K M Asad | |
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কে এম আসাদ | |
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41)
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Years active | 2004–present |
Agent | Zuma Press |
Known for | Documentary photography, photojournalism |
Awards | 3rd Prize, Singles, Environment category, World Press Photo, 2021 [1] |
Website |
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Khandaker Muhammad Asad ( Bengali: খন্দকার মোহাম্মদ আসাদ; born 1983), known as K M Asad, is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer and photojournalist. He is currently a photojournalist at Zuma Press news agency and contributor photographer for Getty images. [ citation needed]
He won a 3rd Prize award at the 2021 World Press Photo for his Climate Crisis Solutions: Collecting Drinking Water in Kalabogi. [1]
Asad graduated with a degree in photography from Pathshala (The South Asian Media Academy) in 2008. [2]
In 2007, when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, Asad went to remote places to capture the conditions of local people. [3] He also covered the 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015. [4]
His work has been published by The Guardian, [5] Time, CNN, BBC, New Internationalist, The New York Times, Asia Time, The Telegraph, [6] Days Japan, Paris Match, National Geographic [7] (August 2019 cover picture) [8] [9] Discovery Channel magazine, Feature shoot, The Wall Street Journal, Saudi Aramco world magazine, MSNBC and Smithsonian. [10]
K M Asad | |
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কে এম আসাদ | |
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Born | 1983 (age 40–41)
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation | Photojournalist |
Years active | 2004–present |
Agent | Zuma Press |
Known for | Documentary photography, photojournalism |
Awards | 3rd Prize, Singles, Environment category, World Press Photo, 2021 [1] |
Website |
www |
Khandaker Muhammad Asad ( Bengali: খন্দকার মোহাম্মদ আসাদ; born 1983), known as K M Asad, is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer and photojournalist. He is currently a photojournalist at Zuma Press news agency and contributor photographer for Getty images. [ citation needed]
He won a 3rd Prize award at the 2021 World Press Photo for his Climate Crisis Solutions: Collecting Drinking Water in Kalabogi. [1]
Asad graduated with a degree in photography from Pathshala (The South Asian Media Academy) in 2008. [2]
In 2007, when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, Asad went to remote places to capture the conditions of local people. [3] He also covered the 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015. [4]
His work has been published by The Guardian, [5] Time, CNN, BBC, New Internationalist, The New York Times, Asia Time, The Telegraph, [6] Days Japan, Paris Match, National Geographic [7] (August 2019 cover picture) [8] [9] Discovery Channel magazine, Feature shoot, The Wall Street Journal, Saudi Aramco world magazine, MSNBC and Smithsonian. [10]