The Undesired

• Photographer
  Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad
• Technical Info
  Leica Q
• Photo Date
  29/03/2020
• Website
  https://fahimahamed.com

A child is sleeping on a foot-over bridge amid corona virus outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhaka is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. A major part of its population are homeless and living in the streets. Street dwelling children are deprived of most basic necessities of life including education. Children living in the street are extremely vulnerable to many diseases including highly contagious corona virus.

• Biography
  Mohammad Fahim Ahamed Riyad is a documentary photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Graduated in Bachelor of Science in electrical & electronic engineering. Fahim has studied one year professional photography program under a scholarship at Pathshala south asian media institute, Bangladesh. Fahim is also an allumni of the prestigious eddie adams workshop XXXIII. His approach to photography is to tell stories of life with a particular interest on social, environmental & political issues. His work has been published and awarded internationally.
• Awards
  2020 –2nd place (Editorial-Photo essay, Professional) ND Awards 2020 international photography contest 2020 –Honorable Mention (Deeper Perspective) IPA, International Photography Awards, USA 2020 –Honorable Mention (Editorial-Photo essay) IPA, International Photography Awards, USA 2020 - Curator Selection, " The Other Hundred Healers " Photo Book Project 2020 - One of the award winners participant, Eddie Adams Workshop - XXXIII 2020 - Curator Selection/Winner, Prix de la Photographie " State of the World"  (Fire & Dreams) 2020 - Selected for Eddie Adams Workshop - XXXIII 2020 - Honorable Mention (Editorial-Photo essay), Moscow International Foto Awards 2020 - Recipient of National Geographic Covid-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists 2020 - Finalist, Hamdan International Photography Award "HIPA" (General, Color) 2019 - Finalist, ESPY Photography Award, (United Kingdom) 2015 - Winner of Felix Schoeller Best Work by an Emerging Photographer Award, (Germany) 2015 - Finalist, Photographer’s Forum 35th Annual College Photography Contest, (USA) 2015 – Honorable Mention, IPA, International Photography Awards, (USA) 2015 – Honorable Mention, Siena International Photography Awards, (Italy ) 2015 - Honorable Mention (Photojournalism), ND Photography Awards 2015 – Honorable Mention (People Series), ND Photography Awards 2014 – Grand Prize Winner of Atkins Ciwem Environmental Photographer of the Year, (United Kingdom) 2014 – Commended Award, Sony World Photography Awards, (United Kingdom) 2014 – Judges Choice Award, Robi Photo School Contest, (Bangladesh)