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Final Embrace is a photograph showing two victims in the rubble of the April 2013 collapse of the eight storey Rana Plaza building in Savar Upazila, Bangladesh.[1] The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Taslima Akhter, was awarded third prize in the World Press Photo (single) in the "spot news category".[2][3][4][5] It was also selected among Time magazine's "Top 10 Photos of 2013".[6]

Final Embrace
ArtistTaslima Akhter
Completion dateApril 2013 (2013-04)
MediumPhotograph
Subject2013 Savar building collapse

Akhter is a member of Nari Sanghati (a women's welfare organization), and a member of leftist political group Gana Sanghati Andolon. She works as a teacher at Pathshala, a school of photography in Dhaka.[7]

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  1. ^ "Heartbreaking Bangladesh Factory Photo Shows Couple In Final Embrace (Photo)". The Huffington Post. 5 August 2013.
  • ^ "World Press Photo Award Winners List". ABC News. Associated Press. 14 February 2014.
  • ^ "Rana Plaza images win World Press Photo". Bdnews24.com. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018.
  • ^ "2 Rana Plaza photos get World Press Photo award". Daily Sun. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014.
  • ^ "World Press Photo Awards announced, Rana Plaza photos bring two honours to Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014.
  • ^ Kira Pollack, "Time Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2013". Time. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  • ^ Prashad, Vijay (12 October 2015). "Workers' yarns". Himal Southasian.

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