Vivek Prakash is visuals professional with two decades of experience in multiple aspects of journalism.

He has worked as a desk editor, then a staff and chief photographer for Reuters, working across Asia on a variety of high-profile stories. From 2017-2020, reporting for AFP, he covered the political tumult in Hong Kong which culminated in mass street protests and violence, a turning point for democracy in Asia.

At the The New York Times, Vivek edited and signed off on front pages for the paper's International Edition; he also worked closely with photographers in crafting visual storytelling in the Asia-Pacific for the digital report across multiple platforms.

Since 2020, at the helm of Getty Images’ news operations in Asia, he has been bringing his considerable experience to bear in nurturing emerging talent with practical guidance and mentorship; many of these photographers have changed the look and feel of the visual report in Asia.

Under his leadership, Getty Images has become an engine for transformation; his mission is to lift the level of craftsmanship in visual storytelling to the highest degree, while holding the photographers he leads to uncompromising standards of ethics.