Abir Abdullah's Friends

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Current position and base (organization, company, etc.): Chief Photographer
Bangladesh Bureau
european pressphoto agency ( www.epa.eu)
Dhaka

Biography: Abir Abdullah was born in 1971 in Bagerhat in Southern Bangladesh. He obtained a masters in Marketing (M. Com) from Dhaka University, before taking up photography. He completed a basic course in photography from the Bangladesh Photographic Institute in 1993, and completed a diploma in photojournalism from Pathshala in 1999. He was a student of the first batch of students of Pathshala and completed a three year seminar (Pleasure of Life) assigned and supported by World Press Photo Foundation- Netherlands. Abir has won numerous awards including the Mother Jones Award in 2001 for his work on Freedom Fighters (Veterans of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971), 1st prize in the WHO contest, Switzerland 2002. 1st Prize in SAJA (South Asian Journalist Association) Photo Award 2005. 1st Prize National Disaster category NPPA best of photojournalism award 2008.

Abir’s work has been published in New York Times, Asiaweek, Guardian and the New Internationalist Magazine and many other international publications. He was one of the photographers featured in the book BLINK, published by Phaidon, featuring 100 photographers worldwide. He worked as freelance photographer from 1994 to 1995. As a staff photographer at Drik Picture Library from 1996 to 2005, and has recently has joined as a photojournalist and Bangladesh correspondent of the European Press Photo Agency (EPA).

Specialities & interests: Photojournalism
Documentary
Teaching

Environmental issues
Social and political issues
Human Rights

Contact details (email, phone, IM, etc.): Abir Abdullah
email: abir.epa@gmail.com
Mobile: +8801715105546
Office: +88029136894

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At 2:12pm on April 8, 2010, OPEN-i said…: Hi Abir,

Welcome to OPEN-i! Please take a moment to read our Community Norms and refer to the About OPEN-i section for all the info & help you need on the site. Also, check out archives of our online webinar discussions Look forward to sharing ideas!

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