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I have been fully devoted to photography for the last 22 years. Now I am a freelance advertising and commercial photographer. I had been doing job in a leading advertising agency (Unitrend Ltd. Affiliated with McCann-Erickson World Group) as a Professional Photographer (my designation: Associated Director-Photography) in Bangladesh since 1998 to 2011. On 30 September, 2011, I resigned from my post in an advertising firm to devote myself to freelance photography. Besides my profession I like to take photos of landscape, nature, fine art, people and portrait etc. I completed my education in B.Sc. in Leather technology under the University Of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I worked as a leather technologist for 10 months, and I realized that my future does not lie there, so I resigned and started working as a photographer. Instead of a leather technologist, I turned out to become a professional photographer. Experience: Twenty one years in Advertising & commercial Photographic field as a Professional Photographer (Former: Associate Director of Photography Since 1998 to September’ 2011, Unitrend Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh) Publications: Hundreds of photographs have been published in different medium like –billboard, press ad, poster, pack design, TV commercial, brochure, calendar, books, etc. in local company and multinational companies. Photographic Awards, Acceptance & Exhibition: International Awards: 1) 3rd Prize-"20th Anniversary Photo Competition of CIRDAP (1979-1999) Asia and the Pacific, 1999“, Bangladesh 2) “Runner up Award”, South Asia Regional Category “Commonwealth Photographic Awards’ 2007“, London, UK. 3) Honorable Mention “The 70th International Photographic Salon of Japan”2009 The Asahi Shimbun 4) Performance Award The Humanity Photo Awards 2013, China Organized By The China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) & UNESCO 5) Excellence Award The 15th China International Photographic Art Exhibition-(CIPAE)-2013 Organized by China Photographers Association China 6) Nomination Award The Humanity Photo Awards 2015, China Organized By The China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) & UNESCO 7) Performance Award The Humanity Photo Awards 2015, China Organized By The China Folklore Photographic Association (CFPA) & UNESCO 8) Merit Medal Happiness Category HIPA’ 2015-2016 Dubai, U.A.E. 9) Exhibition Award 2nd International Photography Contest of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey 10) 5 Awards 2nd Prize -- Bring home the Harvest Highly commended -- 4 awards in four categories Food for celebration, Food for family, Politics of Food, World Food Program Food for life Pink Lady Food photographer of the year 2019, London, U.K. 11) Local (Bangladesh) Club and National Awards--32 12) Photo of the Day-National Geographic (online magazine)-16, August’2012 http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/coconut-seller-bangladesh Link-Your shot-Natgeo: Apollo https://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/45746/ 12) Photo of the day-09, Nov’ 2018 >> Smith Sonian Magazine photo contest https://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/photo-of-the-day/2018-11-09/hindu-prayers-in-a-fasting-and-lighting-of-lamps-festival/ 13) WFPA-World Folklore Photographers Association Award winning photo stories of Apollo http://www.worldfpa.org/?page_id=8183 Art photography Acceptances and Exhibition of countries: Argentina, South Africa, U.K., Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand , Japan, China, Turkey, UAE, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and many Commonwealth countries.

 

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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-01
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-02
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-03
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passenger riding trains through the window for challenging journey-04
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-05
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passenger riding trains through the window for challenging journey-06
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-07
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-08
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Passengers riding trains through the window for challenging journey-09
Kamlapur Railway Station, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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