GMB Akash

GMB Akash
Native name জি এম বি আকাশ
Born GMB Akash
1977
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Residence Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Occupation Photojournalist
Years active 1996-present
Agent Panos Pictures
Known for Documentary photography
Notable credit(s) World Press Photo Joop Swart Master Class, The Netherlands.
Home town Dhaka, Bangladesh
Religion Islam
Website gmb-akash.com

GMB Akash (Bengali: জি এম বি আকাশ) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer. He has received more than 80 international awards and his work has been featured in over 70 major international publications.

Life and work

Akash was born in 1977 in Bangladesh. He graduated from Mymensingh Zilla School.

Akash works as a photographer for Panos Pictures, UK,[1] and founded the First Light Institute of Photography in Narayanganj, Bangladesh in August, 2013. [2]

His work has been featured in The Guardian,[3][4] the London Sunday Telegraph,[5] National Geographic, Vogue, The Sunday Times, Newsweek, Geo, Stern, Der Spiegel, The Fader,[6] Brand Ein, Marie Claire, Colors, The Economist, The New Internationalist, Kontinente, Amnesty Journal, Courier International, PDN, Die Zeit, Days Japan and Hello.

Solo exhibitions

Awards

References

  1. "GMB Akash, Panos Pictures. Accessed 6 April 2015.
  2. "About me". GMB Akash.
  3. 1 2 "Travel Photographer of the Year 2009: winner's gallery". The Guardian. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. Pilkington, Ed (18 August 2010). "Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide". The Guardian.
  5. 1 2 "CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award winners", The Telegraph Accessed 6 April 2015.
  6. "No kids: GMB Akash exposes the dependence and negligence of Bangladesh's child labor force". The Fader. 1 October 2010 via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  7. 1 2 "First Light in Akash's World". The Dhaka Courier. 5 May 2006 via Infotrac Newsstand. (subscription required (help)).
  8. 1 2 "Akash's solo photo exhibition on Friday". United News of Bangladesh (Dhaka). 12 August 2009 via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  9. "Exhibition: Survivors by GMB Akash". Lugano Photo Days. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Year in Culture". The Daily Star. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  11. "Photography - Voyage Collection". IMPress (Press release). International Press Association. 15 April 2013.
  12. "Photojournalism plays key role in enriching newspapers". The Independent (Bangladesh: FDCH e-media). 6 February 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2015 via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  13. "Photo Gallery: UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007". Spiegel Online. 18 December 2007.
  14. "Contest 2014 Photo Gallery Finalists". Lugano Photo Days.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, February 05, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.