Nafeesa Begum sits inside her home in Sunderbans, Bangladesh. "We get so frightened of the tiger at night. Sometimes we are too afraid to use the toilet outside in the dark that we must use the urinate in the home" she said.
Nafeesa Begum sits inside her home in Sunderbans, Bangladesh. "We get so frightened of the tiger at night. Sometimes we are too afraid to use the toilet outside in the dark that we must use the urinate in the home" she said.

Intro

Awards/Showings

Awards:

New York Press Photographers Association:

First Place Portrait "Jharia Burning" 2011

Honorable Mention Feature Picture Story "Life and Death in the Sundarbans" 2011 Feature Picture Story "Sex Workers of Faridpur" 2012

Feature Picture Story "Life and Death in the Sundarbans" 2012

Portrait "Freedom" 2012

Portrait "Muhammed" 2012

Portrait "Crab Fishing" 2012

Portrait "Chowkri" 2012

Showings:

The Stumping Grounds, From Des Moines to D.C. - New York - group showing of photographs from the 2008 presidential campaign

Occupy Wall Street exhibition, South Street Seaport Museum - New York - group show

Visual Huesca, Leap Year Photographs - Spain - group showing of visual interpreted texts selected from the writer Ramon J. Sender

Nazemi, Fair Trade Interactive Exhibition - Czech Republic - group showing

Nuru Project - selling prints to support non-profit organizations - participating

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Books:

People Yearbook 2010 - photograph of Barack Obama

DSK May 16, 2011, From The Perp Walk To Rikers Island by Francois Dufour - Interview and photographs