Tag Archives: visual art

Children’s Art and Children’s Rights

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 29, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Published on Saturday, September 24, 2011 by CommonDreams.org by Claudia Lefko We’ve been here before, confronting this question of children’s art, and why it creates such a stir. I wrote about it in May 2006 when Brandeis … Continue reading →

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The foibles of the world

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 29, 2011

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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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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Emerging from the Shadows

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 21, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The first Friday of every month, we would clear out the furniture of Bijon Da’s “Boithok Khana” (drawing room), move some of the chairs out to the verandah, and set up a table for the speakers. People … Continue reading →

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Dhaka Traffic Blues

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 3, 2001

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Well, the long holidays are over, and the streets of Dhaka are slowly getting back to their normal frenzy. The horns, the put-put of the baby taxis, the bewildered stare of the taxi driver as he tries … Continue reading →

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