Adnan Abidi

Adnan Abidi is an Indian photographer based in New Delhi.[1] He has been part of three Pulitzer Prize-winning packages for photography as part of Reuters' photography team.[2][3]

Adnan Abidi
Adnan Abidi in 2018
Born
New Delhi, India
OccupationPhotographer
EmployerReuters
Known forThree-time Pulitzer Prize Winner
Websiteadnanabidi.com

Early life and Inspiration

Adnan's childhood and early experiences helped him in realizing his ever-lasting passion for photography. When he was 11, he was a member of a mobile van library and used to borrow comic books. One day, he picked up a picture postcard book by the veteran Indian photographer S. Paul, and at that moment he felt intrigued by photography. He never returned the book and pestered his father to buy him a camera instead- a Yashica point. Adnan has never taken formal training but learned by trial and error under the guidance of senior photographers. During his first job with a local newswire agency, he was never issued a full roll of film. Instead, he had shot and completed assignments in the leftover film with 15-20 frames. Adnan, however, always saw the positive. He admits that the best part of using left-over film was 'getting into the habit of being selective'. [4]

Work

Adnan started his career as a darkroom assistant in 1997. He worked at Pan-Asia News Agency, Indo Photo News, and Press Trust of India. Eventually, he started working for Reuters as a stringer and was later given a staff position. He has captured several challenging situations over the course of his career, including 1999 Kandahar hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC814, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2005 Kashmir earthquake, the 2011–2012 Maldives political crisis, 2013 Cyclone Phailin in Orissa, 2015 Nepal earthquake and the 2016 Dhaka attack.[5][6]

Awards

In 2017, Abidi covered the exodus of Rohingyas and he and his colleague Danish Siddiqui became the first Indians to win a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as part of the photography staff of Reuters.[7][8]

He won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.[3][9]

In 2022, Abidi's work was part of another Pulitzer Prize-winning photography package which covered the COVID-19 pandemic in India, increasing his tally to three Pulitzer Prizes.[2][10]

In 2022 Abidi’s work titled ‘Covid Horror in Delhi’ won NPPA Best of Photojournalism first place in the Breaking News Story category.

References
  1. "Adnan Abidi". Reuters - The Wider Image. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. "The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  3. Darrach, Amanda (26 May 2021). ""Photographers are the ones who see everything"". Columbia Journalism Review. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. https://widerimage.reuters.com/photographer/adnan-abidi
  5. Plaha, Jasjeet (29 April 2018). "Wanted to show the plight of the Rohingyas: Pulitzer-winning photographer Adnan Abidi". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. "Featured photojournalist: Adnan Abidi". The Guardian. 26 October 2011. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. "The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  8. Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy (18 April 2018). "'Everyone was in pain': Meet the two Indians who won Pulitzers for photographing the Rohingya crisis". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. "Five Indian photographers make it to Pulitzer winners' list". The Indian Express. 6 May 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  10. Scroll Staff. "Danish Siddiqui, three other Reuters photographers win Pulitzers for images of India's Covid crisis". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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