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THE “KILL TEAM” PHOTOGRAPHS

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 24, 2011

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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`Still pictures are not still…’ Fore-seeing the effect of visual images

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 15, 2009

by Rahnuma Ahmed `Still pictures are not still…’ said Mahasweta Devi. She was in Dhaka to inaugurate Chobi Mela V, and, fortunately for us, had expressed her wish to put up with Shahidul Alam, the director of Chobi Mela. Having … Continue reading →

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