Opium Garden - Limited Edition 1 of 20 Photograph

Mohammad Rakibul Hasan is a Dhaka Based documentary photographer, filmmaker and visual artist. His photographic work explores the themes of human rights, social development, migration, gender violence and the environment. His images express the resilience of human spirit and strength at adversity. He uses still images, text, videos, drone footage and VR to provide multi-faceted storytelling for editorial and non-profit clients. His work has published in major international outlets including Le Monde, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, The Sunday Times among many. He has been commissioned by non-profits such as Oxfam, Save the Children, Water Aid, Asian Development Bank (ADB), The World Bank, Concern, FAO of the United Nations, UN Women, USAID among others. His photo project ‘Salt’ on climate crisis around coastline areas of Bangladesh was nominated for Ian Parry award and Joop Swart Masterclass. Hasan was nominated for many international awards and won hundreds of photographic competitions worldwide including Lucie Award, Human Rights Press Award, Sony World Photo Award (Professional) and Allard Prize. His work has been screened and exhibited in various countries including USA, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, Germany, Poland, UAE, Russia, and UK. His latest exhibition was on ‘Gender Violence and Migration’, organized by UN in Thailand. His photographic projects have been displayed in various photo festivals including NordArt (Germany) and Belgrade Photo Month Festival (Croatia). Hasan holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Photography from Falmouth University, UK and an Undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education in History of Art from Oxford University. He also pursued a Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism from Ateneo de Manila University and graduated in Film & Video Production from UBS Film School at the University of Sydney. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Fine Art Photography at Belfast School of Art at Ulster University under hybrid mode (online and on-campus) of learning. He is represented by Redux Pictures, ZUMA Press as well as working as contributing journalist for the Daily Star and Reuters. He is a Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Fellow and was a TEDx speaker. Hasan is also a faculty member of Counter Foto, a center for visual arts in Bangladesh. As a native Bangladeshi Hasan has extensive work experience in Bangladesh and an additional reporting experience in USA, Nepal, Thailand, Panama, Indonesia and Philippines.