the oldest college rivalries in the United States between California Golden Bears football team of the University of California, Berkeley and the Stanford Cardinal football team of Stanford University.

• Delivered talk on “Demystifying Astrophotography” to 200+ technologists at biennial Adobe Tech Summit 2017, one of Adobe's largest internal conferences.

• Photographs rated in top 5% and top 10% of all times on Pixoto, an online community of 8M images.

• Photographs featured on ABC7 News’s morning TV show and ABC7 News Bay Area’s official Instagram profile (70K+ followers).

• Photographs featured on UC Berkeley’s official Instagram profile (110K+ followers) and on Haas School of Business' (UC Berkeley) official Twitter feed (60K+ followers).

• Photograph featured on FedEx’s official Instagram profile (95K+ followers).

• Photograph featured on Instagram by "The Alaska Life" - one of Alaska’s largest social media audiences (100K+ followers).

• Photograph featured on Instagram by the Alaska Wilderness League, an environmental group devoted to protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other wilderness-quality lands in Alaska.

• Photographs installed in Adobe World Headquarters' hallways as artwork.

• Photographs selected for display in Art Festival Gallery at Adobe Tech Summit 2015 and 2017.

• Over 25 photographs featured in Popular section on 500px.com, a community of over 7M photographers.

• Volunteer with Spark (a national non-profit), to mentor middle school students interested in photography, 2016-17.