Jashim Salam

Jashim Salam
Born	1978 Chittagong, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	Pathshala, South Asian Media Academy
Occupation	Photojournalist
Known for	Documentary photography
Website	jashimsalam.com

Jashim Salam (born 1978) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer and photojournalist.

Biography

Salam graduated in photography from Pathshala the south Asian institute of photography and media academy. He has been teaching, mentoring photography in workshops and seminars for aspiring young photographers regularly and has also been on the jury boards of numerous photography contests in Bangladesh. Social photo-documentary, portraits are among his interests. He started his photographic career with DrikNEWS agency. He worked for New Age an English daily of Bangladesh, Drik picture agency, Majority world, Nur photo agency, and Corbis images.

His work has been featured in the exhibitions and screening worldwide, including Visa Pour l'Image, in Perpignan, The Photoville festival in New York, Atrium of the Town Hall, The Hague, Netherlands, Maison familiale Pro Juventute, Geneva, The Getty Images Gallery, London, Gallery of the French Alliance Foundation Paris, France.

Publications

Salam's work published extensively in National and international books, magazine, publications, including:

The Sunday Times Magazine
Lensblog.NY Times
WIRED
SPIEGEL
Observer
The Wall Street Journal
The Guardians
Observers.france24
360 Magazine
27 eyes on Sylhet
Photographs magazine
CNN
Reader's Digest
The Weather Channel
New Internationalist
One world calendar
Helvetas
The Climate Crisis
Garuda Indonesia Magazine
National Geographic
Reuters
AP
Zuma press
SIPA press
Photojournale
Corbis images

Awards

2nd place, mosco foto festival,2014
2nd spotlight fotovisura grant, 2013 ^[1]
Grand prize IPA street photography award, 2012
1st prize Gold,3rd Asian Press Photo contest, 2012 ^[2]
1st prize in Emirates photography award, 2011 ^[3]
2nd prize in people and planet contest, 2011
Ian Parry scholarship (Commended), 2011 ^[4]^[5]
2nd prize people and planet award, 2011
YPPA photojournalism award, 2011
FCCT photojournalism award, 2011
International biodiversity award, 2010
Humanity Photo award, 2011
Humanity Photo award, 2009
Asahi Shimbun- International Photographic Salon of Japan, 2008

Exhibition

Visa Pour l'Image 2015, Perpignan, France.
Visa Pour l'Image, Perpignan, France.
Photoville festival in New York, US.
Atrium of the Town Hall, The Hague, Netherlands.
Glarus, Switzerland.
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand.
United Nations, New York.
Zentrum Karl der Grosse, Kirchgasse, Switzerland.
HIPA exhibition Dubai, UAE.
Maison familiale Pro Juventute, Geneva, Switzerland.
Forum de l'Hôtel de Ville, Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Getty Images Gallery, London, UK.
The National Theatre, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Gallery of the French Alliance Foundation Paris, France.
The Gallery of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan.
The Rotch Library Gallery at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US.
China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA), Guangzhou, China.

References

↑ Fotovisura, USA (July 5, 2013). "The FotoVisura Grant Results!".
↑ Asianewsphoto (2012-09-20). "The 3rd Asia Press Photo Contest announced in Beijing".
↑ Emirates Photography Competition 2012, UAE (26 July 2012). "6th Session 2011".
↑ Ian Parry, England. "Water World".
↑ Ian Parry Scholarship, England (2011). "Alumni".

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