Documentary photographer Rahul Talukder. Photo Courtesy: World Press Photo

Bangladeshi youth Rahul Talukder has won Sony World Photography Award’s Conceptual Photographer of 2015.

The Jury of the world’s largest photography competition chose Rahul Talukder, a documentary photographer from Sunamganj of Sylhet, from over 87,000 entries to the Professional competition for a series titled “Faded history of the lost”, states a press release.  

The release issued by World Photography Organisation read that Talukder, in 2014, was shortlisted for his poignant series on missing posters of victims of 2013 Rana Plaza collapse for the Sony World Photography Awards’ Student Focus competition.

It is one of the world’s largest programmes for photography students, the press release, dated yesterday, said.

“I am totally surprised after hearing this wonderful news. It’s really a great honour for me to be recognized among so many strong works,” Talukdar overwhelmed in an interview, the release said.

The photographer was presented his award and the latest Sony digital imaging equipment at a ceremony in London attended by industry leaders. 

The winning series will be shown at the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards exhibition at Somerset House, London and will be published in the 2015 edition of the Sony World Photography Awards book, added the press release.

Born in 1991, Talukder joined Pathshala to study documentary photography. Since then, he has won World Press Photo Award and been recognised by the Ian Parry Scholarship and is also one of the winners of Magnum Photos 30 Under 30.