GMB Akash
| GMB Akash | |
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| Native name | জি এম বি আকাশ |
| Born |
GMB Akash 1977 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Residence | Bangladesh |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Years active | 1996 |
| Agent | Panos Pictures |
| Known for | Documentary photography |
| Notable credit(s) | World Press Photo Joop Swart Master Class, The Netherlands. |
| Home town | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | |
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GMB Akash (Bengali: জি এম বি আকাশ) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer. He has received more than 80 international awards and his work has been featured in over 70 major international publications.
Early life
GMB Akash was born in 1977 in Bangladesh. He graduated from Mymensingh Zilla School.
Career
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]
Publications
His work has been featured in publications including The Guardian,[3] the London Sunday Telegraph,[4] National Geographic, Vogue, The Sunday Times, Newsweek, Geo, Stern, Der Spiegel, The Fader, Brand Ein, Marie Claire, Colors, The Economist, The New Internationalist, Kontinente, Amnesty Journal, Courier International, PDN, Die Zeit, Days Japan and Hello.
Solo exhibitions
- Solo exhibition / book launch: "First Light" at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006
- “My Country, My People" at the Evangelische Stadtkirche Offenburg organized by the Evangelische Stadtkirchengemeinde, Pfarrer Peter Scherhans. Offenburg, Germany, 2007
- "Dhaka- Hamburg" at the Town Hall Gallery. Hamburg, Germany, 2007
- "The People from the Edge of the World" at the Town Hall Gallery. Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, 2007
- "The Children from the Edge of the World" at the Hanes-Office. Brussels, Belgium, 2007
- "Living on the Fringe" at the Der Spiegel Magazine Gallery. Hamburg, Germany, 2007
- "Made in Bangladesh" in the Gallery of "Anti War House" in Sievershausen, Germany, 2007
- Exhibition in the Press House of the Government. Berlin, Germany, 2007
- Photo presentation "Bangladesh” on the Cap San Diego ship. In collaboration with Amnesty International. Hamburg, Germany, 2007
- Photo presentation "Dangerous Photos" in the auditorium of the Gruner+Jahr Publishing House. In collaboration with GEO and Stern magazines. Germany, 2007
- Photo presentation "Living on the Edge" in the auditorium of the Bonn University. In collaboration with Orient Asia. Bonn, Germany, 2007
- "Made in Bangladesh" in the Regional Court Building, Baden Baden. In collaboration with the Justice Ministry, Germany, 2007
- "Living on the Edge of Society"; the Gallery Kunstraum. Potsdam, Berlin, Germany, 2007
- Photo presentation in FREELENS annual meetings 2007 at the Museum for Work. Hamburg, Germany, 2007
- Charleston Center for Photography, South Carolina, USA, 2009
- "The Voice of the True Survivors" at the HAT's Photo Art Gallery in Alessandria, Italy, 2009
- "Survivors" at Alliance Française de Dhaka, 2009; Shanghai International Photo Festival, China, 2010; Galleria di Porta Pepice, Matera, Italy, 2010; The Portuguese center of Photography, Porto, Portugal, 2011; Anastasia Gallery, USA, 2012; Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013[5]
- "Soulscapes” at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010; Alliance Française de Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2010
- "Born to work", The images festival in Vevey, Switzerland, 2010
- “Freedom to Create”, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011
- “My Mapless world”, Art-Buvette APCd Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013[6]
- Laos - A rural perspective at T'shop Lai Gallery, Organized by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) Vientiane, Laos, 2013
- "Water: Desert and Monsoon" with Gaetano Plasmati at Galleria di Porta Pepice, Matera, Italy, 2013
Awards
- World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in the Netherlands, 2002[7]
- Travel Photographer of the Year (2009) winner[3]
- Young Reporters Award, The Scope Photo Festival in Paris, 2004
- Finalist in Lugano Photo Days photo contest 2014, Switzerland.[8]
- Third place from Days Japan international photography contest, Japan, 2007.
- Forth and Honorable mention from Photographer's Forum magazine Annual photo contest 2007. USA
- First place (total five prizes) from the Friends of the Earth photo contest, 2006.The Netherlands
- World Press Photo award 2006.The Netherlands
- Golden Award from Asia Press photo Contest, 2006.China
- First place, Photographer's Forum magazine Annual photo contest 2006. USA
- Finalist of Gordon Parks annual Photo Contest 2006. USA
- Second place from the Gallery Art and Design annual photo contest. 2006. USA
- Certificate of Merit from India International Print Circuit (IIPC) 2000.
- Photographer of the Year, Aalock Group of Photographers, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2000.
- Third place, Press foundation of Asia photo contest, Bangladesh Chapter. 2002.
- Golden award from Asia Press Photo Contest, China. 2007.
- American Graphic Design award, USA. 2006
- Bronze and Honorable mention Award from China International Press photo contest 2006. China
- 3rd and 4th place, Photographer's forum magazine annual contest, USA, 2005.
- "Best of show" award from the center of fine art photography, Colorado, USA, 2005
- 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th place from WHO (World Health Organization) photo contest 2005, Geneva.
- Silver Medal from China international Press Photo Contest 2005 in their Daily life photo story category.
- Young reporter Award from Scoop photo festival of photojournalism, Paris, 2004.
- International Asahi Shimbun photo contest, Japan 2004.
- First and second Place in Photojournalism section from Popular Photography magazine annual photo contest 2004, USA.
- World congress Photo contest 2004, Oslo.
- Humanity photo Award, 2002, China.
- Special award from international Asahi Shimbun photo contest, Japan 2002.
- Special award from 20th Photo contest in Asia and Pacific cultural center for UNESCO (ACCU) Japan. 1997.
- Excellence from 23rd Photo contest in Asia and Pacific cultural center for UNESCO (ACCU) Japan. 1999.
- UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007, 2nd place.[9]
References
- ↑ "GMB Akash, Panos Pictures. Accessed 6 April 2015.
- ↑ "About me". GMB-Akash.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Travel Photographer of the Year 2009: winner's gallery", The Guardian, 29 January 2010. Accessed 6 April 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award winners", The Telegraph Accessed 6 April 2015.
- ↑ Exhibition notice for Survivors, Lugano Photo Festival, retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 23 October 2013.
- ↑ My Mapless world
- ↑ World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in the Netherlands, 2002
- ↑ Lugano Photo Days photo contest
- ↑ "Photo Gallery: UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007", Der Spiegel, 18 December 2007.