Shadman Shahid is a photographer and educator born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His work deals with the precarity of the corporeal and the spiritual human conditions in contemporary society. His photographic methodology walks the line between documentary and fiction and usually, in his work, the content drives the aesthetics. He relies heavily on magic realism as a storytelling method. His photographic works have brought him a few accolades including World Press Photo’s Joop Swart Masterclass, BJP ones to watch in 2016, Burn emerging photographer of the year in 2018 and Winner of Bird in Flight prize 2019. He is currently based in the Netherlands, as the head of the Department of Photography & Society (MA) at the Royal Academy of Art in Hague. He is currently represented by East Wing Gallery.