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Nuwan Samadhi
Nuwan Samadhi was born in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. He completed his Higher Diploma in Photography from the National Association of Photographers Sri Lanka in 2012 and joined the Government Film Unit in 2013 to study Cinema. Made his international debut in 2011 with "The Difficult Way" and won his first international award in 2018 for his NAPSL Hon.Mention "Holiday Working" in black and white. He won the FIAP Hon.Mention Award from the Federation of International Art Photography of Belgium in the International Photography Competition 2020 held by the National Association of Photographers Sri Lanka. He won the state award for the first time in 2017 for his creation of "Absolution" and won a commendation award at the same state photography festival, both of which were special for wedding photography. In 2020, he again won the state gold award for his "Disparity" in the same year, he won the PSA Gold Award from the Photographic Society of America and the NAPSL Gold Award from the National Association of Photographers "The Smile". His photograph first won an award at the Asahi Shimbun in Japan in 2021,The only award by a Sri Lankan Photographer at the competition. He has also been awarded diplomas by the Saudi, Azerbaijani and Kenyan Photographic Associations for his photographic evaluation. He is currently a professional photographer, a photography consultant at the Academy of Image Art, and the General Secretary of the National Association of Photographers Sri Lanka.