Sirachai (Shin) Arunrugstichai
Conservation Photographer / Marine Biologist
Sirachai Arunrugstichai or Shin is a Thai photojournalist, specialising in marine conservation issues. He has previously worked as a marine biologists, working on coral reef ecology and shark fisheries in the Andaman Sea with a master’s degree in Ecology, and he is still unsure whether he should still doing a PhD. or not. What he has seen in the field made him realise the effectiveness of photography for communicating conservation issues with the public and shifted his career path toward conservation photojournalism. Currently, Shin is an assignment photographer for National Geographic Magazine (Thai edition), but also been working on assignment with several conservation organisations, including IUCN Asia, Save Our Seas Foundation, WildAid, Greenpeace Southeast Asia, OXFAM Thailand. He has received several awards in major international competition, including Big Picture Natural World Photo Competition, United World Oceans Day and IUCN Ocean Photographer of the Year. Recently, Shin has joined the International League of Conservation Photographers as an Emerging League Photographer, and has also been selected as one of the six talents from Southeast Asia and Oceania region, representing Thailand for the 6x6 Global Talent Program by the World Press Photo Foundation.
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