Sanna Irshad Mattoo is a Kashmiri photojournalist and documentary photographer based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. She focuses on capturing and representing the tension between Kashmiri citizens and the militarized condition.
Wiki/Biography
Sanna Irshad Mattoo was born in 1994 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (28 years old; as of 2022). She is pursuing her Masters in Convergent Journalism from Central University, Kashmir.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′2″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
There is not much information about her parents.
religion
Sanna Ishad Matu believes in Islam.
Profession
photojournalist
Before joining Reuters, Sanna Irshad Mattoo worked with a number of national and international publications, including The Nation, The Times, TRT World, South China Morning Post, Caravan Magazine and Al Jazeera.
prize
In 2022, Sanna won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, one of the Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually to journalism in the United States, for her coverage of the Covid-19 situation. She shared the award with Reuters photojournalists Adnan Abidi, Amit Dev and Danish Siddiqui (late).
Facts/Trivia
- In 2021, Sanna became a Photography and Social Justice Fellow at the Magnum Foundation.
- In October 2022, Sanna Irshad Mattoo was reportedly intercepted by immigration officials at Delhi Airport despite having a valid U.S. visa and air ticket while traveling to New York to receive her Pulitzer Prize. . According to her, this is the second time she has been prevented from traveling abroad. Prior to this, Sanna was intercepted by immigration officials at Delhi Airport and was preparing to travel to Paris to attend a book launch and photography exhibition.
I’m on my way to receiving a Pulitzer Prize ( @Pulitzer Prize) in New York, but I was stopped at immigration at Delhi Airport and banned from international travel, even though I had a valid US visa and ticket. pic.twitter.com/btGPiLlasK
— Sanna Ishad Mattoo (@mattoosanna) October 18, 2022
- After the event, the Press Club of India expressed dismay at the government’s decision to prevent Sana Ishad Mathu from traveling to the United States.
The Press Club of India cannot understand the government’s decision to prevent Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri journalist Sana Mathu from traveling to the United States to receive the award.
The government should come clean on this matter. pic.twitter.com/nnkcmkzo7Y
— Press Club of India (@PCITweets) October 20, 2022
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