Life In The Cage

• Photographer
  Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan
• Photo Date
  All Photos taken in the year 2020
• Website
  https://www.vohh.org/founder-director/

It's a visual personal project about my family & me; it documents the interaction of our relationships during these ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, isolation & lockdown days in our home Chittagong, Bangladesh. It shows slivers of our daily life, hope, disappointments, expectations, loneliness, frustration & fears. Our joys overshadow the uncertainties we face. I was able to observe my family closely & discovered my weaknesses deeply. While struggling to capture this moment in history, I dreamed of a downpour in the desert. I felt as though I was drowning and tried to stay alive through our story.

• Biography
  Son of a freedom fighter; born in 1984, lives in Chittagong. He is a Humanist Documentary Photographer, Curator, Educator, social activist & Founder Director of VOHH Photography Institute, VOHH Foundation & VOHH FOTO FEST. Khan has won over 120 international awards in the field of photojournalism-Documentary; his photo series have been featured 150 International journals, in print media & TV shows worldwide & has been exhibited around 60 countries; his long term projects have also been the subject of teaching, lectures & research in many Universities & Organizations in The US & Europe.
• Awards
  Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan has won; more than 120 international awards in the field of photojournalism and Documentary Photography. Including: UNICEF Photo of the Year-HM Ian Parry Scholarship-HM Alexia Student Grant Andrei Stenin Press Award (Twice) Life Press Photo Award (Twice) Siena International Photo Awards Photoshare award (Twice) Al Mayadeen TV award Environmental Photographer of the Year-Shortlisted Felix-schoeller-photoaward-Shortlisted Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship Future Voices Jury Winner M A BEG TROPHY International Photographer of the Year Award-HM Professional shortlisted at Sony World Photography Awards Nominated: World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass Nominated: Magnum EF Grant