Sanchayan Chowdhury, HON.CPE, G.APS Country: Bangladesh I am Sanchayan Chowdhury. I was born in a rural place of Chattogram, Bangladesh. I had my MCA (Master of Computer Application) from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India in 2004. Then, I started my career as a consultant at the same year with Aunwesha Knowledge Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, India. Currently I am working as software engineer in Park Bangladesh, Chattogram, Bangladesh. Though I am professionally working as an engineer, I would like to see my future as a photo journalist taking photographs of mostly rural and underprivileged people who keep fighting and struggling against poverty through hardships. I started to learn and practice photography since 2010. Currently, I am the life-member of Chattogram photographic Society. I served as Publicity and Publication Secretary of Chattogram Photographic Society in 2018-2019. I love to take documentary, festival and travel photos with a unique aesthetic styles of taking candid moments. Achievements: As a Photographer I am participating in worldwide photographic competitions from 2018 under the patronage of Federation De Photographic Art, Brussels (FIAP), Photographic Society of America, USA (PSA), Image Colleague Society, USA (ICS), Global Photographic Union, Italy (GPU), International Union of Photographers (IUP) etc.

1) FIAP Gold Medal - BAKU 2020 is international contest of art  photography, organized by Gilavar Photo Club of Azerbaijan.
2) FIAP Blue Ribon - BAKU 2020 is international contest of art  photography, organized by Gilavar Photo Club of Azerbaijan.
3) Special Award Reportage - International Tuscany Photo Award  2020, Italy.
4) Club Diploma - S-Kadar 2020, International Exhibition of Art Photography, MONTENEGRO.
5) Diploma from APG Award - 2nd International Photo Exhibition NARIKALA 2020, Georgia.
6) Finalist of the Chiiz Magazine July 2020 Contest
7) Finalist of the IIT Guwahati -"Utsava" Festival Photography Contest 2020.
8) Salon Bronze Medal - Photon Circuit 2021 (CROATIA)
9) Club Ribon - Photon Circuit 2021 (BOSNIA)
10) Club Ribon - Photon Circuit 2021 (MONTENEGRO)
11) Honor Mention - Dhaka Photo Awards 2021
12) Honor Mention - Dhaka Photo Awards 2021
13) Top 5% best photo in the Contest and 15% Best Photographers -35Awards Body Modification Contest 2020
14) Diploma - Phoenix International Photography Planet Award 2019  (PIPPA 2019).
15) SPS Certificate of Merit - 1st SPS International Photography   Exhibition 2019, Bangladesh.
16) ICS HM AWARD - Amazshots International Photography Exhibition 2018, Bangladesh.
More than 100 photographs have been exhibited in different countries including  Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Singapore, USA, Romania, Bosnia, Azerbaijan, Italy, Croatia, Georgia, Montenegro,  Finland Greece etc.