MD. Shamim ul islam as Photo Artist

Md. Shamim ul Islam, born on March 18, 1995, is a self-taught street and documentary photo artist from the lush city of Chattagram, Bangladesh. He seeks to reveal the inner stories of the people he photographs. While roaming, particularly in rural areas, he discovers that ordinary scenes can evoke powerful emotions, compelling him to instantly capture the moment.
Winning a photography competition in 2021 ignited his passion for pictorial photography. He currently works as a photojournalist at Pacific Press Agency. Beyond this, Shamim is an avid award winner, having received over 30 national and international accolades, including:
• Winner: Siena Photo Awards 2025 (Category: Fascinating faces and characters). (Italy)
• Winner: Bangladesh River Landscape Photography Competition (Bangladesh)
• Winner: Andrei Stenin Press Photo Contest 2024 (Category: Portrait - Hero Of Our Time) (Russia)
• Winner: UNICEF Water Day Awards (Bangladesh)
• Winner: CONTUR24 Art & Design Contest. (Germany)
• Shortlisted: Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Awards (HIPA) - Theme: Sustainability, 2023-2024 (UAE)
• Finalist: HIPA Instagram Contest, 2023-2024 (UAE)
• Finalist: Nikon Photo Contest 2022-2023
• Winner: Togetherness Photography Award, Society of Photographers (UK)
• Winner: Visions International Photo Awards
• Winner: Boundless Pictures
• Finalist: KAAF Photo Contest 2022 (Iran)
• Finalist: Jula Photo Contest (World on the Pause), 2020. (Spain)
• Finalist: World Sight Day 2023 Photo Competition
• Finalist: ROSL Photography Competition Exhibition (2022). (UK)
• Finalist: Urban Photo Award 2024. (Italy)
• Finalist: The knights of art(2025). (USA)
• Exhibited: SURREAL Exhibition, Glasgow Gallery of Photography
• Featured: "Animal Anarchy: Beyond Fences and Fields" - EYE SHOT Street Photography Magazine .

• Published: Report publications on plastic pollution (in collaboration with USAID, WIEGO, ISWA) under the initiative "Heading with a Seat at the Table"
Additionally, Shamim's photographs have been published & Exhibited in numerous national and international newspapers and magazines, including:
• Sputnik News (Russia)
• Photography4Humanity
• Article on Chittagong-stories published on THE Street photography magazine. (https://streetphotographymagazine.com/article/chittagong-stories/)
• Global health 50-50 (2025: This is Gender: Gender and Disability)
• Prothom Alo (Bangladesh)
• Al Mayadeen News
• Chiiz Magazine (India)
• 121.com (India)
• CCTV Asia Pacific (China)
• EYE SHOT Street Photography Magazine.
Through his work, Shamim continues to build bridges between art and social documentary, using photography as a way to both preserve memory and spark dialogue across cultures