Category Archives: Reviews

From the Lions Point Of View

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 18, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Peter Marshall From the blog >Re Photo “Isn’t it a thrill to have him here in London” said the woman behind me to a friend as we we all waited, hardly an empty seat in the … Continue reading →

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Poet With a Kodak and a Restless Eye

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 13, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By HOLLAND COTTER Published: September 12, 2010 WASHINGTON — The poet Allen Ginsberg, who died in 1997, adored life, feared death and craved fame. These obsessions seemed to have kept him, despite his practice of Buddhist meditation, from sitting … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh, Pakistan and India through a lens

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 11, 2010

A major new exhibition of photographs from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India leaves novelist Kamila Shamsie troubled, captivated – and wanting more So much for the post-national, globalised world. Looking through hundreds of photographs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, which will go on show … Continue reading →

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What Matters

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 28, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The World’s Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time Sterling. 2008. 335p. ed. by David Elliot Cohen. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-4027-5834-8. $27.95. POL SCI PHOTOGRAPHY EXPOSES TRUTHS, advances the public discourse, and demands action. … Continue reading →

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