Silver / 2019 / Portraiture / Other

• Prize
  Silver in Portraiture/Other
• Photographer
  Farida Alam, Bangladesh

What does it take to be deemed beautiful? Is it the never-ending list of stereotypically perfect features, or the rigorous effort to hide under thick layers of powder and paint? Does the trick really lie in society’s perspective of how a human being should look? No. Happiness does not linger in other people’s acceptance of one’s appearance. Did a pointed nose or fair skin ever give another person a reason to smile or shower them with love? It is the light that lies underneath which defines a person and clings on to them throughout a lifetime.

My inspiration for photography comes from the people and my surroundings. I love to experience other cultures, meet different people from diverse communities. 


I believe in immersion photography and spend months listening, observing and talking with my subjects over the course of a project. Photography has become a part of my identity - a force that makes me think, feel and understand human being and the human condition.

Awards Sony World Photography Award 2019: 2nd place in Bangladesh National Awards.

Tokyo International Foto Award 2018: 2 photos awarded Gold prize in Editorial-Environment and people-Portrait category and one photo got Honorable mention in people -Portrait category.

ND Award Photo Contest 2018: 1 series awarded Discovery of the year 2018 in Special Category and 1st place in Photojournalism/ Story category.

International Photo Awards 2018: 02 series got Honorable mention in different
Categories.

Moscow International Foto Award (MIFA), 2018: 2nd place in one category, 3rd Place in three different categories & Six Honorable mentions.

Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA), 2017: 2nd Place & Honorable mention.

International Photo Awards, 2017: 01 series got Honorable mention in People-Children category.

ND Award Photo Contest, 2017: 1st Place in Photojournalism/ Story category, 3rd place in Portrait category and Honorable mention in different categories.

5th Olympic Photo Circuit, Greece, 2017: Awarded with one FIAP Gold medal and eleven acceptances in 4 photos salon in different categories.

Monovision Photography Award, 2017: 05 photographs got honorable mention in different single categories and 1 was in the series category.

PX3, France, 2017: 01 photographs got honorable mention in children category.

Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA), 2017: 02 photographs got honorable mention in people and sports category.

International Photo Awards, 2016: 01 series got Honorable mention in Deeper Perspective-Deeper Perspective category.

ND Award Photo Contest, 2016: 3rd Place for the series “Reflection of dispersed soul; hidden for years” in people/ portrait category.

Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA), 2016: 02 photographs got honorable mention in people/portrait and fine art category.



I am a lifetime member of “Bangladesh Photographic Society (BPS)” and an active member of “Muktochokh – Pathshala Photography Society”.