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Native name
  
প্রবাল রশিদ

Home town
  
Gazipur, Bangladesh

Agent
  
Zuma Press

Years active
  
2004–present

Residence
  
Bangladesh


Occupation
  
Photojournalist

Role
  
Photojournalist

Nationality
  
Bangladeshi

Name
  
Probal Rashid

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Born
  
August 7, 1979 (age 44) (
1979-08-07
)
Gazipur, Bangladesh


Known for
  
Documentary photography

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Probal Rashid (Bengali: প্রবাল রশিদ) (born 1979) is a documentary photographer and photojournalist of Bangladesh. His work has appeared in magazines and newspapers.

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Early life and education

Rashid was born in Gazipur, Bangladesh, in 1979, and grew up there as the rural area urbanized and industrialized. He completed secondary school and a Bachelor's in Business Administration there. His middle class parents wanted him to get a corporate job, so he moved to Dhaka, earned a Master of Business Administration and started an internship with a financial aid company. His passion, however, was for photography. He quit his job and in 2007 enrolled at Pathshala, a school of photography, for a two-year course of study.

He completed a post Graduation Diploma in Photojournalism through a scholarship program of World Press Photo at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (ACFJ) at Ateneo De Manila University in the Philippines.

Career

For four years Rashid worked as a photographer at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University. In 2014, he co-founded Absurd Photos, a co-operative photo agency in Dhaka. He is represented by American agency Zuma Press.

His work has been included in international newspapers, magazines and websites: Dodho Magazine, Burn Magazine, Beautiful/Decay, Forbes Magazine, The Guardian, LensCulture, The Wall Street Journal, Nepal earthquake, Mirror News, People and Planet, Press Blue, RVA, The Huffington Post, and The Eye of Photography.

Awards

  • 2nd Prize from the Maati Imaging Bangladesh Photo Contest 2007
  • First place in Feature Photography category from FCCT/OnAsia Photo-journalism contest 2010, Thailand
  • International Year of Biodiversity Award 2010 organized by IUCN and UNDP.
  • Bronze Prize from the Yonhap International Press Photo (YIPP) Awards 2011, Korea.
  • CGAP micro finance photo award 2011 Organized by World Bank, USA
  • Third prize in portrait story category from the KL International Photoawards, Malaysia 2011.
  • Silver Medal Awards from the New Images Photography Awards 2012, California
  • Public Prize from the Days Japan International Photojournalism Award 2012.
  • Awards of Excellence from the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards 2013, USA.
  • 2nd prize in the Feature Story category of the 2015 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest
  • 2nd prize in Editorial- Photo Essay and Feature Story category of the International Photography Awards (IPA).
  • First place in 7th annual FCCT / LightRocket Asia-Pacific Photojournalism Contest in feature photography 2015, Philippines.
  • Award of Excellence, World Health Division, 72nd Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2015, USA
  • Silver Prize from the China International Press Photo Competition (CHIPP) 2015, China
  • Bronze Prize from the China International Press Photo Competition (CHIPP) 2015, China
  • Honourable Mention in Portrait category of the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards 2015, USA.
  • 1st Place and 3rd Place in the 10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2015, USA
  • Honourable Mention in Pictorial category of the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards 2015, USA.
  • The FCCT-LightRocket Asia-Pacific Photojournalism Contest.
  • Gold Prize in Daily Life Category of the 4th Asian Press Photo Contest, China
  • References

    Probal Rashid Wikipedia