Adnaan Abidi

• Name — Adnan Abidi • Birthplace — New Delhi, India • Occupation — Photographer • Employer — Reuters • Known for — Three-time Pulitzer Prize Winner • Website — adnanabidi.com

Adnan's interest in photography began in his childhood. At age 11, he joined a mobile van library and used to borrow comic books. One day, he picked up a picture postcard book by veteran photographer S. Paul, which sparked his curiosity about photography, and he convinced his father to buy him a Yashica point-and-shoot camera. Though Adnan received no formal training, he learned through trial and error with guidance from senior photographers. Adnan has mentioned that in his first job at a local newswire agency, he was often given only limited leftover film, which he credits for teaching him "the habit of being selective".

Adnan started his career as a darkroom assistant in 1997. He worked at Pan-Asia News Agency, Indo Photo News, and Press Trust of India. Eventually, he started working for Reuters as a stringer and was later given a staff position. He has captured several challenging situations over the course of his career, including 1999 Kandahar hijack of Indian Airlines flight IC814, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, 2005 Kashmir earthquake, the 2011–2012 Maldives political crisis, 2013 Cyclone Phailin in Orissa, 2015 Nepal earthquake and the 2016 Dhaka attack.