visakhapatnam it is seldom that you come across a photographer who tours the exotic unexplored parts of the country in a caravan of his own and spreads the message of nature conservation by promoting tourism and photography but captain suresh sharma from chandigarh is an exceptionhaving served in the indian army way back in the 1980s captain sharma left the army and devoted himself to pursing his passion for photography currently the renowned photographer is in port city to address enthusiasts on the eve of world photography day august 19the specialty about captain sharma is that he takes photographers in a caravan called taurus truck for camping and expedition to exotic locales like ladakh and thar desert to promote the art of photography as well as nature conservation this specialist in snake photography also promotes the cause of snake conservation and their importance to the environmentearlier he and wife rajbir kaur designed another caravan king cobra as their home on wheels for the last 14 years he has clocked more than 13 lakh km in king cobra to raise funds for his conservation efforts he has now conceived the green dot expeditionsphotography especially on wildlife has changed my perception about culture life people and made me a better human being during my days in the army as part of the national geographic wildlife filming team i got a chance to work on two wildlife documentaries on the indian cobra and rats which took me towards wildlife photography says captain suresh who has many works published to his credit including two coffeetable books the indian army an illustrative overview and legacy of a legend mig 21 in the indian air force through my photography i want to highlight the beauty of nature especially despised and dreaded animals like snakes and also promote conservation of environment he said adding that cactus snakes and soldiers are his favourite subjects of photography asked as to why has he taken to a caravan captain suresh says inside a caravan you have full control of what you eat and where you sleep photographers and travellers can also get a feel of nature outdoors and spend time bonding with family friends under a starstudded sky in the lap of nature away from neon lights of crowded cities