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1994, 1995 and 1998 as well as being responsible as president in 2003. Dr. Alam is a
specialist in modern information technology, digital photography and holography.
Hasan Saifuddin Chandan (1961-), AFIP
Hasan Saifuddin Chandan is a talented and promising photographer. He has tried to
combine the social responsibility of photography with aesthetic expression. He won
the FIAP gold medal in 1985 and grand prize in the 11th ACCU competition in 1986.
His album The People at Kamalapur Station published on the occasion of his first solo
exhibition (Switzerland 1994) was highly appreciated. The people living in the
bustling Kamalapur Station, their lives, work and leisure, the coming and going of
people etc. have become symbols and metaphors and expressive with his planning and
attention and the photographs have indicated the reality and truth of life (fig. 10.29).
4.4 Photographers: New Generation
Quite a few talented young persons entered the horizon of photography of Bangladesh
from the mid-eighties to the present. Their work has been much discussed, appreciated
fig. 10.28 (top) and has received many awards both at home and abroad. Their modern and original
Photograph Abdus perspective in observing and recording, the presentation and attention to the subject
Shahid, winning 2nd are novel to the photographic world of Bangladesh.
prize in the 1st National Mahmud (1961- )
Photography Exhibition Among the photographers of present day Bangladesh Mahmud is a very sincere and
organized by Alokchitra dedicated practitioner. He has documented the way of life, work - profession and
Shilpi Samsad,
Mymensingh, struggle of people in various remote areas of the country. A number of his photographic
© Abdus Shahid albums have been published. Dubla Dulabhanga, Forced Labour in Fishing Industry
(2002) portrays child labor in Dublar Char at the south of the Sundarbans, Monsoon
fig. 10.29 (bottom)
From the album The (2002) is on the theme of life and nature with its various accompaniments in the rainy
People at Kamalapur season, Noukar Pal, Machhdharar Jal (2004) features the boatmen and fishermen
Railway Station, associated with the river, Our World, Women in Bangladesh (2005) depicts the life of
photograph Hasan women in Bangladesh, their life and work with the accompaniments of everyday life are
Saifuddin Chandan, noteworthy among his albums. Besides, 20ta Gram: Kurigram is his album published
© Hasan Saifuddin Chandan on life in the northern settlements on the chars (sandbanks) of the Brahmaputra-
Dudhkumar-Dharla-Tista rivers. He
has also done diverse work on the
indigenous communities of the hill
areas of the country.
Shehzad Noorani has gained
particular fame for his sincere and
dedicated documentation of child
labor (pl. 10.15), sex workers and
other social issues. In his album
published by UNICEF We are
Children, We have Rights is featured
the involvement of children in labor,
risks at work and social deprivation.