website death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
-lsb- https://secure.flickr.com/photos/dhaval_dhairyawan/ official flickr website -rsb- 22 march 2012 mumbai , maharashtra 2005-2012 mumbai , maharashtra , india indian dhaval dhairyawan automotive photographer 19 april 1979 camera lifestyle and automotive photography frameless dhaval dhairyawan
 dhaval sunil dhairyawan photographer
dhaval dhairyawan

dhaval sunil dhairyawan -lrb- 19 april 1979 - 22 march 2012 -rrb- was an lifestyle and automotive photographer from india .
he was noted for his photojournalism for `` the times journal of photography '' , topgear india magazine , the times of india and lonely planet magazine .
he died in march 22 , 2012 due to a prolonged illness .
piramal art gallery , mumbai hosted an photo exhibition in his memory under the name , `` the dhaval dhairyawan retrospective '' .
due to his passion for automobiles , he changed the indian outlook for automotive photography .
he did several photo shoots for top gear magazine which were never seen in an indian car magazine before .
