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Ismail Ferdous (2 January 1989) is a Bangladeshi documentary photographer. He is an award-winning photojournalist, now based in New York. For his After Rana Plaza documentary project he won GettyImages Instagram Grant, MANUEL RIVERA-ORTIZ FOUNDATION grant, Embassy Kingdom of the Netherland Grant; also he received numerous significant awards for his work on Syrian refugees, Climate change in Bangladesh and Nepal Earthquake - Prix de la Photographie, National Press Photographers Association, Days Japan International Photojournalism Award, International Photography Awards Etc.

Life and work
Ismail was born in Dhaka, in Bangladesh, on 2 January 1989. He lived in Bangladesh until his early 20's and graduated from East West University in Business. His family dreamt that he would be an accountant or a banker, following the family tradition. As a child, Ferdous would play with his father’s old Russian camera, memorizing the exposure settings. But, it wasn’t until his early twenties, when studying business at East West University, that he became serious about pursuing photography as a profession.

In various time period of his life, he worked and temporarily based in France, Turkey, India and United states