Pictures That Photo Journalist Danish Siddiqui Will Be Remembered For

Danish Siddiqui Pulitzer Pictures: Photojournalist Danish Siddique got killed on the job in Afghanistan during clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces in Kandahar. The death of the Pulitzer-winning journalist who documented the greatest processes of his time was mourned by people of new industry, politicians and many others who recognised the importance of his photographs.

While some matters can be reported with words, they really speak to people in form of pictures and Danish Siddiqui was able to give that to news consumers. From Rohingya refuse camps to riots in Delhi, Siddiqui captured emotions that did not need words.

He was hired by Reuters as a chief photographer in India in 2010. During his 11 years at the agency, he covered wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, protests in different parts of the world such as Hong Kong. Recently, pictures taken by him of the cremation sites in India went viral on social media. Those pictures showed the reality of the COVID-19 crisis in the country.

Reuters paid its tribute to the late journalist and wrote, "Danish was an outstanding journalist ... a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague. Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time."

Here are the pictures that Danish Siddiqui will always be remembered for:

He was part of a Reuters team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for work covering the Rohingya refugees who were fleeing Myanmar. The judges described the work as "shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence" faced by the minority group.
According to a profile on Reuters' website, Siddiqui received his first formal training in photography at film school.

Picture credit: Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters

A Rohingya refugee touches the shore after crossing the Bay of Bengal. 

This was one of the two pictures which were part of the Reuters documentation of the Rohingya crisis. The team won the Pulitzer prize for the pictures. The judge described these pictures as "shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence".

Picture credit: Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters

Photograph of a mass cremation in Delhi on April 22 taken from a drone.

When Danish Siddiqui was praised for his depiction of the COVID-19 deaths in India and was called brave, he replied, "Thanks for your kind words. I don't think there is anything HEROIC about it. As journalists, this is what we signed up for. It's our DUTY to document what is happening around us."

Picture credit: Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters

A gunman threatens anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protestors near Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi on January 30, 2020

Picture credit: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters

Dayaram Kushwaha, a migrant worker, carries his 5-year-old son, Shivam, on his shoulders as they walk along a road to return to their village, during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus, in New Delhi in 2020

Picture credit: Danish Siddiqui/ Reuters

Devotees prepare rice dishes to offer to the Hindu Sun God as they attend Pongal celebrations at a slum in Mumbai

In one of his interviews, Siddiqui said that he enjoys covering politics, business and sports news stories but "what I enjoy most is capturing the human face of a breaking story"

He had said, "I shoot for the common man who wants to see and feel a story from a place where he can't be present himself."

His friends, colleagues and so many who admired his body of work have called his death a massive loss to journalism.

 Another Pulitzer For Danish Siddique

In May 2022. when the Pulitzer Prize list was announced for the year, Siddique's name was present. Siddique received the award for his brilliant work during the Covid crisis in India in the category of feature photography, along with Adnan Abidi, Amit Dave and Sanna Irshad Mattoo for their “images of COVID’s toll in India.” On the day of receiving the prize, Yunus Siddiqui, 6, and Sarah Siddiqui, 4, the children of Siddique accepted the award on behalf of their father.

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