Adnaan Abidi

Adnan Abidi is an Indian photographer based in New Delhi. He has been part of three Pulitzer Prize-winning packages for photography as part of Reuters ' photography team.

Early life and Inspiration 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".

Awards In 2017, Abidi covered the exodus of Rohingyas and he and his colleague Danish Siddiqui became the first Indians to win a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography as part of the photography staff of Reuters.

He won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.

In 2022, Abidi's work was part of another Pulitzer Prize-winning photography package which covered the COVID-19 pandemic in India, increasing his tally to three Pulitzer Prizes.

In 2022 Abidi’s work titled ‘Covid Horror in Delhi’ won NPPA Best of Photojournalism first place in the Breaking News Story category.