@turjoychowdhury

Extremely honored to receive the HIPA: EMERGING PERSON IN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD (2021-2022) ! Every season, The HIPA team works on researching multiple organizations and individuals, to examine their body of work, achievements and contributions in the field of photography and gives this special award. I am humbled to know that in this season the respected board of trustees considered me for this award ! “Turjoy’s extraordinary skill and passion in visual storytelling will make him a photography icon in the 21st century, and is the reason he was honored with the Emerging Person in Photography Award for this season.” “Turjoy Chowdhury is a visual storyteller and researcher working in the Indian subcontinent, across Asia, as well as in the USA. A photographer of National Geographic Magazine and a member of The Photo Society of NatGeo, Turjoy primarily works on long-term projects focused on the history of war and conflicts, geopolitics, human rights and social issues. After graduating in Architecture, he became a full-time humanitarian photographer. Turjoy constantly keeps experimenting with visual approaches and storytelling formats. He likes to deal with complex stories and produces work to raise thought-provoking questions. Often his work explores dark places and dark stories to shed light in the darkness. He has worked on the aftermath of the Syrian civil war that deals with the psychological aspect of the refugees. His project ‘Beyond the Mushroom Cloud’, the story of the atomic bomb explosions in Japan, stands against the use of nuclear weapons to promote world peace. In the USA, Turjoy explored the personal stories and emotions of the immigrants, where he used photography as a medium for freedom of expression and inclusion. He has witnessed the Rohingya refugee crisis and intensively worked in the Rohingya camps. There, he produced the body of work ‘Born Refugee’ that deals with complex identity politics and citizenship issues with a very subtle approach. His photographs for the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) during the refugee crisis also helped raise over 20 million pounds of funds for the survivors.