Vicky Roy

Vicky Roy (born 1987) is a photographer from Purulia, West Bengal, India.

Early life At the age of 11, Roy ran away from home to New Delhi He worked as a dishwasher and rag picker at the New Delhi railway station for months until a doctor referred him to the Salaam Balak non-governmental organisation (NGO). In the NGO, Roy met a British photographer who became his inspiration. At the age of 18, the NGO presented a camera to him, and he left after getting an apprenticeship with Anay Mann. In 2016, he featured in the Forbes Asia "30 under 30" list. In 2019, he debuted at the Asia Society Texas Center (ASTC) with Scraping the Sky: Photographs by Vicky Roy.