GMB Akash explained
GMB Akash (Bengali: জি এম বি আকাশ) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer.
Life and work
GMB Akash is a Bangladeshi photographer who concentrates on people living on the edge of society around the world. His work has been featured in over 100 major publications including Vogue, Time, Sunday Times, Newsweek, Geo, Stern, Der Spiegel, The Fader, Brand Ein, The Guardian, Marie Claire. etc. The photographs of GMB Akash have been exhibited all over the world. He has received more than 100 international photography awards.[1]
See his TED talk: The Super Heroes of Life.[2]
Akash works as a photographer for Panos Pictures, UK,[3] and founded the First Light Institute of Photography in Narayanganj, Bangladesh in August, 2013.[4]
His work has been featured in The Guardian,[5] [6] the London Sunday Telegraph,[7] The Fader,[8]
Solo exhibitions
- Solo exhibition / book launch: First Light at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006[9]
- Survivors at Alliance Française de Dhaka, 2009;[10]
- Lugano Photo Festival, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013[11]
- Soulscapes at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010;[12]
- My Mapless world, Art-Buvette APCd Gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland, 2013[13]
Awards
- 2002, third place, Press Foundation of Asia, Bangladesh Chapter, photo contest[14]
- 2002, World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, the Netherlands[12]
- 2004, Young Reporters Award, The Scope Photo Festival in Paris[10]
- 2005, "Best of Show" award from the Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, US[9]
- 2007, UNICEF Photos of the Year, 2nd place.[15]
- 2009, Travel Photographer of the Year winner
- 2010, CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Quality of Life winner
- 2014, one of ten finalists in Lugano Photo Days contest, Switzerland[16]
Notes and References
- Web site: GMB Akash Facebook page . .
- Web site: The Super Heroes of Life .
- "GMB Akash, Panos Pictures. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- Web site: About me . GMB Akash.
- News: 29 January 2010 . Travel Photographer of the Year 2009: winner's gallery . The Guardian . 6 April 2015.
- News: Pilkington . Ed . 18 August 2010 . Half the Sky: how the trafficking of women today is on a par with genocide . The Guardian.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100926094058/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8020185/CIWEM-Environmental-Photographer-of-the-Year-2010-award-winners.html?image=3 "CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year 2010 award winners"
- 1 October 2010 . No kids: GMB Akash exposes the dependence and negligence of Bangladesh's child labor force . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153534/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-280197199.html . dead . 24 September 2015 . The Fader .
- News: 5 May 2006 . First Light in Akash's World . The Dhaka Courier . Infotrac Newsstand.
- News: 12 August 2009 . Akash's solo photo exhibition on Friday . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203258/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1827900571.html . dead . 24 September 2015 . Dhaka . United News of Bangladesh .
- Web site: Exhibition: Survivors by GMB Akash . Lugano Photo Days . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023181306/http://www.luganophotodays.ch/en/guests/edition-2013/gmb-akash/exhibition/ . 23 October 2013.
- News: 31 December 2010 . Year in Culture . The Daily Star . 16 June 2015.
- Photography - Voyage Collection . 15 April 2013 . IMPress . International Press Association.
- News: 6 February 2003 . Photojournalism plays key role in enriching newspapers . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924181744/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-71567664.html . dead . 24 September 2015 . Bangladesh . The Independent . FDCH e-media . 16 June 2015.
- News: 18 December 2007 . Photo Gallery: UNICEF Photos of the Year 2007 . Der Spiegel.
- Web site: Contest 2014 Photo Gallery Finalists . Lugano Photo Days.
