Tag Archives: representation

PopTech 2011 Interview:

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 30, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews PopTech 2011 Interview: Shahidul Alam on photography for change Lindsay Borthwick ( BIO /   POSTS )  |  Friday, October 21, 2011 UTC  Shahidul Alam walked on stage on Thursday wearing a marigold-colored salwar kameez, a camera over his left shoulder, … Continue reading →

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BBC World The Strand Podcast

by Shahidul Alam Posted on October 6, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews MEDIA : Listen now (18 minutes) AVAILABILITY: Available to listen. Last broadcast yesterday, 22:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts). NEXT ON: Today, 03:32 on BBC World Service SYNOPSIS The best of the world’s arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented … Continue reading →

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Public talk at National Geographic

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 28, 2011

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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Principles for Interpreting Photographs

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 7, 2011

Does a photograph speak for itself ? A photograph is different from an ordinary object because it is about something. Because it is about something, it requires interpretation to function as a photograph or as an artwork. One of the … Continue reading →

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Having the Eye

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 1, 2006

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Preface to Drik Calendar 2006 It was a stinker of a letter. Written to an organisation I knew little about. I was angered that World Press Photo (WPP) had little to do with the world and was … Continue reading →

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Imaging Famine and other events

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 5, 2005

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 →

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