After Myanmar's army carried out the 'ethnic cleansing' of the Rohingya in Rakhine state. More than half million fled from Myanmar violence including 340,000 children (till october 2017 acoording to UNICEF). Most of those crossing into Bangladesh arrive exhausted, sick and hungry after several days of journey. And many of them facing massive mental health. Bangladesh Government allocates 2,500 acres of land to shelter the Rohingya people.
Award-winning photographer Md. Tanveer Hassan Rohan was born and raised in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Currently He Lives In New York, USA. He is a passionate and dedicated photographer with nearly 12 years of experience. As a photographer, his essential aim is to capture the moments of life and give them significance by making them static in time. He loves to travel and be in different places, meet new people, and enjoy the experience that photography offers, which is to capture Earth’s beautiful and awe-inspiring moments.
Awards He has successfully finished his Photojournalism degree from New York Institute Of Photography . He has taken part in many National and International Photography contest and till now he has won many national and more than 700 international photography awards. He is the first Bangladeshi Photographer to win back-to-back National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year Contests ( 2017 & 2018). He was also awarded Jury’s choice award in the LensCulture-Magnum Photography Awards in 2017, 1st Prize in Street and Wild Life categories from Toshiba ExceLENS Awards in 2019,Dubai. He also earned 1st prize in the Sports Category from Balkan Photo Awards in 2016.
Additional honors include:
1st prize in Sony World Photography Awards, 2016 National Award.
2nd Prize in Photojournalism category from Xposure International Photography Competition, 2016
1st Prize in Reportage and 2nd Prize in People Category from VOUBS International Photography awards, 2016.
Grand Winner in “Photo for Tolerance +” International Youth Photography Contest, 2015.
Three-time winner of The Prix de la Photographie, Paris Px3 awards
Three-time winner of the Moscow International Foto Awards
Two-time winner, Life Press Photo awards
Two-time winner, Tokyo International Foto Awards
Three-time winner, SIENA International Photography Awards
Five-time winner, International Photography Awards-IPA
Honorable mention in International Photographer Of The Year 2016 and many more prestigious photography awards.
Md. Tanveer Hassan Rohan’s photographs have been exhibited in more than 45 countries and published in many international magazines and newspapers. He has been selected as a best Authors Six times in the FIAP patronage Photography Contest in Greece, France, Bangladesh, the Czech Republic & USA.
