Probal Rashid

Probal Rashid was born in 1979 in Bangladesh. He completed MBA, and later studied photojournalism from Pathshala, The South Asian Media Academy and Institute of Photography. He participated in many workshops under reputed photographers; Raghu Rai, Morten Krogvold, Peter Fryer and others.

His works have been published in many national and international newspapers and magazines like The Days Japan Magazine, RVA Magazine, The Telegraph, The Focus magazine, The Dateline magazine, The Daily Star, The New Age, The New Nation, The Independent, The Bangkok Post. His photographs exhibited in Bangladesh, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, UK and USA.

He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work including the Days Japan Photojournalism Award, Yonhap International Press Photo Awards, KL International Photo award, FCCT/OnAsia Photojournalism Award, “Zoom-in on Poverty” Global Photo Award, CGAP microfinance photo award, WPGA Annual Pollux Awards, International Year of Biodiversity Award,. The 68th, 71st and 72nd International Photographic Salon of Japan (Ashahi Shimbun) award.