PHOTOGRAPHIC STORYTELLERS

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 30, 2007

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MAKING CONNECTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHIC STORYTELLERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SHAHIDUL ALAM, CHRIS RAINIER, AND THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY’S ALL ROADS AWARDEES

The National Geographic Society’s All Roads Film Project recognizes and supports indigenous and underrepresented storytellers from around the world who are documenting their changing cultures and communities through photography and film. For the third consecutive year of this popular program, we present talented artists from Israel, Kashmir, Lapland, Mongolia, Nigeria, and the United States who have been selected by the National Geographic Society to present their work and reflect on ways their images and stories make connections that help create a more just and beautiful world. The All Roads photographers will be joined by Chris Rainier of the National Geographic Society and photographer Shahidul Alam, media activist and founder of the Drik photo agency in Bangladesh.

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2007 Awardees

Altaf Qadri (Kashmir)

Kashmir: Paradise in Pain

Oded Balilty (Israel)

Along the Lines

Akintunde Akinleye (Nigeria)

The Troubles of a Blessed Country

A Yin (China, Inner Mongolia)

Highland Mongolian Life

Munem Wasif of Pathshala, received an honourable mention for his photo essay “Belongings”

Monday, October 1, 2007
7:30pm
Kresge Auditorium
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

Doors open at 6:00pm. Seating is limited, so please arrive early.

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About Shahidul Alam

I am a Bangladeshi photographer, writer and activist with a special interest in education, new media and ICT. I was a research tutor at London University where I obtained a PhD in organic chemistry before taking up photography as a profession. I am a former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society and set up the award winning Drik Picture Library. I also set up the Bangladesh Photographic Institute and Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography and the DrikNews photo agency. I am the director of Chobi Mela the festival of photography in Asia. My work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Royal Albert Hall in London, Le centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the National Art Gallery in Kuala Lumpur. I have chaired the World Press Photo international jury. I am an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a board member of the National Geographic Society and the Eugene Smith Foundation. I am currently visiting professor of photography at the University of Sunderland. I have lectured at Harvard, UCLA and Stanford universities in the USA, Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines and Universidade Eduaro Monldane in Mozambique and Oxford and Cambridge universities in the UK. I was one of the Masters in the Joop Swart Masterclass organised by World Press Photo. My new book “My Journey as a Witness” has been selected as one of the “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo.
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2 Responses to PHOTOGRAPHIC STORYTELLERS

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  2. Bangladesh Network Informatioin Center says:
    December 1, 2007 at 6:50 am

    PHOTOGRAPH itself talk. Drik photo agency in Bangladesh is one of organization, who bringing this media on light. I wish Drik will continue it’s walk through in road of final destination.

    Bangladesh Network Information Center, who are working to focus of Information Technology in Bangladesh is supporting this type of work.

    Carry one Drik, We are here to give you support for distributing your content over the world, which may include a data connectivity, storage on its Data Center, moreover support to create your information available to world media.

    With Thanks

    Bangladesh Network Information Center
    http://www.bdnic.net/

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