Danish Siddiqui
Danish Siddiqui | |
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| Born | 1981 |
| Died | 16 July 2021 (aged 40–41)[1] |
| Alma mater | Jamia Millia Islamia |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Reuters |
| Father | Akhtar Siddiqui |
| Website | www |
Danish Siddiqui (1980 – 16 July 2021) was an Indian photojournalist based in Mumbai.[2] He received the Pulitzer Prize as part of the Photography staff of Reuters.
He was killed while covering fighting between Afghan troops and Taliban in Spin Buldak, Kandahar on 16 July 2021.[3][4]
Education
Danish graduated with a degree in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. He went on to pursue a degree in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia in 2007.[5][6]
Career
Siddiqui started his career as a television news correspondent. He switched to photojournalism and joined the international news agency Reuters as an intern in 2010. Siddiqui had since covered the Battle of Mosul (2016–17), April 2015 Nepal earthquake, the refugee crisis arising from the Rohingya genocide, 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, 2020 Delhi Riots and the COVID-19 pandemic among other stories in South Asia, Middle East and Europe. In 2018, he became the first Indian alongside colleague Adnan Abidi to win the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as part of the Photography staff of Reuters for documenting the Rohingya Refugee Crisis.[7] A photograph he clicked during the 2020 Delhi Riots was featured as one of the defining photographs of 2020 by Reuters.[8] He used to head the Reuters Pictures team in India.[9]
References
- ^ "Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui dies in Afghanistan clashes". indiatoday.in. 16 July 2021.
- ^ Siddiqui, Danish. "Danish Siddiqui". Reuters - The Wider Image. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar province". Hindustan Times. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ DelhiJuly 16, India Today Web Desk New; July 16, 2021UPDATED:; Ist, 2021 12:48. "Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui dies in Afghanistan clashes". India Today. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
{{cite web}}:|first3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Vaswani, Anjana (18 April 2018). "Mumbai lensman Danish Siddiqui's work part of Pulitzer-winning Rohingya series". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Jamia Millia's AJK-MCRC Alumnus Receives Pulitzer Prize For Photography". NDTV.com. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "The 2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Photo of Muslim Man Being Beaten in Delhi Riots is Reuters' India Pick in 'Pictures of Year' List". The Wire. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Danish Siddiqui". TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India). Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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