Avijit Ghosh

I, am Avijit Ghosh, a 29-year-old freelance photojournalist based in Kolkata. I am born and brought up in a rural village of West Bengal and later moved to a suburban area of Kolkata to pursue my Bachelor degree in Arts. After my Bachelor degree, I pursued my diploma in Social Work and also in Photography. Later worked with a local newspaper. My work mostly focuses on the Socio-environmental impact of climate change and humanitarian issues. Now I work with SOPA Images as a contributor photographer, which distributes my photographs through agencies like Getty Images and AP. Besides the daily news, I also work on long term projects. My works have been published in news sites like VICE, BBC, Huffington Post, CNN, Bloomberg, WSJ and many others. I have won photo competitions from organizations like the UN, UNESCO, Ramsar Convention and some of my works are also exhibited globally.