Bio

Shafayet Hossain Apollo: Biography I have been fully devoted to photography for the last 26 years. I am a Freelance Documentary and Advertising Photographer. I had been doing job in a leading advertising agency (Unitrend Ltd. Affiliated with McCann-Erickson World Group) as a Professional Photographer (my designation: Associated Director-Photography) in Bangladesh since 1998 to 2011. On 30 September, 2011, I resigned from my post in an advertising firm to devote myself to freelance photography Publications: Hundreds of photographs have been published in different medium like –billboard, press ad, poster, pack design, TV commercial, brochure, calendar, books, etc. in local company and multinational companies. Photographic Awards, Acceptance & Exhibition: [International-16; Bangladeshi-33] International Awards: 01-02) 5 Awards [2019] + 2 Awards [2020] 2nd Prize -- Bring home the Harvest Highly commended -- 4 awards in four categories 3rd Prize -- Food for sale Highly commended -- Street food Pink Lady Food photographer of the year’ 2019 and 2020, London, U.K. 03) Exhibition Award 2nd International Photography Contest of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey 04) Merit Medal Happiness Category HIPA’ 2015-2016 Dubai, U.A.E. 05-06) Performance Award The Humanity Photo Awards’2013 and 2015, China 07) Nomination Award The Humanity Photo Awards 2015, China The China Folklore Photographic Association & UNESCO 08) Excellence Award The 15th China International Photographic Art Exhibition-2013 China Photographers Association, China 09) Honorable Mention The 70th International Photographic Salon of Japan’2009 / The Asahi Shimbun 10) “Runner up Award”, South Asia Regional Category “Commonwealth Photographic Awards’ 2007“, London, UK. 11) 3rd Prize-20th Anniversary Photo Competition of CIRDAP (1979-1999) Asia and the Pacific, 1999, Bangladesh Art Photography Acceptances and Exhibition of Countries: Argentina, South Africa, U.K., Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand , Japan, China, Turkey, UAE, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and many Commonwealth countries.