Munir Uz Zaman is a Bangladeshi photographer.

Biography

Munir Uz Zaman works for the Paris-based international news agency

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(AFP). He has received recognition and awards for his works documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis. He has also published photos depicting daily life in Bangladesh. His photo of Tashnuva Anan Shishir, Bangladesh's first transgender news anchor, seated in the Boishakhi Television newsroom, flanked by her colleagues, was selected as one of '' Time's'' top 100 photos of 2021. In 2023, he participated in a group exhibition at

Drik Gallery Drik Picture Library is a photography agency and picture library based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Background Drik Picture Library was established in 1989 by Bangladeshi writer and photographer Shahidul Alam and Bangladeshi writer and anthropolo ...

in Dhaka to mark the ten year anniversary of the

Rana Plaza collapse The Rana Plaza collapse (also referred to as the Savar building collapse or the collapse of Rana Plaza) was a structural failure that occurred on 24 April 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an eight-storey commercia ...

Awards

* (2009) Pictures of the Year International: honorary mention, spot news * (2012) FCCT/OnAsia: first place, spot news * (2013) Human Rights Press Awards: first prize, feature photojournalism, for pictures of Rohingya refugees * (2013) Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar: second place, spot news

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Munir Uz Zaman Living people Bangladeshi photojournalists Bangladeshi photographers Bangladeshi artists Bangladeshi male writers Year of birth missing (living people)