GMB Akash
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| Born | GMB Akash Script error: No such module "person date". Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Education | Mymensingh Zilla School |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Photojournalist |
| Years active | 1996-present |
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| AgentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Panos PicturesTemplate:Pluralize from text |
| Known for | Documentary photography |
| Notable creditTemplate:Pluralize from text | World Press Photo Joop Swart Master Class, The Netherlands.Template:Pluralize from text |
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| Website | www |
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GMB Akash (Template:Langx) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer.
Life and work
GMB Akash is a Bangladeshi photographer who concentrates on people living on the edge of society around the world. His work has been featured in over 100 major publications including Vogue, Time, Sunday Times, Newsweek, Geo, Stern, Der Spiegel, The Fader, Brand Ein, The Guardian, Marie Claire. etc.[citation needed] The photographs of GMB Akash have been exhibited all over the world. He has received more than 100 international photography awards.[1]
Akash works as a photographer for Panos Pictures, UK,[2] and founded the First Light Institute of Photography in Narayanganj, Bangladesh in August, 2013.[3]
His work has been featured in The Guardian,[4][5] the London Sunday Telegraph,[6] The Fader,[7]
Solo exhibitions
- Solo exhibition / book launch: First Light at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006[8]
- Survivors at Alliance Française de Dhaka, 2009;[9]
- Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013[10]
- Soulscapes at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010;[11]
- My Mapless world, Art-Buvette APCd Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013[12]
Awards
- 2002, third place, Press Foundation of Asia, Bangladesh Chapter, photo contest[13]
- 2002, World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, the Netherlands[11]
- 2004, Young Reporters Award, The Scope Photo Festival in Paris[9]
- 2005, "Best of Show" award from the Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, US[8]
- 2007, UNICEF Photos of the Year, 2nd place.[14]
- 2009, Travel Photographer of the Year winner[4]
- 2010, CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Quality of Life winner[6]
- 2014, one of ten finalists in Lugano Photo Days contest, Switzerland[15]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GMB Akash Facebook page". Facebook.
- ^ "GMB Akash, Panos Pictures. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About me". GMB Akash.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Travel Photographer of the Year 2009: winner's gallery". The Guardian. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pilkington, Ed (18 August 2010). "Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award winners", The Telegraph Accessed 6 April 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."No kids: GMB Akash exposes the dependence and negligence of Bangladesh's child labor force". The Fader. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First Light in Akash's World". The Dhaka Courier. 5 May 2006 – via Infotrac Newsstand.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Akash's solo photo exhibition on Friday". United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka. 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Exhibition: Survivors by GMB Akash". Lugano Photo Days. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Year in Culture". The Daily Star. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Photography - Voyage Collection". IMPress (Press release). International Press Association. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on April 20, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Photojournalism plays key role in enriching newspapers". The Independent. Bangladesh: FDCH e-media. 6 February 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Photo Gallery: UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007". Der Spiegel. 18 December 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Contest 2014 Photo Gallery Finalists". Lugano Photo Days.
External links
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