'I shoot for the common man': Photographer Danish Siddiqui's finest work
He was a largely self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession by documenting wars, riots and human suffering.
Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with Reuters news agency, was killed on Friday covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan.
Afghan forces were fighting to retake Spin Boldak when Siddiqui and a senior officer were killed in Taliban crossfire.
Siddiqui covered war zones and crises from Iraq to Hong Kong to Nepal.
“Ninety percent of the photography I have learnt has come from experimentation in the field,” he once wrote. “What I enjoy most is capturing the human face of a breaking story. I shoot for the common man who wants to see and feel a story from a place where he can't be present himself.”
A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his wife Rike and two young children.
Here is some of the celebrated photographer's best work from the past decade:
Header image: The grounds are prepared for mass cremation of coronavirus victims in New Delhi, India, April 28, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. — Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
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Jul 16, 2021 07:03pm
The first pic is too graphic to watch. But his work is marvellous , no doubt
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Jul 16, 2021 07:04pm
Thank you Danish Siddiqui for bringing human suffering to the front page. I hope people will learn from your photo journalism and make this world a better place. RIP
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Jul 16, 2021 07:05pm
This man is amazing - absolutely amazing and what is more is he was self taught
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Jul 16, 2021 07:20pm
Dear Danish,
Salute to you for the brilliant work you've done. With a heavy heart, you depart. May you rest in peace, braveheart!
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Jul 16, 2021 07:48pm
He was a throne in the eyes of RSS as he photographed their riots and lynchings with utmost bravery.
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Jul 16, 2021 08:00pm
Larger than the life itself,Siddiqui will always stay alive because of his real photographs.
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Jul 16, 2021 08:30pm
@ST, Now imagine what the person being beaten was experiencing, at the hands of Hindutva extremists.
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Jul 16, 2021 08:53pm
It is so sad to see a youngman of that caliber die in a senseless war.
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Jul 16, 2021 10:23pm
So sad.. RIP mr siddique. Infact a brilliant journalist who sacrifice life on duty.
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Jul 16, 2021 11:33pm
A picture is worth a thousand words....and Danish Siddiqui 's work states just that.
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Jul 17, 2021 12:33am
What a grave, gruesome, grim, gross and great tragedy? Inna Lilla Hay Waa Inna Illehey Rajayoon.
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Jul 17, 2021 02:28am
@Kandahar Escaper, And yet he was killed in Afghanistan by Taliban
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Jul 17, 2021 03:33am
@St. Mercury,
Taliban have been oppressed and denied their right to govern Afghanistan under Islamic law by foreign forces, it is not a senseless war but Jihad against oppression,rights and human dignity, just like in IO Kashmir but Indian trolls will never understand.
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Jul 17, 2021 04:31am
RIP
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Jul 17, 2021 05:45am
We all know who is behind the killing, he said it like it is about Hindutva rss and it's killing of minorities forcing them to eat dung, lynching and killing.
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Jul 17, 2021 02:07pm
Absolutely BEUUUTIFUL work. A real artist. May he rest in eternal peace. I am a bit confused what was he doing right in middle of the battlefield. Was he sent there on purpose????
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Jul 17, 2021 02:08pm
@Kandahar Escaper, I seem to agree with you.
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