Probal Rashid is a Documentary photographer based on Dhaka, 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. He is a contract photographer with ZUMA Press (US) and OnAsia Images (Singapore). His works have been published in many national and international newspapers and magazines like The Days Japan Magazine, The Forbes 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, NPPA’s the Best of 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 (Asahi Shimbun) award.
[Prizes] 2013 Awards of Excellence from the NPPA’s the Best of Photojournalism Awards 2013, USA Honorable Mention from the Hearst 8X10 Photography Biennial Competition 2013, USA Honorable Mention from the Celebrating Life Photographic Award-2013, Bangladesh 2012 Public Prize from the Days Japan International Photojournalism Award 2012, Japan Honorable Mention from the Photographer’s Forum Annual Photo Contest 2012, USA Honorable Mention from the International Photography Awards (IPA) 2012, USA Silver Medal Awards from the New Images Photography Awards 2012, California, USA Honorable Mention from the WPGA Portrait Award 2012, UK. Juried by Steve McCurry Honorable Mention from the Celebrating Life Photographic Award-2012, Bangladesh 2011 The 72th International Photographic Salon of Japan (Asahi Shimbun) 2011 organized by The All Japan Association of Photographic Societies Highly commended from CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition 2011, UK Bronze Prize from the Yonhap International Press Photo(YIPP) Awards 2011, Korea CGAP micro finance photo award 2011 Organized by World Bank, USA Honorary Mention Award from the “Zoom-in on Poverty” Global Photo Contest 2011 organized by the Xinhua News Agency and the UNDP, China Third prize in portrait story category from the KL International Photoawards, Malaysia 2011 2010 First place in Feature Photography category from FCCT/OnAsia Photo-journalism contest 2010, Thailand Honorable Mention in humanitarian documentary category from WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010, UK Honorable Mention in Culture & daily life category from WPGA Annual Pollux Awards 2010, UK The 71st International Photographic Salon of Japan (Asahi Shimbun) 2010 organized by The All Japan Association of Photographic Societies International Year of Biodiversity Award 2010 organized by IUCN and UNDP 2008 The 68th International Photographic Salon of Japan (Asahi Shimbun) 2008 organized by The All Japan Association of Photographic Societies Honorable Mention from The Maati Imaging Bangladesh Photo Contest 2008 2007 2nd Prize from The Maati Imaging Bangladesh Photo Contest 2007 2nd Prize from The International Inter University Photography competition 2007 2005 1st Prize from The International Inter University Photography competition 2005 2003 Awarded with Bangladesh Photography Society in 2003
[Group Exhibitions] 2014 Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2013, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Yamanashi, Japan 2013 Group Exhibition held at the Alexey Brodovitch Gallery 2013, New York Group Exhibition held at the Hearst Gallery 2013, New York 2011 Group Exhibition held at 23rd Gordon Parks Photography Exhibition 2011, USA Group Exhibition held at Yonhap International Press Photo Exhibition 2011, New York, USA Group Exhibition held at Yonhap International Press Photo Exhibition 2011, Korea Group Exhibition held at “Zoom-in on Poverty” Global Photo Exhibition 2011, China Group Exhibition held at MAP KL White Box Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2010 Group Exhibition held in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich and many other cities of Germany Group Exhibition held at National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh Group Exhibition held at the Residence of Australian High Commissioner, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2009 Group Exhibition held at Zainul Gallery, Dhaka University, Bangladesh Group Exhibition held at Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh Group Exhibition held at Jakarta, Indonesia 2008 Group Exhibition held in the major cities of Japan 2007 Group Exhibition held at Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh Group Exhibition held at National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2005 Group Exhibition held at National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2004 Group Exhibition held at National Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2002 Group Exhibition held at Gallery - 21, Dhaka, Bangladesh
[Publications] My photographs has been published in The Forbes Magazine, The Days Japan Magazine, RVA Magazine, The Wirtschaftswoche, The Telegraph, The Focus magazine, The Dateline magazine, The Daily Star, The New Age, The New Nation, The Independent and The Bangkok Post.
［Collection］ Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (2013)
