Munem Wasif

Munem Wasif
Born (1983-04-11)11 April 1983
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Occupation Photographer, teacher, writer
Known for Documentary photography
Website munemwasif.com

Munem Wasif (Bengali: মুনেম ওয়াসিফ) (born 11 April 1983) is a photographer from Bangladesh.

Biography

Munem Wasif is an eminent documentary photographer in Bangladesh. He has been represented by Agence Vu since 2008,[1] and is now teaching documentary photography at Pathshala South Asian Media Academy.[2]

He was selected for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in 2007. In 2008, he won the City of Perpignan Young Reporter's Award at Visa pour l'image.[3] That year, he also won the International Award for concerned photography, the F25 for under-25's in the Fabrica awards. The following year, he was awarded the Prixpictet commission.[4] for his work on the water crisis of the northwest region of Bangladesh.

His work has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Musée de l'Élysée, and the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland, the International Photography Biennial of the Islamic World in Iran, Tokoy Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Japan, the Kunsthal Museum and the Noordelight festival.[5] in the Netherlands, Angkor photo festival in Cambodia, London's Whitechapel Gallery, Palais de Tokyo, Visa pour l'image in France, and at Chobi Mela, .[6] Bangladesh.

Wasif's photographs have been published in Le Monde 2, the Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian.,[7] Politiken, Io Donna, Mare, Du, Days Japan, L'espresso, Libération, Courier International, Photo, British Journal of Photography, LensCulture, Photo District News and Zonezero.[8] Munem Wasif began his career as a feature photographer for the Daily Star newspaper, Bangladesh, after graduating from Pathshala.

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