Ahmed was awarded full scholarship by Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid to do Masters of Fine Arts in photography.

In 2013, Ahmed received the Blub Award from Format International Photography Festival in the United Kingdom.

Some of the organizations he has worked with are International Finance Corporation of World Bank Group, Medicins Sans Frontieres, UNAIDS, UNDP, WFP, Save The Children.

The work conveys the subtle sense of challenge in the expressions of the community in a traditional and conservative culture like Bangladesh.

Ahmed comes from the Gazi family, who were one of the Baro Bhuyan (Twelve Zaminders of Bengal) in sixteenth century, from the Bhawal Estate now known as Gazipur in Bangladesh.