Amit Dave is a photographer based in Gujarat, India. He has been a part of '' Reuters''' Pulitzer Prize-winning photography team that covered COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Biography

Amit Dave was born in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

in Gujarat. He is a photojournalist working for Reuters.

Career

Amit Dave is a senior photojournalist for Reuters, based in

in India. Before working with Indian Express, he worked as a photographer in state's magazine and a local newspaper in Gujarat. He joined Reuters in 2002. Apart from his work covering COVID-19 pandemic in India for which he won the

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, Amit also known for capturing events such as the

2001 Gujarat earthquake The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's 52nd Republic Day, at . The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat ...

2002 Gujarat riots The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The burning of a train in Godhra on 27 February 2002, which caused the deaths of 58 Hin ...

and

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

in South India.

Awards

Amit Dave won the

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

for feature photography in 2022 and shares the award with Reuters photojournalists

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, and

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References

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