shahria sharmin

Photographer / Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh

After completing her studies in public administration from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Shahria Sharmin discovered photography’s potential for storytelling and exploring the human experience. She pursued further study at... read on
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After completing her studies in public administration from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Shahria Sharmin discovered photography’s potential for storytelling and exploring the human experience. She pursued further study at Pathshala South Asian Media Academy in Bangladesh and received a photography degree in 2014.  

Sharmin has received several prizes, including the Moscow International Foto Award’s Lifestyle category (2014), and the Pride Photo Award’s Getting Closer category (2014). She was also named the second place winner of the Alexia Foundation student grant (2014) for her project, Call Me Heena. The same work has been selected in Open Society Foundations, Moving Walls 23 group exhibition in 2015.

In 2014, Sharmin's work was exhibited at the FotoVisura Spotlight Exhibition (Brisbane, Australia), the Internazionale d'Arte LGBTE (Turin, Italy), the Lightseekers & Asian Women Photographers' Showcase (Leicester, United Kingdom), the Obscura Festival (Penang, Malayasia), the Photissima Art Fair (Torino, Italy), Renaissance Photography Prize 2015( Getty Images Gallery, London), Pride Photo Award exhibition (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Open Society Foundations, Moving Walls 23 group exhibition in 2015.