28/08/2026
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with OXFAM on a documentary photography assignment documenting the 10 years of the Rohingya crisis, a decade marked by displacement, uncertainty, resilience and an ongoing humanitarian crisis.
For me, this was more than simply a photography assignment.
Humanitarian photography carries a particular responsibility. Behind every frame is a person, a family, a memory and a life affected by circumstances far beyond their control. As a photographer, my role is not only to make photographs, but also to observe with respect, listen carefully and document people's realities with dignity.
During this assignment, I tried to photograph the human stories behind the statistics, the everyday lives of Rohingya people, their struggles, resilience, hopes and the realities of living through a prolonged crisis.
Recently, OXFAM published a book featuring photographs from this work.
Holding the printed book and seeing my photographs on its pages was an unexpectedly emotional moment for me.
We live in a time when most photographs remain on screens, inside cameras, phones, computers and social media feeds. Seeing these images transformed from digital files into physical pages felt completely different. There is something powerful about holding a photograph in your hands, seeing the texture of the paper, turning the pages and realizing that an image you created has become part of a permanent visual record.
For a documentary photographer, this is a special kind of recognition.
These photographs were created to document a humanitarian crisis, but their journey into a published book gives them another life. They can now reach people beyond the places where they were originally made and become part of a broader conversation about displacement, humanity and human dignity.
I am deeply grateful to OXFAM & BOX Office for trusting me with this assignment and for giving these photographs a place in this publication.
For me, photography has always been more than making beautiful images. It is about witnessing, remembering and creating a visual record of our time.
And sometimes, the most rewarding moment is simply turning a page and seeing your photograph looking back at you.
Photography for life. Photography for humanity.
