GMB Akash

GMB Akash
Native name জি এম বি আকাশ
Born GMB Akash
1977
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Residence Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Education Mymensingh Zilla School
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.
Website gmb-akash.com

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

Life and work

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] The Fader,[6]

Solo exhibitions

  • Solo exhibition / book launch: First Light at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006[7]
  • Survivors at Alliance Française de Dhaka, 2009;[8]
  • Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013[9]
  • Soulscapes at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010;[10]
  • My Mapless world, Art-Buvette APCd Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013[11]

Awards

  • 2002, third place, Press Foundation of Asia, Bangladesh Chapter, photo contest[12]
  • 2002, World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, the Netherlands[10]
  • 2004, Young Reporters Award, The Scope Photo Festival in Paris[8]
  • 2005, "Best of Show" award from the Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, US[7]
  • 2007, UNICEF Photos of the Year, 2nd place.[13]
  • 2009, Travel Photographer of the Year winner[3]
  • 2010, CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Quality of Life winner[5]
  • 2014, one of ten finalists in Lugano Photo Days contest, Switzerland[14]

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.
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