Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

Mohammad Rakibul Hasan (Bengali: মোহাম্মাদ রকিবুল হাসান, born 1977), also known as M R Hasan is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker and visual artist. He has made black and white photographs about climate change, political violence and the Rohingya refugee crisis. He has also been practicing fine art photography and digital art since many years.[1]

Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
মোহাম্মাদ রকিবুল হাসান
Born (1977-09-29) September 29, 1977
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
OccupationPhotojournalist, documentary photographer, filmmaker, visual artist
Years active2002–present
Known forDocumentary photography/film, photojournalism and Visual Art
Notable credit(s)
Lucie Award, Human Rights Press Award, Allard Prize, Joop Swart Masterclass, UNICEF photo of the year
Home townSherpur, Bangladesh
Websitewww.mrhasanphotos.com

Hasan was awarded the Lucie Awards Discovery of the Year 2018. He also received the 23rd Human Rights Press Awards for his series "The Looted Honor" on rape survivors of Rohingya Refugee from The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Journalists Association that recognizes top reporting on Asian news. [2]

Early life and education

Hasan was born in a small town in Sherpur, Bangladesh; he was the youngest of five children. Hasan was brought up in a middle class Muslim family. He had a rich library in his home where he spent a long time reading literature and looking at art. He was passionate about painting from early childhood and practiced writing Bengali poetry.

Hasan was introduced to photography whilst studying Film & Video Production at UBS Film School (Sydney Film School) at the University of Sydney, Australia in 2003. His interest in photography led him to become a professional photographer when he returned to Bangladesh. Hasan was granted a full scholarship from the World Press Photo (WPP) in the Netherlands to study a Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines in 2011 to 2012. He studied a Certificate of Higher Education in History of Art at the University of Oxford as a part-time student from 2015 to 2017. He was inspired by the work of David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Demand, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman and Man Ray.[3]

Work

Hasan contributes to The Daily Star, and he was represented by Melbourne-based Falcon Photo Agency, and later he joined New York City-based Redux Pictures.

Hasan has been commissioned by the Asian Development Bank,[4] FAO of the United Nations, International Committee for the Red Cross, Helen Keller Foundation, Save the Children, and Save an Orphan.

His work has been published in as newspapers, magazines, online media, and books such as Asian Geographic Magazine, the BBC,[5] The Ecologist, The Sunday Times, The Invisible Photographer Asia, Lenscratch, CFYE Magazine, and Fluster Magazine.

Hasan's photo stories include Park Life,[1][6] Salt,[7][8] Wave, and I am Rohingya.[9][10]

He is the admin of Bangladeshi Photographers (BP) photography community, which he created in 2005.[11]

He is a TEDx speaker.[12]

Awards
  • 2016: Grand Prize Winner, L.B. Brown Memorial Prize 2015, APAN, Japan[13]
  • 2017: 2nd Prize in Fine Art and 2 Honorable Mentions in Documentary Series Categories, The 4th Global Student Photography Contest 2017, China[14]
  • 2017: Award of Excellence, United Nations Information Center (UNIC) and Sophia University, Japan 2017[15]
  • 2017: 2nd Runner-up, International Photo Competition on Sustainable Lifestyle 2017, CIDSE Together for Global Justice,[16]
  • 2017: Bronze Prize under Single Image Daily life Category, Life Press Photo Award 2017, Ukraine[17]
  • 2017: Honorable Mention – Categories: 2 Digitally Enhanced, 1 Editorial Politics, 1 Editorial Environment - International Photo Awards (IPA) 2017, USA[18]
  • 2017: Finalist – Everyday Heroine, Youmanity Photography Award 2017, UK[19]
  • 2018: Lucie Awards Discovery of the Year[20]
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References
  1. Anil Cherukupalli (November 5, 2013) "In Conversation: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan" Archived 2014-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Aksgar Magazine. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. (May 16, 2019) "The 23rd Human Rights Press Awards", The Human Rights Press Awards. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  3. "Mohammad Rakibul Hasan: Photojournalist". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "Bangladesh by Asian Development Bank". Adb.exposure.co. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. "In pictures: Art of building". BBC News. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. "Park Life - A Photo Documentary by Mohammad Rakibul Hasan". 121Clicks.com. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. "Photo Story - Salt by Mohammad Rakibul Hasan". 121Clicks.com. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. "Salt". Asianego.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. "I am Rohingya, photo essay by Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, from Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh • PRIVATE - photographers and writers". Privatephotoreview.com. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. "M R Hasan, I am Rohingya - The Eye of Photography Magazine". Loeildelaphotographie.com. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  11. Sumaiya Ahsan Bushra (February 27, 2012) "Mohammad Rakibul Hasan: Photojournalist", Bangladesh Young and Future (The Daily Star). Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  12. (February 14, 2020) "Theme: Equanimity for Modernity", Ted. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  13. "Winner of L. B. Brown Memorial Photo Contest for August Announced - Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research". Apn-gcr.org. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  14. "Global Photography · The 4th Student Photography Contest Global Photography". En.g-photography.net. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  15. "SDGs 学生フォトコンテスト2017 ブラジルのルイス・グスターヴォ・カヴァリェイロ・シウヴァさんが 大賞（外務大臣賞）を受賞！ - 国連広報センター". Unic.or.jp. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  16. "CIDSE announces winners of the 2017 'Inspire Change' International Photo Competition". Cidse.org. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  17. "LifePressPhoto — International Salon of reporter photography 2017 - results". C42.startphotocontest.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  18. "Winners". Photoawards.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  19. "Winners Award 2017 - Youmanity". Youmanity.today. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  20. "'I am Rohingya' wins IPA Discovery of the Year Award 2018". The Daily Star. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
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