Suvra Kanti Das

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Protests in Bangladesh after Avijit Roy assassination
Ashura festival celebration
Homebound train and ferry People in Bangladesh
Extrait from Burning Democracy
The Rana Plaza building Collapse
Workers in the garments industry, Bangladesh
Extrait from Rakher Upobash
The Rana Plaza building Collapse commemoration
Extrait from Last mud Kushti wrestlers
Rakher Upobash festival in Bangladesh
The Padma River erosion
Extrait from The Ring
Extrait from The Ring

Bio:

Suvra Kanti Das, born in Chandpur, Bangladesh on 1979, is a visual artist. He spent his childhood at Cox’s Bazar. At the age of 15, he started photography with his cousins small film camera.

After completing his Graduation in Computer science, he was admitted at Pathshala South Asian Media Academy for a BA in Photography on June 2009. During his education period, he also participated in many workshops that were organized by different organizations. In November 2009, he participated in a workshop in Pathshala South Asian Media Academy with the collaboration of the Bjerkely Folkehøyskole, from Norway.

In January 2011, he was qualified to participate in a workshop with the artist Morten Krogvold during the Chobimela VI which is the International Festival of Photography in Bangladesh.

In 2012, he participated in the 3-month workshop “International Reporting Workshop” in India that was organized with the collaboration of the Oslo University College, the Nepal & India Photo Circle the and Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography, from Bangladesh.

Awards & Nominees

– 2013 Finalist at Photovisa
– 2014 Sony World Photography Awards – Shortlisted in the category Arts and Cultures

Specialties (time invested, does not represent skill)

Documentary

General News

Corporate Reportage

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Asia | Indian Subcontinent

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Suvra Kanti Das Time person of the Year 2018

Suvra Kanti Das’ award winning photo on Time Person of the Year 2018

December 14, 2018

A photograph by UnFrame Photographer Suvra Kanti Das has been chosen by Time Magazine in Person of the Year 2018 - THE GUARDIANS AND THE WAR ON TRUTH

Devotees of Rakher Upobash

November 21, 2016

Thousands of Hindu devotees sits with Prodip and prays to God in front of Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachar Ashram temple during the Rakher Upobash at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Lokenath Brahmachari who is called Baba Lokenath was an 18th Century Hindu saint and philosopher in Bengal.

Contaminated Land

August 11, 2015

Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area, widely known for its tannery industry, has been listed as one of the top 10 polluted places on earth by two international research organizations. At least 160,000 people have become victims of pollution...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das

A volunteer cleans the road in Bhaktapur past the earthquake

Nepal: after the earthquake

May 3, 2015

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on 25th April 2015. Many buildings in the older parts of Kathmandu are now rubble, including the Dharahara tower, a 19th century 62-metre tall building...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das

Rana Plaza building collapse, two years on

April 21, 2015

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On 24th April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed killing more than 1100 people, and 2500 more people were rescued from under its rubble. About a hundred people are still missing ...

Bangladeshi blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu is hacked to death

March 30, 2015

Bangladeshi blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu has been hacked to death today at about 9:45am at the Tejgaon Indsutrial area. Two Madrasa students have been detained...

10 people died in a stampede, Bangladesh

10 Pilgrims Die In Stampede, Bangladesh

March 27, 2015

At least 10 devotees died during the ‘Astami snan’, the Hindu holy bath in the Old Brahmaputra River, at Langalbandh, Narayanganj.

4 die on Petrol Bomb Attack, Bangladesh

March 22, 2015

Ten people, including eight workers, suffered burn injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a sand-laden truck at Moghirdhal. As the truck reached Moghirdhal around 8:00pm, miscreants hurled petrol bomb at it on Magura-Jessore highway in Sadar upazila on Saturday night

Protests in Bangladesh after Avijit Roy assassination

February 27, 2015

Many people gathered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 27th 2015, to protest against the assassination of the US-Bengali blogger Avijit Roy, murdered on Thursday evening.

At least 50 die as ferry capsizes in Padma River, Bangladesh

February 22, 2015

A ferry on its way to Daulatdia was hit by a cargo vessel. Rescuers have pulled at least 50 bodies out of the Padma, most of them are children and women...

