Mohammad Murad

Murad was born in Kuwait in 1976. He became interested in photography after watching his father take family photos and videos.^[4] Murad has a degree in Communication Engineering.^[5] Outside of photography, he works as a communication engineer in television broadcasting.^[4][6]

Murad purchased his first professional camera in 2014 and began his photography career by joining the Kuwait Voluntary Work Center's Photography & Documentary Team. Later in the year, he joined the Birds Monitoring & Protecting Team at the Kuwait Environment Protection Society.^[7][8]

Murad's photographs have been featured in the National Geographic,^{[9][10][11][12]} Business Insider,^[13] the Kuwait Times,^[14] and other publications.

In 2015, he received his first photography awards, an Honorable Mention at the ND Awards^[5] and 2nd place at the 2015 Monochrome Awards for his black-and-white photo of a white-tailed eagle, which he took in Hungary.^[7][15] In 2018, Murad was awarded the Merit Medal by the Hamdan International Photography Award for his black-and-white photography.^[3]

He won first prize in the Artistic Vision category at the Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature International Wildbird Photo Competition in 2019.^[16] In the same year, USA Today reported that he was among the winners of the 2019 National Wildlife Magazine photo contest.^[17] In 2020, Murad won the Remarkable Artwork Award in the "Animals in Their Environment" category at the Siena International Photo Awards.^[18] Murad also won second place in the Urban Wildlife category at the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition in 2021.^{[19][20][21][22]}

• 2017–2018: Merit Medal Recipient, Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA)^[3]
• 2018: First Place – Baby Animals, The National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest^[23]
• 2019: Second Place – Amphibians and Reptiles, The National Wildlife Magazine Photo Contest^[6]
• 2019: Honorable Mention – Animals in Their Environment, Siena International Photo Awards^[24]
• 2020: Remarkable Artwork – Animals in Their Environment, Siena International Photo Awards^[18]
• 2021: Runner-Up – Urban Wildlife Category, Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition^[19][21]