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Bangladesh’s new admirer

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 6, 2012

Daily Sun Monday the 7th February 2012 No matter how poorly the countrymen mark Bangladesh’s sports, it has an admirer in Emily Dimozantos, an Australian freelance sports photographer who is in Dhaka now thanks to an exchange programme. Although the … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, In Bangladesh…

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 3, 2012

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Sayed Asif Mahmud channels Moriyama for an expressive view of his city and country By Dan Abbe on October 20, 2011Expand © Sayed Asif Mahmud From “My City of Unheard Prayers” The work of Sayed Asif Mahmud is my … Continue reading →

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Rasel Chowdhury wins Ian Parry Scholarship 2011

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 19, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Pathshala student Rasel Chowdhury wins prestigious Ian Parry Scholarship 2011, while Jashim Salam is commended. Patron: Don McCullin Director: Aidan Sullivan Highly Commended Alejandro Kirchuk / Commended Jashim Salam & Valentina Quintano / Hon Mention Daria Tuminas … Continue reading →

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Drik: Photo power

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 28, 2010

By Satish Sharma The shutting-down of two photographic exhibitions in Dhaka’s Drik Gallery in just the last few months proves that Bangladesh’s censors, unlike lightning, can strike at the same place more than once – especially where Drik’s photographic practices … Continue reading →

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Bangladesh, standing on the edge

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 29, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Preface by Christian Caujolle Expressions, hands, faces, presence and pain, tenderness and anxiety, light and encounters, questions and determination as well as a thousand other things run through Munem Wasif‘s photographs. The way Wasif takes his photographs can … Continue reading →

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Of Roses and Sexual Harassment

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 7, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews ] by rahnuma ahmed `You should not have written about such sensitive issues in such indecorous language,’ faculty members at Jahangirnagar University (JU) told me and my ex-colleague, Manosh Chowdhury. It was 1997, four years before I … Continue reading →

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Studying Life

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 1, 2008

10th year of Pathshala Video on Pathshala by Brian Palmer. Commissioned by Pullitzer Foundation: Boli. Goat being sacrificed at Hindu religious ceremony. © Saikat Mojumder. Rashid Talukder had been unwell and had excused himself. The other board members Afzal Chowdhury, … Continue reading →

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National Geographic Honourable Mention

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 28, 2007

Munem Wasif’s photo essay “Belongings” receives Honorary Mention at National Geographic All Roads. source: 1st June 2007 Chris Rainier & Eduardo Abreu All Roads Photography Program http://nationalgeographic.com/allroads Interview on Uprising Radio: http://uprisingradio.org/home/?p=1577

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