Bangladeshi photographer wins Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards 2020

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30 April, 2020, 11:50 am
Last modified: 30 April, 2020, 01:07 pm
Another Bangladeshi photographer Azim Khan Ronnie's images of "Hilsa and "Fasting celebrating" were also in the winning list
Myanmar Rohingya refugee children wait in a queue to collect food a refugee camp in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: KM Asad/ Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020

Bangladeshi photographer KM Asad has won prestigious Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020 for his image of Rohingya refugee children queuing with empty plates for food in Bangladesh.

Divided into various categories, the overall winning shot called "After Exodus" by Bangladeshi photographer KM Asad, was taken in the vast Rohingya refugee camp, a home to over one million people in Cox's Bazar.

Another Bangladeshi photographer Azim Khan Ronnie's images of "Hilsa and "Fasting celebrating" were also in the winning list.  

Some 9,000 pictures were submitted from more than 70 countries across the world for the international photography competition.  

The awards ceremony was streamed live online due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Other category winners included photographer Zay Yar Lin's image of "The Morning Catch", Anna Włodarczyk's "Olek Eating Pancakes" and Sangjun Lee's "Believers Sharing a Meal". 

Some of the competition category winners, with descriptions by the photographers are given below: 

Three fishermen throwing their fishing nets in the lake nearby U Bein Bridge in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: Zay Yar Lin,Myanmar taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020.
Before harvesting the honey, The bee keeper carefully removes the bees from their hives, that very moment makes you feel in the world of bees. Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Photo: Xiaodong Sun,China, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020
A huge amount of hilsa arrives at Fisheryghat in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Chittagong fishmarket is the largest wholesale market of hilsa in Bangladesh. Photo: Azim Khan Ronni, Bangladesh, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020
Share butter tea. Photo: Liya Gu,China, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020
Farmer Brings Jackfruit from his Home by Train. Photo: Md Zakirul Mazed Konok, Bangladesh, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020
Devotees attend prayer with burning incense and light oil lamps before breaking their fast during a religious festival called Rakher Upobash in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Photo: Azim Khan Ronnie,Bangladesh, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020
A woman, dressed in traditional Portuguese costume, sits by her stall in Sitio de Nazaré selling nuts and dried fruit. Waiting for a customer, her tongue is out, which seemingly mimics the line of her walking stick. Photo: Mark Benham,United Kingdom, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020
Muslims prepare a feast before the Friday prayer in a field close to the congregation ground during the first day of the three-day long Muslim Congregation, Biswa Ijtema, at Tongi near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: KM Asad,Bangladesh, taken from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2020

 

 

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