Shome Basu is a freelance photographer who is currently the consulting editor at The Wire and contributes to The Hindu and CNBC. He has worked for many publications such as India Today, Business Today, Outlook group, Marie Claire, Cosmopoliton, Outlook Traveler, Open, National Geographic, Wall Street, Amnesty International, UNICEF, and many more. He has covered a variety of assignments from politics, features, and business.