Courtesy of
Jubair Ahmed Arnob
BaseCamp Photojournalist of the Year
Jubair Ahmed Arnob
Govt. Titumir College
Mohakhali, Dhaka- 1213
Bangladesh
Highly Commended
Jubair Ahmed Arnob is a documentary photographer and photojournalist. He was born in 2000 in B-Baria, Bangladesh but has grown up in Dhaka since childhood. He has completed his basics of documentary photography from Counter Foto – A Centre for Visual Arts and Chhaya Institute of Communication and Photography.
He has accomplished some educational certifications, such as Gengeo Storytelling for Impact: Photography by the National Geographic Society and Introduction to Digital Journalism by Reuters. As well as working independently, Arnob is a contributor photojournalist at Pacific Press Agency and Getty Images.
His works have been exhibited on national and international platforms, including the USA, India, Italy, and New York. He has received numerous honors and awards such as Women Empowerment by Photography Club of India, India (3rd Place), World Photography Awards 2021 by the North American Photography Association (NAPA) (Honorable Mention), Burtur Photo Award 2021, New York (Shortlisted), Siena Creative Awards 2020, Italy (Shortlisted) and many more. His works have been published widely, among them in Getty Images, Financial postbd, New Age Youth, The Business Standard, Photos Arte Interphoto, TV Capodistria, BBC Bangla, and Social Documentary.net. He is interested in socio-political-economic issues, human rights, climate change, and long-term projects.
Flood Victims
Country: Bangladesh; City: 1. Manikganj 2. Madaripur 3. Kurigram 4. Jamalpur
2020
Bangladesh is one of the countries most susceptible to floods in South Asia, as well as to the consequences of climate change. Being a riverine country, a great portion of Bangladesh is flooded every year. The principal sources of floods are the river floods from the overbank flows of the major river systems, the Brahmaputra, the Ganges, and the Meghna, in the monsoon months.
Local rainfall floods frequently accompany river floods caused by runoff from Bangladesh’s high-intensity, long-duration precipitation. This huge discharge of water cannot be drained to the Bay of Bengal because of high outfall water levels. As all the flows are drained in the Bay of Bengal only by the lower Meghna River, it takes time and lengthens the duration of the flood. Also, the synchronization of peak flows in the Brahmaputra and the Ganges is a major determinant of the extent of flooding in the country.
Flood-prone zones are the worst off among different disaster-prone areas in terms of food shortages, the incidence of extremely poor, insufficient income, illiteracy, and a high concentration of wage laborers.
Sometimes relief is provided to the vulnerable flood-affected people in several areas by the Govt. and Private Organizations. This action is executed under the supervision of local authorities with the help of volunteers.
Covid-19 was at its peak, making the situation even worse. At This time, the volunteers searched and listed the neediest people so that the needy people can get relief as the first priority. These are the people for which the deprived or less privileged can stand out with enthusiasm. This humanity is something that keeps the world alive.