Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Great Imitator

Subscribe to ShahidulNews A fllm by Atul Loke, the talented photojournalist from India. By the mid 1960s, Charlie Chaplin – the man George Bernard Shaw called ‘the only genius to come out of the movie industry’ – was well into the twilight … Continue reading

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Tracing Freedom

Subscribe to ShahidulNews In late 2008 and early 2009 the Norwegian photographer Tom Hatlestad spent four months driving overland between Norway and Bangladesh. Along the way, he asked a hundred people to define freedom. Some of them are featured in … Continue reading

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River and Life

Subscribe to ShahidulNews They meander and glide. They unfurl with the rage of monsoon fury. Quietly they flow in the misty winter morn. Rivers thread the fabric of our land. Embroider patches of fertile delta. They are the nakshi kantha … Continue reading

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Prix Pictet Jury

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability. will judged by an internationally recognised panel of experts led by Professor Sir David King, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of … Continue reading

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