andrew biraj

PHOTOGRAPHER

Awards 

World Press Photo

• Selected for 18^th Joop Swart Masterclass, 2008

• 3^rd Prize in Daily Life Category in World Press Photo contest, 2011

Pictures of the Year (POYi)

• 2^nd Prize in Feature Category, 2013

Best of Photojournalism (BOP) by National Press Photographer’s Association of America, NPPA

• 3^rd Prize in the Enterprise Category, 2010

• 1^st Prize in the Environmental Picture Story Category, 2008

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest

• Best Portfolio, 2013

• 2^nd Prize in the News Picture story Category, 2013

• 2^nd Prize in the Feature Category, 2009

China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP)

• Gold Prize in the Daily Life Category, 2013

• Bronze Prize in the War & Disaster Category, 2011

• Silver Prize in the Daily Life Category, 2010

• Bronze Prize in the War & Disaster Category, 2007

Others

• Honorable Mention in National Geographic Photo Contest; 2013
  
  Honorable Mention in FotoVisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Photography Project; 2015

• ‘Award of Excellence in Feature photography in Society of Publisher's in Asia (SOPA) Award; 2010

• South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) award for outstanding photograph about South Asia; 2010

• 1st prize in FCCT/OnAsia Photo Contest; 2009

• Runner UP in the Photojournalism category of American Photo- Images of the Year; 2009

• Press Award in One world Media Award, UK; 2008

• Honorable Mention in Asahi Shimbun- International Photographic Salon of Japan, 2011 & 2012

• Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards, IPA; 2010

• Honorable Mention in The 4th Photography Masters Cup; 2010

• Honorable Mention in PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris; 2010

• Silver Award in the International Aperture Awards; 2009

• Two Honorable Mentions in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards; 2009

• 2nd Prize in the Venice International Photo Contest; 2007

• 3^rdprize in Al-Falah Bangladesh Photo Competition; 2010

• Honorable Mention in World Food Program (WFP) Photography Awards, 2009

• Catholic Press Association Award, 2020

• Finalist- The Independent Photographer Street Photography Contest, 2021

Exhibitions and Screenings

• Visa Pour l'Image, Perpignan, France.  

• Angkor photo festival in Cambodia.

• Yangon Photo Festival in Myanmar.

• International Photography Biennial of the Islamic World in Iran.

• Noorderlicht photo festival ‘Act of Faith’ in The Netherlands.

• Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan

• National Art Gallery in Malaysia.

• Chobi Mela, Bangladesh

• Drik Gallery in Bangladesh and University of Bolton in UK.