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Among similar clubs outside of Dhaka the noteworthy ones are ‘Third Eye’ and ‘View
Finder Photographic Club’ (2000) of Chittagong. A new dimension was observable in
this kind of organizations from the nineties. Many organizations were established which
included the commercial and marketing possibilities of photography.
Drik Picture Library Limited
‘Drik,’ established in 1989, is an organization of a new type in the perspective of
Bangladesh. It has multi-dimensional activities as well as library, agency, studio,
laboratory, gallery, training workshop and publication. Drik has developed a huge
collection of photographs of photographers of different classes with the intention of
preserving and marketing them at home and abroad. Under Drik’s management
international exhibitions entitled ‘World Press Photo’from 1993 and ‘Chhabimela’from
1999 is being held. Great awareness regarding marketing and copyright has been created
in the country through Drik. ‘Anya Chokhey Dekha,’‘Focuser Bairey,’‘Muktochokhey’
are specific project based member organizations of Drik. Under the overall planning of
the founder of Drik, Dr. Shahidul Alam, a photographic organization named ‘Focuser
Bairey’ was founded in 1994 based on one of its projects with ten child laborers after
they were given the necessary training. The members have already gained acclaim in
various fields.
MAP Agency of Photography (MAP)
MAP (1993) grew with the collaboration of a number of promising young persons
who evidenced their success in various fields. MAP became well known for the
buying and selling of photographs, advertising photography, documentary and
development photography on various subjects for different organizations as well as