Celebrations for the International Mother Language Day in Bangladesh

February 21, 2015

International Mother Language Day is a celebration of linguistic and cultural diversity, and multilingualism, held every year on 21 February worldwide

Text and photos by Suvra Kanti Das

Victims of Blockade Violence in Bangladesh

January 18, 2015

Victims of a recent bomb attack in a bus. They receive treatment at a medical college hospital during the ongoing nationwide blockade called by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Text and photos by Suvra Kanti Das

Devotees overcrowd trains for the Biswa Ijtema

January 11, 2015

Bangladeshi Muslim devotees go en masse to pray at the World Congregation of Muslims, or Biswa Ijtema and in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In order to catch a train...

Devotees of Rakher Upobash

November 11, 2014

During Kartik, “the holiest month” beginning every year with the new moon in November, thousands of Hindu devotees celebrate the feast of Rakher Upobash, fasting and praying the gods sitting before the Shri Shri Lokanath Brahmachari Ashram...

Text and photos by Suvra Kanti Das

Ashura

November 6, 2014

Bangladeshi Shiite Muslims gathered for praying at Hoseni Dalan on the eve and holy day of Ashura. Shiites mark Ashura on the tenth day of the month of Muharram to commemorate the Battle of Karbala when...

Text and photos by Suvra Kanti Das

Aftermath of Padma river erosion in Bangladesh

September 10, 2014

Every year in Bangladesh, millions of people are affected by river erosion that destroys home, farmland, communication infrastructure. In last couple of days river erosion by the Padma River have caused extensive damages to...

Vessel sinks in Padma river with over 200 passengers

August 4, 2014

The Pinak-6, a passenger vessel sank in the middle of the river Padma on its way to Mawa from Kawrakandi terminal at around 11 PM today. The overloaded boat capsized since the river was rough due to the stormy weather.

Workers in the Bangladesh garments industry

August 2, 2014

How garments are manufactured in a Bangladesh factory. Workers carry forward all the programmed stages: the conversion of yarn into fabric through knitting, weaving and warping, the computer aided design stage and embroidery...

Protest against Israeli attack on Gaza in Dhaka

July 18, 2014

Thousand of Islamic activists rally against the ongoing Israeli operation "Protective Edge" and the heavy attacks on the Gaza Strip which already caused hundreds of casualties , mostly between civilians and children.

Suvra Kanti Das wins the Photographic Angle award

July 16, 2014

We are happy to announce that the UnFrame Photographer Suvra Kanti Das won the first prize for the Photographic Angle Capturing Culture award.

The Rana Plaza Anniversary

April 24, 2014

Today the relatives of the victims with thousands of people gather at the Rana Plaza' ground zero to commemorate the tragedy that happened one year ago.

Under the Rubble – The Rana Plaza Collapse

March 4, 2014

Updated - The Rana Plaza garment-factory disaster, considered as the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern human history. Savra, Bangladesh

Burning Democracy

February 15, 2014

In Bangladesh politically driven crimes exceeded 150 since last couple of months . Civilians are randomly burnt alive and brutally killed in the name of 'democracy'.

Rakher Upobash

February 7, 2014

Every year thousands of Hindu devotees gather in front of Shri Shri Lokenath Brahmachari Ashram temple for the Kartik Brati or Rakher Upobash festival...

Suvra Kanti Das at Sony Awards

February 3, 2014

We are extremely happy to announce that UnFrame Photographer Suvra Kanti Das has been shortlisted for the Sony Photography Awards...

Last mud Kushti wrestlers

February 1, 2014

The ancient tradition of Indian wrestling, known as kushti, thrives in Wrestling gyms, or akhara, scattered around the city are of the few places where Hindu men from different casts...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das

Suvra Kanti Das selected for Photovisa 2013

October 11, 2013

We are pleased to announce that UnFrame Photographer Suvra Kanti Das has been selected by the Festival’s jury for the Exhibition...

The Ring

June 12, 2013

This is a story about a group of young boys with a big dream: to become acclaimed boxers. Most of them dropped out the school and live in the uncertainty and...

Photos and text by Suvra Kanti Das

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