Keshava Vitla,senior press photographer died at the Wenlock government hospital in Mangaluru today.He had lost both his kidneys and was being treated for issues related to renal failure.A vegetable seller for living turned professional cameraman,Keshava Vitla had stints with Mungaru,Kannada Prabha of The Indian Express,The Telegraph and Hindusthan Times among many other newspaper publications.
His latest work on the facets of the state had become quite popular and the coffee table book had made him well known in the journalistic circles and elsewhere.He had also won many journalistic awards to his credit.He was unmarried.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti
