N. Jaisingh was born in 1978 in the South Indian village of Vadipatti in Tamil Nadu. He graduated in Master of Communication Studies. Eager to work among the people of Indian villages and capture their reality, he started doing photographic portraits. A serious cinema enthusiast, his fascination for the moving image led him to work in the Mumbai film industry (Bollywood) as an Assistant cinematographer from 2005 to 2008. His works are distributed by the Trikaya Photos Agency. Jaisingh has held two solo exhibitions: The Land and the People of Narmada (YMCA Hall, Madurai, 2002) and Roots of Water (Alliance Francaise, Chennai, 2004).