Category Archives: Photojournalism issues

Public talk at National Geographic

Subscribe to ShahidulNews When the lions find their storytellers: A public talk by Dr Shahidul Alam October 4th, 6 p.m. National Geographic Store 83-97 Regent Street London Internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, curator and teacher Dr Shahidul Alam, will lead … Continue reading

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The foibles of the world

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Martin Parr reveals the secret of taking photographs that tell the unvarnished truth By Benjamin Secher 27 Aug 2011 Girls at the Badminton horse trials in 1988 A game of bowls in Bristol in 2000 Couple outside … Continue reading

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Public discussion at University of Queensland

Subscribe to ShahidulNews 15 August, 2011 For Immediate Use UQ to host international photojournalist advocate’s public discussion Internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer and activist Dr Shahidul Alam will lead a free public discussion next week, hosted by The University of … Continue reading

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Magnum Foundation Interview

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Conversation between Shehab Uddin and Shahidul Alam UDDIN: I’m a freelance photographer in Bangladesh and I first met Shahidul in 1998. At that time I was in my hometown in Khulna. Shahidul, who also moved to Bangladesh … Continue reading

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The Mexican suitcase

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Trisha Ziff is a curator of photography and documentary film maker whose films, focus on the photographic image. A Guggenheim scholar, her exhibitions have been seen at major international museums including: Victoria & Albert Museum, London; California … Continue reading

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THE “KILL TEAM” PHOTOGRAPHS

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Posted by Seymour M. Hersh The New Yorker La Mohammed Kalay, Afghanistan, 2010. Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 2003. Soldiers rest just after the My Lai massacre, 1968. My Lai 4, Vietnam, 1968. It’s the smile. In photographs released by the … Continue reading

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Majority World Agency poised for lift off

London, 16th March 2011. MAJORITY WORLD™, the socially responsible image agency, announces major expansion plan at “Responsible Business”, Business Design Centre, London, 17-18 March 2011 Inspiring images, responsibly sourced MAJORITY WORLD™ is a picture agency with a difference. It promotes … Continue reading

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G20 photographer awarded £30,000 for injury by police

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Owen Bowcott guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 December 2010 05.01 GMT A photographer who was struck in the face by a police shield during the G20 protests last year has been awarded £30,000 compensation by the Metropolitan police. … Continue reading

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Photography is Not a Crime

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Photography is Not a Crime It’s a First Amendment Right By Carlos Miller The Homeland Security Bureau of the Miami-Dade Police Department has published a “Terrorist Awareness Guide” where it advises citizens to be on the lookout … Continue reading

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Flotilla Fabrication

Subscribe to ShahidulNews “The average person believes implicitly that the photograph cannot falsify. Of course, you and I know that this unbounded faith in the integrity of the photograph is often rudely shaken, for, while photographs may not lie, liars … Continue reading

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