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subject aesthetically and temperately. He has the unique ability
of capturing artistically significant moments from the flow of
reality. His pictures succeed in creating a different meaning or
emotion in the viewer overpowering visual reality. Humans
exert their supremacy in his pictures in association with nature,
life and society, history-culture-heritage, etc. His pictures are
throbbing with the life of the common people surrounding us,
their expressions and experiences. His photographs sharply
attack insincerity and hypocrisy, ‘he is quick to expose
hypocrisy.’ He takes his stand against the politics and social
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structure that exploits humankind and humans, he extends firm
conviction in humanism and optimism. The main technique he
employs in his pictures is to place two opposing subjects side by
side or in the foreground and background to make his statement
more effective. Anwar Hossain holds a university degree in
architecture and a diploma in cinematography from the Puna
Film Institute, he has extensive international experience and has
also experimented with modern concepts and philosophy in his
work. In 1978 Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy published a
booklet entitled Anwar Hossain featuring his photography. In
1980 his album The Bangladesh Image was published. In 1988
was published his much discussed colored album Journey
through Bangladesh, ‘a realistic novel about Bangladesh.’ 91 Besides, the albums
Dhaka Portrait (1992) depicts the heritage-richness-variety and gradual
transformation of his own city, Woman (1992) is a research into the multidimensional
identities of women in a global context (with photographs of women of 29 countries),
they are statements of reality and artistry. As a sequel to his earlier photographs of
Bangladesh (Journey through
Bangladesh) showing the changes in
economical-social-political conditions
and the resulting decadence and
deterioration that transformed life, culture
and nature in his ‘time-capsule voyage fig. 10.24 (top) The
volume’ A Voyage through Bangladesh Ferry, 1973, photograph
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(2000) album was published. His album A Anwar Hossain,
Ballad of Bangladesh was published with © Anwar Hossain
his photographs taken between 1967 and
2004 (including various photographs fig. 10.25 (bottom) To
previously published) with messages on the Market, Jaypara,
1972, photograph
the way of life and experiences of the Anwar Hossain,
people of this country. © Anwar Hossain