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important photographs of the war as well as
being an active freedom fighter (fig. 10.9,
10.15). Rashid Talukder took many significant
photographs beginning from the mass uprisal of
1969 (fig. 10.8) to various political occurrences
of 1971, the resistance movement of the students
and people, the black night of 25th March
including documentary photographs of the
Rayer Bazaar mass killing field. Aftab Ahmed
photographed the surrender of the Pakistani
forces on 16 December in the Race Course field
and the historical signing of the document of
surrender as well as other events of the War of
Liberation. S. M. Safi (1934-1997), a
photographer and journalist of Jessore was a guerilla freedom fighter. He took many
rare photographs of Jessore during the Liberation War. His camera captured the
procession of women protesters, the devouring of dead bodies by foxes and dogs,
raped young women. Moreover, Mosharraf Hossain (Lal Bhai), Mozammil Hossain,
Mohammad Musa, Jalal Uddin Haider, Umesh Barua, Monwar Ahmed and others
were among the photojournalists who photographed the War of Liberation.
2.3 Photographers of the Liberation War (Photographic Artists and Others)
Besides photojournalists, renowned photographer Naib Uddin Ahmed photographed
the non-cooperation movement of Mymensingh during the War; also the advancement
and training of freedom fighters, various activities of the Indian forces, abused and fig. 10.10 (top)
helpless women (fig. 10.11, 10.12), the eating of corpses by vultures (fig. 10.14) and Photograph Anwar
other touching pictures were recorded by him. Famous photographer Amanul Haq Hossain,
took some photographs of the genocide of 1971. Distinguished photographer M. A. © Anwar Hossain
Beg photographed the raising of the flag in Bangabandhu Bhaban on 23rd March and
the air attacks by the Indian Air Force in December 1971. His brother, Captain Mahfuz fig. 10.11 (bottom)
Alam Beg, took active part in the War in sector number 9 as well as taking many Abused young woman
documentary photographs of the war. Active freedom fighter Shafiqul Islam Swapan’s captive in Pakistani
camp, photograph Naib
camera recorded the camps of freedom fighters, training, various activities, advances Uddin Ahmed,
to battle, operations, the air raids on Dhaka as well as the faces of dead fellow fighters. © Naib Uddin Ahmed
Eminent photographer Anwar Hossain also took many photographs
of the War of Liberation (fig. 10.10). The camera of freedom
fighter journalist Harun Habib recorded ‘Faces smashed by mortar
shells, chest spattered by the innumerable bullets of automatic
rifles, people shredded by the storm of mines.’ [Trans.] Monsurur
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Rahman took some rare photographs of the night of 25th March,
1971 in Dhaka. Furthermore, M.A. Rahim, Abdul Hamid Raihan,
Belal Beg, Neetish Ray, Dr. M.M. Hasan and others photographed
the War of Liberation.