GMB Akash

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Intro

Bangladeshi photographer

Places

Bangladesh

Photographer

Work field

Arts

Gender

Male

Birth

1977

Place of birth

Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Age

48 years

Residence

Bangladesh, Bangladesh

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Biography

GMB Akash (Bengali: জি এম বি আকাশ) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer.

Life and work

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

His work has been featured in The Guardian, the London Sunday Telegraph, The Fader,

Solo exhibitions

Solo exhibition / book launch: First Light at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006
Survivors at Alliance Française de Dhaka, 2009;
Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013
Soulscapes at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010;
My Mapless world, Art-Buvette APCd Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013

Awards

2002, third place, Press Foundation of Asia, Bangladesh Chapter, photo contest
2002, World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, the Netherlands
2004, Young Reporters Award, The Scope Photo Festival in Paris
2005, "Best of Show" award from the Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, US
2007, UNICEF Photos of the Year, 2nd place.
2009, Travel Photographer of the Year winner
2010, CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Quality of Life winner
2014, one of ten finalists in Lugano Photo Days contest, Switzerland

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