Everyone knows that Sebastian D’Souza was on the front pages
of all the newspapers all over the world as he is the only photographer to
shoot the pictures of Ajmal Kasab and Esmail Khan responsible for the Mumbai
Attack on November 26, 2008.
Sebastian D’Souza was born on 23 August 1952 in Mumbai and
completed his primary qualification from Dr. Antonio D’Silva Technical High
School, Mumbai. He worked in a Filmcell which is a Mumbai based ad agency and
later on became a news photographer and joined The Daily, Mumbai in 1981. Later
on he worked with AFP news agency from 1989-2006 and as a photo editor in
Mumbai Mirror from 2007-2012
The close-up photograph of Militant Kasab, holding an AK47
was used by the media all over the world and brought Sebastian D’Souza an
instant fame.
When the two Militants Ajmal Kasab and Esmail Khan were
shooting people blindly at Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a photographer ,D’Souza
was shooting the Attackers but from his camera.
The photographs were taken from the Nikon camera using a telephoto lens
from inside a train carriage.
D’Souza was working in his office which is just opposite the
Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus, rushed towards the point when heard the gunfire
and screaming of people. He ran to the first carriage of
one of the train on the platform and try to click photographs but due to bad
angle move to the second carriage and waited for the gunman to walk by.
D’Souza once in an interview said that he was spotted
capturing the photos by the militants but they dint care about that.
The contract of D’Souza with Mumbai Mirror ended in 2011 but
was given an extension for three years. D’Souza chooses to retire in May 2012
and decided to devote his time in art and painting which was his school time
passion.
D’Souza is the first news photographer to capture terrorist
live in action. He also became the first Indian news photographer to won the
World Press Photo Award for that picture in 2009.
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