Adnan Abidi is a photographer based in New Delhi, India.[1] He is a two-time Pulitzer prize winner as part of Reuters' photography team.[2]
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 1999 Kandahar hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC814, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2005 Kashmir earthquake, the 2011–2012 Maldives political crisis, 2013 Cyclone Phailin in Orissa, 2015 Nepal earthquake and the 2016 Dhaka attack.[3][4]
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.[5][6] He won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[2][7]
References
- ↑ Adnan Abidi. Reuters - The Wider Image. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Photographers are the ones who see everything”, Darrach, Amanda. Columbia Journalism Review(2021-05-26). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ↑ Wanted to show the plight of the Rohingyas: Pulitzer-winning photographer Adnan Abidi, Plaha, Jasjeet. Hindustan Times(2018-04-29). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ↑ Featured photojournalist: Adnan Abidi. The Guardian(2011-10-26). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ↑ The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ↑ ‘Everyone was in pain’: Meet the two Indians who won Pulitzers for photographing the Rohingya crisis, Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy. Scroll.in(2018-04-18). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ↑ Five Indian photographers make it to Pulitzer winners’ list. The Indian Express(2020-05-06). Retrieved 2021-06-13.