Children of Sonadia, by Saniar Rahman Rahul

Just about 9 KM offshore from the coast of world longest sea beach Cox’s Bazaar, Sonadia is a small Island. Here besides fishing, making salt in traditional ways is one of their main sources of income. Surrounding by the beautiful Bay of Bengal, the best part of the Island is its children. I found them on a salt pan, welcoming us with big smile.

Canon EOS 7D with 300mm | Exposure 1/400sec @ f/16 | ISO 3200 | Focal Length 300mm
Children of Sonadia, by Saniar Rahman Rahul

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | October 22
Award Score: 64 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 11)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Documentary Photography
Photograph Location: Sonadia, Chittagong Division | Bangladesh

Photographer: Saniar Rahman Rahul (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Registered
Saniar Rahman Rahul was the first winner for ‘Photo of the Month Award’ in June 2010. He was fascinated by seeing his father taking pictures with a camera while his family was in Iraq during his childhood. Later in life, in 1997, while he became very much attached with his profession of ‘graphic design’, Rahul rediscovered the creative side of photography. He started his career as a professional graphic designer in October of 1995, in a pre-press house called Color Scan, which is one of the pioneers in the pre-process printing media in Bangladesh. Afterwards, he moved to Power Point, another pre-press house. Before he finally settled into advertising, he also worked in an IT company called Abtab IT. Moving to advertising from printing media was a big step for him. In 2005, he joined G3, a special wing of Gray Worldwide. Two years later, he moved to Paper Rhyme. Now he is working as the Art Director of Grey World Wide, one of the ten largest advertising agencies in the world.

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