Category Archives: development

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 →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 11, 2010
Posted in culture, development, Global Issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Shahidul Alam | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Give photography a chance

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Giedre Steikunaite A photograph’s story is not only the one told in the image. Who took a picture, and why, also matters. Now who takes pictures of the developing world, and why? “The vast majority of … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 31, 2010
Posted in development, Drik and its initiatives, exploitation, Global Issues, Imperialism, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism issues, politics, Southern Exposure | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Another View

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Lucia Chiriboga portrays the deep spirituality in Ecuadorian life. Long before Photoshop became commonplace, Lucia began creating complex images by subtle multiple exposures, as a way of weaving multilayered stories of her ancestors. ã Lucia Chiriboga/Drik/Majority World … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 26, 2008
Posted in culture, development, Drik and its initiatives, Imperialism, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism issues, politics, Shahidul Alam, Southern Exposure | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Our Inheritances

Subscribe to ShahidulNews rahnuma ahmed Different Islamic organizations stage a procession outside the National Mosque protesting against equal inheritance rights of women. Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 14 2008. © Munir uz Zaman/DrikNews ‘NO, I don’t care about the women’s development policy. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 29, 2008
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Bank for the Poor

It was 1988. The flood waters had reached Dhaka, and I needed a boat to get to the head office of the Grameen (Rural) Bank. A soft spoken unassuming gentleman, casually clad, sat at a plain wooden table. There was … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 13, 2006
Posted in Bangladesh, development, People, Shahidul Alam, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , | 15 Comments

Imaging Famine and other events

Born Aid 20. The Commission on Africa. Live 8. Make Poverty History. The G8 Summit in Gleneagles. We are witnessing renewed debate about global poverty, disasters and development, especially in Africa. Coming two decades after the Ethiopian famine of the … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 5, 2005
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Debunking the Expert Myth

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Experts determine our lives. They decide what we should wear, who we should have as partners, how many children we should have, who we should take loans from. They determine the very characteristics of a ‘civilised society’. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 20, 2004
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Chalking up Victories

Subscribe to ShahidulNews At 17 Mozammat Razia Begum is older than most of the girls in her class at the Narandi School. She was married at 15 but her husband abandoned her. ‘If I had been educated he would not … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 1, 1993
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