Social humanitarian and environmental issues
Probal Rashid is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer based in Washington D.C. He is passionate about human rights, social justice and environmental issues and believes responsible visual story-telling can raise questions that makes awareness regarding the issues.
His works have been published in many prominent national and international newspapers and magazines such as, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Forbes, GEO and the Guardian. Moreover, his photographs have been exhibited and screening worldwide, including in Visa Pour l’Image in Perpignan, Head On Photo Festival in Australia, Alexey Brodovitch Gallery and Hearst Gallery in New York City, Somerset House in London, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, Suwon Photo International Festival in South Korea, MAPKL White Box Gallery in Malaysia.
Probal is the recipient of numerous awards for his work including the Pictures Of the Year International (POYi), Days Japan Photojournalism Award, China International Press Photo Award (CHIPP), NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism Awards, Yonhap International Press Photo Awards, KL International Photo award, FCCT/OnAsia Photojournalism Award, HIPA in UAE, International Year of Biodiversity Award, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest and the American Photography 41 Chosen Winner.
