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{{Infobox person
| name = Adnan Abidi
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]]
| occupation = Photographer
| employer = [[Reuters]]
| known_for = Two-time [[Pulitzer Prize]] Winner
| website = {{url|adnanabidi.com}}
}}

'''Adnan Abidi''' is a photographer based in [[New Delhi|New Delhi, India]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Adnan Abidi|url=https://widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/adnan-abidi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531071306/https://widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/adnan-abidi|archive-date=2021-05-31|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Reuters - The Wider Image|language=en}}</ref> He is a two-time Pulitzer prize winner as part of Reuters' photography team.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Darrach|first=Amanda|date=2021-05-26|title=“Photographers are the ones who see everything”|url=https://www.cjr.org/special_report/adnan-abidi-india-delhi-covid-19.php/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601235652/https://www.cjr.org/special_report/adnan-abidi-india-delhi-covid-19.php|archive-date=2021-06-01|access-date=2021-06-13|website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Work ==
Adnan started his career as a darkroom assistant in 1997. He started working for Reuters as a stringer and was later given a staff position. He has captured several challenging situations over the course of his career, including [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|1999 Kandahar hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC814]], [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]], the [[2011–2012 Maldives political crisis]], [[Cyclone Phailin|2013 Cyclone Phailin in Orissa]], [[2015 Nepal Earthquake|2015 Nepal earthquake]] and the [[July 2016 Dhaka attack|2016 Dhaka attack]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Plaha|first=Jasjeet|date=2018-04-29|title=Wanted to show the plight of the Rohingyas: Pulitzer-winning photographer Adnan Abidi|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/wanted-to-show-the-plight-of-the-rohingyas-pulitzer-winning-photographer-adnan-abidi/story-4IYN14789tIuIMgf7oTkdM.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604131452/https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/wanted-to-show-the-plight-of-the-rohingyas-pulitzer-winning-photographer-adnan-abidi/story-4IYN14789tIuIMgf7oTkdM.html|archive-date=2021-06-04|access-date=2021-06-13|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-10-26|title=Featured photojournalist: Adnan Abidi|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/oct/26/photojournalist-adnan-abidi|access-date=2021-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023538/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/oct/26/photojournalist-adnan-abidi|archive-date=2020-11-12|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2017, Abidi covered the exodus of Rohingyas and he and his colleague [[Danish Siddiqui]] became the first Indians to win a [[Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography]] as part of the photography staff of Reuters.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504204124/https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/photography-staff-reuters-0|archive-date=2020-05-04|access-date=2021-06-13|website=The Pulitzer Prizes|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Raman|first=Sruthi Ganapathy|date=2018-04-18|title=‘Everyone was in pain’: Meet the two Indians who won Pulitzers for photographing the Rohingya crisis|url=https://scroll.in/article/875962/everyone-was-in-pain-meet-the-two-indians-who-won-pulitzers-for-photographing-the-rohingya-crisis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422211330/https://scroll.in/article/875962/everyone-was-in-pain-meet-the-two-indians-who-won-pulitzers-for-photographing-the-rohingya-crisis|archive-date=2021-04-22|access-date=2021-06-13|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> He won the 2020 [[Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography]] for his coverage of the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests|2019–20 Hong Kong protests]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-06|title=Five Indian photographers make it to Pulitzer winners’ list|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/five-indian-photographers-make-it-to-pulitzer-winners-list-6395793/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621235806/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/five-indian-photographers-make-it-to-pulitzer-winners-list-6395793/|archive-date=2020-06-21|access-date=2021-06-13|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography winners]]
[[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]]
[[Category:Indian photojournalists]]
[[Category:Photographers from Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Reuters people]]

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