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Arko Datta
Arko Datta is an Indian photojournalist who has received international
acclaim for his work. He started his career with Indian Express and has
worked for The Telegraph, Agence France-Presse and Reuters. He
has covered several wars including Iraq and Afghanistan and other important
international events such as the 2002 Gujarat riots and the 2004 Indian
Ocean Tsunami. His image of the man, folding hands and begging for mercy,
of the Gujarat riots made a huge impact among people and it had become
a symbol of the riot with leading newspapers and magazines publishing it on
the front page. He has won various awards and accolades for his work, some
of which include the World Press ‘Photo of the Year’ 2004 award, Pulitzer
Prize nomination for Breaking News Photography in 2005, Photographer of
the year by Asian Photography magazine in 2003 and 2004 and many other
awards in photographic competitions like NPPA (USA), PoY (USA), Chipp
(China), etc.
There are hundreds of other photographers that we couldn’t name
on this list but are doing or have done equally good work. Other notable
photographers whose work we suggest you to check out are Robert Capa,
Altaf Qadri, Jeff Widener, and Horst Faas. Conflict photography is a noble
trade where these photographers put their lives on the line so that the general
public can be in the know of the destruction caused by wars and we should
appreciate their efforts for doing so.TEXT: SOURADEEP ROY© Arko Datta