GMB Akash

GMB Akash (Bengali: জি এম বি আকাশ) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer.

GMB Akash
জি এম বি আকাশ
Born
GMB Akash

1977
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationMymensingh Zilla School
OccupationPhotojournalist
Years active1996-present
AgentPanos Pictures
Known forDocumentary photography
Notable credit(s)
World Press Photo Joop Swart Master Class, The Netherlands.
Websitewww.gmb-akash.com

Life and work

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]

His work has been featured in The Guardian,[3][4] the London Sunday Telegraph,[5] The Fader,[6]

Solo exhibitions
  • Solo exhibition / book launch: First Light at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006[7]
  • Survivors at Alliance Française de Dhaka, 2009;[8]
  • Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013[9]
  • Soulscapes at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010;[10]
  • My Mapless world, Art-Buvette APCd Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013[11]

Awards
  • 2002, third place, Press Foundation of Asia, Bangladesh Chapter, photo contest[12]
  • 2002, World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, the Netherlands[10]
  • 2004, Young Reporters Award, The Scope Photo Festival in Paris[8]
  • 2005, "Best of Show" award from the Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, US[7]
  • 2007, UNICEF Photos of the Year, 2nd place.[13]
  • 2009, Travel Photographer of the Year winner[3]
  • 2010, CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Quality of Life winner[5]
  • 2014, one of ten finalists in Lugano Photo Days contest, Switzerland[14]
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References
  1. "GMB Akash, Panos Pictures. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. "About me". GMB Akash.
  3. "Travel Photographer of the Year 2009: winner's gallery". The Guardian. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. Pilkington, Ed (18 August 2010). "Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide". The Guardian.
  5. "CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award winners", The Telegraph Accessed 6 April 2015.
  6. "No kids: GMB Akash exposes the dependence and negligence of Bangladesh's child labor force". The Fader. 1 October 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  7. "First Light in Akash's World". The Dhaka Courier. 5 May 2006 – via Infotrac Newsstand.
  8. "Akash's solo photo exhibition on Friday". United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka. 12 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  9. "Exhibition: Survivors by GMB Akash". Lugano Photo Days. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
  10. "Year in Culture". The Daily Star. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  11. "Photography - Voyage Collection". IMPress (Press release). International Press Association. 15 April 2013.
  12. "Photojournalism plays key role in enriching newspapers". The Independent. Bangladesh: FDCH e-media. 6 February 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
  13. "Photo Gallery: UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007". Der Spiegel. 18 December 2007.
  14. "Contest 2014 Photo Gallery Finalists". Lugano Photo Days.
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