Qadri was born in
Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered
Kashmir. He had his first freelance assignment in 2001, and was then a staff photographer for a local newspaper. In 2003, he joined the
European Pressphoto Agency, for which he provided extensive coverage of the
Kashmir conflict before joining the
Associated Press in 2008.[1][2]
His picture of Kashmir village children playing cricket won the First prize in Sports Action and Feature category in the India Press Photo 2006 competition by The Indian Express' Ramnath Goenka Foundation.[4]
2007: Special Jury Prize (with seven others), Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards,[5] for a picture story about the conflict in Kashmir, Kashmir: Paradise in Pain.
First Prize in "One Weeks Work" category by Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2007[6]
Qadri was born in
Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered
Kashmir. He had his first freelance assignment in 2001, and was then a staff photographer for a local newspaper. In 2003, he joined the
European Pressphoto Agency, for which he provided extensive coverage of the
Kashmir conflict before joining the
Associated Press in 2008.[1][2]
His picture of Kashmir village children playing cricket won the First prize in Sports Action and Feature category in the India Press Photo 2006 competition by The Indian Express' Ramnath Goenka Foundation.[4]
2007: Special Jury Prize (with seven others), Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards,[5] for a picture story about the conflict in Kashmir, Kashmir: Paradise in Pain.
First Prize in "One Weeks Work" category by Pictures of the Year International (POYi) 2007[6]