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Probal Rashid is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer and photojournalist based in Washington D.C. He is passionate about human rights, social justice and environmental issues and believes responsible visual story-telling can raise questions that makes awareness regarding the issues. His works have been published in many prominent national and international newspapers and magazines such as, Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Wired, Forbes, GEO, Days Japan, Paris Match, Stern, Telegraph, Focus magazine and the Guardian. Moreover, his photographs have been exhibited and screening worldwide, including in Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan, Head On Photo Festival in Australia, Alexey Brodovitch Gallery and Hearst Gallery in New York City, Somerset House in London, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, Suwon Photo International Festival in South Korea, MAPKL White Box Gallery in Malaysia. Probal is the recipient of numerous awards for his work including the Pictures Of the Year International (POYi), Days Japan Photojournalism Award, China International Press Photo Award (CHIPP), NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Awards, Yonhap International Press Photo Awards, KL International Photo award, FCCT/OnAsia Photojournalism Award, “Zoom-in on Poverty” Global Photo Award, CGAP microfinance photo award, WPGA Annual Pollux Awards in U.K, International Year of Biodiversity Award and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest. Interview Links: Awards: 2022 Award of Excellence in Portrait Category from the 80th Pictures Of the Year International (POYi), USA2018 2nd prize in Portfolio category of the HIPA 7th season of competition, UAE2018 Category Winner in the WFP Food for Life category of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year,UK2018 Shortlist in professional category of the Sony World Photography Awards, UK2018 Honorable Mention from the 2017 Imagely Fund competition2017 Special Blue Prize from the All4TheGreen Photo4Climate Contest organized by World Bank Group2017 Honorable Mention from the 12th Annual Photoshare Photo Contest2016 Gold Prize in Daily Life Category of the 4th Asian Press Photo Contest, China2016 Honorable Mention in Editorial Category of the International Photography Awards (IPA), USA2016 Honorable Mention in the People – Portrait Category of the Neutral Density photography (ND) awards2016 Honorable Mention in People and Portrait Category of the Siena International Photography Award, Italy2015 Award of Excellence from the 72nd Pictures Of the Year International (POYi), USA2015 Silver Prize from the China International Press Photo Competition(CHIPP), China2015 Bronze Prize from the China International Press Photo Competition(CHIPP), China2015 Honorable Mention in Portrait category of the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards, USA2015 Honorable Mention in Pictorial category of the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards, USA2015 First prize in Feature category of the FCCT-LightRocket Asia-Pacific Photojournalism Contest, Thailand2015 2nd Prize in Editorial – Photo Essay Category of the International Photography Awards (IPA), USA2015 Honorable Mention in the Editorial – Photo Essay Category of the Moscow International Foto Awards(MIFA), Russia2015 Honorable Mention in the People – Portrait Category of the Neutral Density photography (ND) awards2015 2nd Prize in People and Portrait Category of the Siena International Photography Award, Italy2015 1st Place and 3rd Place in the10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards, USA2015 2nd Prize in the Feature Story Category of the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest, USA2014 Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards (IPA), USA2014 Honorable Mention from the 7th Annual Photography Masters Cup, USA2014 Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards (IPA), USA2014 Honorable Mention from the Celebrating Life Photographic Award, Bangladesh2014 CGAP micro finance photo award 2014 Organized by World Bank, USA2013 Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards (IPA), USA2013 Awards of Excellence from the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards, USA2013 Honorable Mention from the Celebrating Life Photographic Award, Bangladesh2013 Honorable Mention from the Hearst 8X10 Photography Biennial Competition, USA2012 Honorable Mention from the Photographer’s Forum Annual Photo Contest, USA2012 Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards (IPA), USA2012 Silver Medal Awards from the New Images Photography Awards, California2012 Honorable Mention from the WPGA Portrait Award 2012, UK Juried by Steve McCurry2012 Public Prize from the Days Japan International Photojournalism Award, Japan.2012 Honorable Mention from the Celebrating Life Photographic Award, Bangladesh.2011 The 72th International Photographic Salon of Japan (Asahi Shimbun) organized by The All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies.2011 Highly commended from CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition, UK.2011 Bronze Prize from the Yonhap International Press Photo(YIPP) Awards, Korea.2011 CGAP micro finance photo award Organized by World Bank, USA2011 Honorary Mention Award from the “Zoom-in on Poverty” Global Photo Contest 2011 organized by the Xinhua News Agency and the UNDP, China.2011 Third prize in portrait story category from the KL International Photoawards, Malaysia 2011.2010 Honorable Mention in humanitarian documentary category from WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010, UK2010 Honorable Mention in Culture & daily life category from WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010, UK2010 First place in Feature Photography category from FCCT/OnAsia Photo-journalism contest, Thailand2010 The 71st International Photographic Salon of Japan (Asahi Shimbun) 2010 organized by The All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies.2010 International Year of Biodiversity Award 2010 organized by IUCN and UNDP.2008 The 68th International Photographic Salon of Japan (Asahi Shimbun) 2008 organized by The All-Japan Association of Photographic Societies.2008 Honorable Mention from The Maati Imaging Bangladesh Photo Contest 20082007 2nd Prize from The Maati Imaging Bangladesh Photo Contest 2007 2nd Prize from The International Inter University Photography competition 20072005 1st Prize from The International Inter University Photography competition 20052003 Awarded with Bangladesh Photography Society in 2003
