Mohammad Murad محمد مراد | |
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Born | 1976 |
Nationality | Kuwaiti |
Occupation | Wildlife photographer |
Website |
mohammadmurad |
Mohammad Murad (Arabic: محمد مراد; born 1976) is a Kuwaiti wildlife photographer who specializes in bird photography. His photos have won awards such as the 2017–2018 Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) Merit Medal. [1]
Murad's photos have been featured in BBC News, [2] National Geographic, [3] [4] [5] [6] Business Insider, [7] the Kuwait Times, [8] USA Today, [9] and other publications.
Murad was born in Kuwait in 1976. He became interested in photography after watching his father take family photos and videos. [10] Murad has a degree in Communication Engineering. [11] Outside of photography, he works as a communication engineer in TV broadcasting. [10] [12]
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. [13]
In 2015, he received his first photography awards, winning an Honorable Mention at the ND Awards [11] and winning 2nd place at the 2015 Monochrome Awards for his black-and-white photo of a white-tailed eagle, which he took in Hungary. [13] [14] Murad was awarded the Merit Medal in 2018 by the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) for his black-and-white photography. [1]
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. [15]
In 2020, Murad won the Remarkable Artwork Award in the "Animals in Their Environment" category at the Siena International Photo Awards. [16] Murad also won second place in the Urban Wildlife category at the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition in 2021. [17] [18] [2] [19]