Photojournalism - Professional

A survivor of the Rana Plaza building collapse

Probal Rashid
USA

Nominee

"A survivor of the Rana Plaza building collapse"
Shilpi Rani Das (age 18), a survivor of the Rana Plaza building collapses who had her left-hand amputated in hospital when rescued from the rubble after the building collapsed on 24-4-13 in Bangladesh

Biography: Probal Rashid is a documentary photographer and photojournalist working in Bangladesh, represented by Zuma Press, USA. He has studied a Post Graduate Diploma in Photojournalism through a scholarship program of World Press Photo at the Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (ACFJ) at Ateneo De Manila University in the Philippines. He also holds an MBA. His works have been published in many national and international newspapers and magazines such as The National Geographic, Forbes, GEO, New York Post, Days Japan, Paris Match, The Wall Street Journal, Stern, RVA, The Telegraph, Focus...

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