Incense workers

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Photographer

Azim Khan Ronnie
Prize

Honorable Mention
Jury Top 5 Selection

Shana Nys Dambrot Graphically and chromatically this image is absolutely arresting. I love how it also evokes other sensations of space and even scent, a surreal take on nature and fractals. But at the same time it represents physical labor in an ages-old tradition. A lot to think about as well as look at. Really more than looking, it's like the eyes absorb it.
Date of Photograph

14/12/2019
Technical Info

Shutter Speed: 1/250 ISO: 100 Aperture: f/5 Sensor Type: Cropped Sensor
Website

www.ronniefoto.com

Vietnamese workers sits surrounded by thousands of incense sticks in Quang Phu Can, a village in Hanoi, Vietnam, where the sticks have been traditionally made for hundreds of years. Incense plays an important role in the spiritual lives of Vietnamese people. People use incense in all worship activities. The bamboo bundles are arranged on the ground on sunny days so as to dry them. To make the incense sticks the bamboo is first split in two, cleaned and dusted and then a third of the stick is coloured red, purple or yellow. To dry them the sticks are laid out on the ground.

Biography

Azim Khan Ronnie was born in Dhaka and brought up in Bogra, Bangladesh. He has an utter passion for photography and photography has been his passion. As a photographer, his essential aim is to capture the moments of life and give them significance by making them static in time. He loves to travel and be in different places, meet new people, and enjoy the experience that photography offers, which is to capture Earth's beautiful and awe-inspiring moments. He also loves to experiment with his photography. He is working news channel as a senior camera person in Bangladesh. More than 12 years Azim Khan Ronnie working in TV Channel back to camera. That’s why he was gain lot of photographic knowledge. He has taken part in many National and International Photography contest and till now he has won many national and international photography awards, including BBC Wildlife Photo Contest winner 2017, Won the 1st prize in Securing Water For Food Global Water-Agriculture Photo Contest 2017, PSS – Dr. Gibson Hill Memorial Gold Medal (Best of Section) from Singapore International Photography Awards (SIPA) 2017, 1st prize winner from COMPAS photo competition 2017, 1st Prize from 35AWARDS 2016 Russia, 3 award winner from "Golden Orchid International Photo Awards" 2017, 1st & 3rd Prize winner from International photo contest & exhibition in China 2015, Achieve 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 8th & 9th total 5 awards from Bangladesh's Wiki Loves Earth 2017 Photo Contest, Achieve 1st, 2nd & 7th winner from Bangladesh’s Wiki loves monuments 2017 photo contest, 3rd Prize from Dhaka-Kolkata International Photo Contest 2017, The Nature Conservancy’s 2017 Top 100 Photo Contest, Anjan Kumar Majumder Memorial Trophy for Best Local Nature" from MahfuzUllah Memorial International Photo Contest 2017, Finalist Siena International Photography Awards 2017, Finalist dotART Urban 2017 photo awards, Highly Commended CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year 2016, One of my photograph has been selected for the 2019 New Internationalist Almanac and many more.