A statue of the Hindu God Shiva is seen over River Ganges during the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious festival in the world, in Haridwar, India. Hundreds of thousands of devotees will take a dip in the icy waters of the Ganges river in one of northern India's holiest cities on Saturday, January 30, during the monthslong Hindu festival. It is expected to attract more than 10 million people.
A statue of the Hindu God Shiva is seen over River Ganges during the Kumbh Mela, the largest religious festival in the world, in Haridwar, India. Hundreds of thousands of devotees will take a dip in the icy waters of the Ganges river in one of northern India's holiest cities on Saturday, January 30, during the monthslong Hindu festival. It is expected to attract more than 10 million people.

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Education/Awards/Showings

Education:

Pratt Institute: 2005-2007

Eddie Adams Workshop 2008

Hostile Environment Training;

Pioneer Consulting Group 2012

Columbia University 2012

RISC 2013

Awards:

POYI Third place, Campaign 2012

New York Press Photographers Association:

First Place Animal "untitled" 2012

First Place Campaign 2012 "untitled" 2012

Third Place Hurricane Sandy "untitled" 2012

Honorable Mention Feature Picture Story "untitled 2012

First Place Portrait "Chowkri" 2011

Third Place Portrait "Muhammed" 2011

Honorable Mention Feature Picture Story "Sex Workers of Faridpur" 2011


Exhibit Award Feature Picture Story "Life and Death in the Sundarbans" 2011


Exhibit Award Portrait "Freedom" 2011



Exhibit Award Portrait "Crab Fishing" 2011

First Place Portrait "Jharia Burning" 2010

Honorable Mention Feature Picture Story "Life and Death in the Sundarbans" 2010

Showings:

Fashion Victims, Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands 2012

The Stumping Grounds, From Des Moines to D.C. - New York - group showing of photographs from the 2008 presidential campaign 2010

Occupy Wall Street exhibition, South Street Seaport Museum - New York - group show 2012

Visual Huesca, Leap Year Photographs - Spain - group showing of visual interpreted texts selected from the writer Ramon J. Sender 2011

Nazemi, Fair Trade Interactive Exhibition - Czech Republic - group showing 2011

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

photographer 2012

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