Yog Joy

Yog Joy (1938–1996) was an Indian photojournalist whose published works include over 1,000 pictures of news and of human interest themes in international newspapers, periodicals and books. He spent over 20 years with The Tribune, and became their photo editor.

Joy came from a humble rural background. Born in the Sargodha District of Pakistan, he completed his education from Rohtak and pursued photography. He has lectured on photography, authored books, and written columns. His first one-man photographic exhibition was held at Triveni Art Gallery in New Delhi in 1970. Since then he participated in more than 50 national level photographic exhibitions and been judge at over a dozen shows.

He has been honoured with national and international awards which include the National Press Award; All India Press Photography Competition Award; 'Sakaal' Golden Jubilee National Award for outstanding news photography; The Lalit Kala Akademi's Portfolio Award, UNICEF photo awards on themes of the 'Girl Child' and 'Child needs Peace'; second prize in the UNESCO National Photo competition, second prize in "Fun with Mazda" organized by Mazda for three consecutive years (1985, 1986 and 1987); a medal in the World Photo Contest 1993 organised by UNESCO and ACCU, Japan, and first position in the Kodak Awards for Photographic Excellence in the professional category in 1998.

He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Haryana Chapter), Punjab Lalit Kala Akademy and Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademy.