Jayaram, who started handling the camera in 1962 at the age of fourteen, grew up to be one of the well-known environmental photographers in India. His photography career began in 1963 when he won first prize in a competition. He excelled in capturing images of insects, bugs and insects.[3] He was also interested in botany and taxonomy. He has co-authored a book on butterflies.[4] A frog species (Philautus jayarami) and a jumping spider (Myrmarachne jayaramani) have been named after him.[5] Jayaram has captured more than three lakh pictures from 1969 to 2006. His pictures have been published in several international medias including BBC. His photograph of an insect and a scorpion won the Gold and Silver Medal of the International Salon of Photographs in 1970. In 1978 he became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, UK. He also won an award from the International Federation of Photographic Art in Europe. Jayaram has co-authored books on butterflies of South India and Silent Valley.[6]
Jayaram died on 2 July 2023, at the age of 74.[1]