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Mohammad Murad
Kuwaiti wildlife photographer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad Murad[1] (Arabic: محمد مراد; born 1976) is a Kuwaiti wildlife photographer who specializes in bird photography.[2] His photographs have won various international awards.[3]
Early life
Murad was born in Kuwait in 1976. He became interested in photography after watching his father take family photos and videos.[4] Murad has a degree in Communication Engineering.[5] Outside of photography, he works as a communication engineer in television broadcasting.[4][6]
Career
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Murad purchased his first professional camera in 2014 and began his photography career by joining the Kuwait Voluntary Work Center's Photography & Documentary Team. Later in the year, he joined the Birds Monitoring & Protecting Team at the Kuwait Environment Protection Society.[7][8]
Murad's photographs have been featured in the National Geographic,[9][10][11][12] Business Insider,[13] the Kuwait Times,[14] and other publications.
In 2015, he received his first photography awards, an Honorable Mention at the ND Awards[5] and 2nd place at the 2015 Monochrome Awards for his black-and-white photo of a white-tailed eagle, which he took in Hungary.[7][15] In 2018, Murad was awarded the Merit Medal by the Hamdan International Photography Award for his black-and-white photography.[3]
He won first prize in the Artistic Vision category at the Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature International Wildbird Photo Competition in 2019.[16] In the same year, USA Today reported that he was among the winners of the 2019 National Wildlife Magazine photo contest.[17] In 2020, Murad won the Remarkable Artwork Award in the "Animals in Their Environment" category at the Siena International Photo Awards.[18] Murad also won second place in the Urban Wildlife category at the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition in 2021.[19][20][21][22]
Awards
- 2017–2018: Merit Medal Recipient, Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA)[3]
- 2018: First Place – Baby Animals, The National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest[23]
- 2019: Second Place – Amphibians and Reptiles, The National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest[6]
- 2019: Honorable Mention – Animals in Their Environment, Siena International Photo Awards[24]
- 2020: Remarkable Artwork – Animals in Their Environment, Siena International Photo Awards[18]
- 2021: Runner-Up – Urban Wildlife Category, Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition[19][21]
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