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Drying incense

Vietnamese workers sits surrounded by thousands of incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau 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.

Awards

Color Photography Contest

2023

Gold

Travel

Professional

Drying incense

Vietnamese workers sits surrounded by thousands of incense sticks in Quang Phu Cau 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.

About Artist

Azim Khan Ronnie

Azim Khan Ronnie was born in Dhaka and brought up in Bogura, 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 has taken part in many International Photography contests and till now he has won more than 600 international photography awards, including Grand prize winner from American Photography Open 2020, Grand Prize Winner in One Eyeland World's Top 10 Travel Photographers 2022, Category winner Aerial in world's largest photo competition CEWE Photo Award 2021, Germany. Category winners of the 'Faces of Climate Change' International Photography Competition 2022, UK. WMPO Bronze and Honorable Mention Winner in The World Masters of Photography Award 2022. 1st Prize winner from Capture One Pro photo contest, Denmark. Overall winner Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year, USA. 3rd Place Winner from The International Portrait Photographer of the Year, Australia. HIPA Merit Medal Award 2018, Andrei Stenin Press Photo Contest Winner 2019, Won Grand prize winner and Travel category winner in Better Photography Magazine Photo of the Year Award 2020, Photographer of the year from Shatto Gallery International Photography Awards, USA, Won Gold Award in the Mobile category and Excellence Award in the Open category from Smile World International Photography Award 2020, 1st place winner in "Drone Still Photography" Section from JDFF2020, Korea, SIENA International Photography Award 2019 & 2020, Runner Up winner of the Drone Photo Awards 2020 include 5 awards, Two awards from Drone photo contest 2019, Won 2nd Place in Event-Traditions and Cultures, Honorable Mention in People -Traditions / Culture, Honorable Mention in Special-Travel / Wanderlust, Honorable Mention in Event-Traditions and Cultures from International Photography Awards 2020-IPA. Asahi Shimbun award from Japan, Remarkable award from Urban Photo Awards 2020, Winner Agora images. 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize category winner from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Award 2020, 1st Place Winner in "Your Best Shot" Organized by Blank Wall Gallery, Greece, Honorable Mention winner in VIENNA International Photo Award 2020, Win 3rd prize from ACAF International photo contest 8th “Human Rights” Italy, Winner in Whalebone Photo Contest 2020 sponsored by B&H, USA, Won FIAP Bronze medal from Orhan Holding 15th International Photo Contest 2019 in Turkey. Won Merit Awards from prestigious All About Photo Awards 2020, 2nd prize from HERITAGE for PLANET EARTH® travel photo competition 2018, Winner HERITAGE for PLANET EARTH® 2019 International Photo Contest, Winner WOW Photo Awards 2019, Won Golden Dragon Photo Award, Won Silver Award in the San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards, USA 2020, BBC Wildlife Photo Contest winner 2017, 1st prize winner of City Competition from I SHOT IT, Won the 1st prize in Securing Water For Food Global Water-Agriculture Photo Contest 2017, FIAP Bronze Medal from 15th Adana Rotary Club International Photography Contest. 3rd Place winner from Wiki Loves Monuments 2017 international photo contest organized by Wikipedia. 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 in UK, Runner up winner from COMPAS photo competition 2018 in UK, 1st Prize winner from 35AWARDS 2016 Russia, 2nd prize winner from The 4th Student Photography Contest, organized by Global Photography, China, Grand Prize winner of Endless Summer Photo Contest from Skylum, Two times MARUMI Photo Contest Silver Prize winner from Japan, Honorable mention award from ND Awards 2017, Top 10 Winners of Click India Photography Contest 2017, 3 awards 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, Honorable Mention Award from Tokyo International Photo Award (TIFA). Honorable Mention Winner from IPA-The International Photo Awards. Gold Medal Award winners in the San Francisco Bay International Photo Show. Grand prize winner from Chania Photo Festival, Greece 2018 etc.

Azim Khan Ronnie

Photographic Areas of Focus

Aerial, Architecture, Landscapes, Nature, People, Portrait, Travel

Location

Bangladesh

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