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Bangladeshi photographer wins 8 awards in 2 global contests

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Published: 11:20, 6 November 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Bangladeshi photographer wins 8 awards in 2 global contests

Staff Correspondent: Bangladeshi young photographer has won eight awards in Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 and Wiki Loves Earth 2017.

Azim Khan Ronnie, Bangladeshi photographer brought the fame for the nation winning numerous global awards. He won first, second and seventh awards in Wiki Loves Monuments while second, third, fifth, eighth and ninth award in Wiki Loves Earth 2017 contests.

The award giving ceremony will be held at National Museum in capital's Shahbagh on November 12.

Christel Steigenberger, Community Advocate (International), Wikimedia Foundation will formally hand over the awards among the winners.

Bangladesh took part in the international Wiki Loves Earth (an annual international photographic competition around conservation areas of the participating countries) photography competition for the first time in 2017.

During the competition, a total of 191 Bangladeshi participants uploaded more than 2000 freely licensed photographs of 40 (of the 51 government listed protected sites of Bangladesh) different protected sites in Wikimedia Commons. Out of the 2000+ photographs, the jury[note1] of the Wiki Loves Earth Bangladesh contest selected the 10 winning photographs.


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