GMB Akash

GMB Akash is a socially engaged documentary photographer. He studied photography at the Pathshala South East Asian Academy where he graduated in photojournalism. In 2002 he attended the Joop Swart Masterclass by the World Press Photo.

To Akash, photography represents his way to communicate and raise awareness and consciousness about world insights.

Achievements & Awards:

Internationally well-known, Akash has been awarded with many rewards and prizes. Among his many achievements in 2006 he won the World Press Photo and published his premier book “First Light”. In 2009 he received the 7th Vevey International Photography Grant from Switzerland and the international Travel photographer of the Year title at the International Travel Photographer of the Year Competition in UK.

His work has been published on magazines like National Geographic, Stern, The Guardian, Vogue, Time and many others