Suvra Kanti Das
Suvra Kanti Das
Photojournalist
Biography
Suvra Kanti Das (b. 1979), from Chandpur, Bangladesh, is a photojournalist who documents contemporary social and political events, covering conflict, political unrest, environmental disaster and social injustice.
After completing his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, he decided to enroll at the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute. By 2012, he had left an engineering job to become a full time photojournalist.
Photo: The Canvas of Power
A July 2024 student protest against a restrictive government job quota scheme escalated into a mass uprising against a government accused of unlawful detentions, enforced disappearances, and widespread suppression of dissent. Unrest took place against a backdrop of struggles for fair elections, and a cyber-security law seen to erode freedom of speech.
Although initially peaceful, demonstrations became violent after authorities and pro-government paramilitaries cracked down on protesters, killing at least 1,400 people. By August the regime had collapsed. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and went into exile, and army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced the formation of an interim government.
News
21/04/2026
Il World Press Photo presenta la Foto dell’Anno 2026
Il World Press Photo presenta la Foto dell’Anno e i due finalisti del World Press Photo Contest 2026, che premia il miglior fotogiornalismo e la miglior fotografia documentaria al mondo.
Marisandra Lizzi per il World Press Photo
08/04/2026
Annunciati i vincitori del World Press Photo Contest 2026
World Press Photo annuncia i vincitori del World Press Photo Contest 2026, “connecting the world to the stories that matter”, attraverso lo straordinario lavoro di fotogiornalisti e fotografi documentaristi provenienti da tutto il mondo. Chantal Pinzi, fotografa italiana, è tra i vincitori - unica italiana - con il progetto &ldqu...
15/04/2025
Svelata la World Press Photo of the Year 2025
World Press Photo annuncia oggi la vincitrice della Photo of the Year e le due finaliste del Contest 2025, che celebra una selezione tra il meglio del fotogiornalismo e della fotografia documentaria a livello mondiale La vincitrice del premio Photo of the Year 2025 è la fotografa palestinese Samar Abu Elouf, con sede a Doha, per uno scatto realizzato per The New York ...
21/03/2025
2025 World Press Photo Contest winners announced
World Press Photo annuncia oggi i vincitori del concorso World Press Photo 2025, che presenta una selezione delle migliori foto giornalistiche e documentaristiche del mondo.
