Shehab Uddin

Shehab Uddin’s interest in nature and wildlife has won him the title of Pakhal – The Keeper of Birds. His work on birds started as a project, ‘In to the Bird’s World’, aimed to increase awareness and interest among children about birds.

Shehab is a Panos media fellow. Having worked as a successful newspaper photographer for more than eight years, he took the step of giving up the security and the material comforts of a well paid job by joining into one. Drik Picture Library is in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He still works there as a photographer which gives him the freedom to practice his craft in the way he believes it should be.

This organization makes him confront the global issues and compels him to form a vision that can bring about changes to lives in the majority world. Shehab is more comfortable working in areas that involve emotion and values.

After successfully teaching in The College of Journalism and Mass Communication (CJMC) in Kathmandu, Nepal for a year he feels that the process of learning knows no time or age. Hence he got himself admitted as a student of Pathshala, The South Asian Institute of Photography, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Shehab Uddin’s Noteworthy Photographic Achievements:

•His photographs have been used in reports, brochures, calendars & advertisements.

•With his expertise in Documentary Photography, he has earned his reputation among various multinational organizations as well. His images have been exhibited in Japan, India, Nepal and Bangkok and at various locations in Bangladesh.

•Images have been published in both domestic and international publications like Time Journal of Photography, The Politiken, USA Today, CBS news, Time Online, The Guardian, Times daily, New Internationalist, & The Nepali Times.

 •Shehab has won numerous awards in the field of photography and Journalism eg with WHO, ASAHI Shimbun & IIPC and National awards in Bangladesh