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temple of the mediaeval period situated in Dinajpur. The album Kantajee Temple
(2005) published by UNESCO, Dhaka, is a compilation of fifty five creative
photographs on details of the terracotta and architectural style of the temple by
Montasir Rahman (Gora). Another high quality publication of the UNESCO, Dhaka is
Selected Temples of Bangladesh (2005) presenting thirty five selected Hindu temples
built between the sixteenth and the nineteenth century. The information, composition
and photographs are by Babu Ahmed and Nazlee Chowdhury. Mughal Monuments of
Bangladesh is another album by them to be published recently. Historical Sonargaon
and ‘Panam Nagar’ in its vicinity are being destroyed by the lack of any effective
efforts to preserve them. Syed Zakir Hossain has photographed it for the album Our
Glorious Past Sonargaon (2002) from that perspective. The book Pundranagar to
Sherebanglanagar: Architecture in Bangladesh (1997) published by ‘Chetana
Sthapatya Unnayan Society’ has featured photographs on architecture of different
areas of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Splendour of the Past is an album with photographs
by Enayetullah Khan and is another such high quality publication.
Matiur Rahman, the former chief photographer of the Department of Archaeology has
photographed many ancient and historical remains of the country. Moreover, other
noteworthy photographers in the same trend are Sadat Hossain Manzu, Abdus Sadek,
Touhidun Nabi.
6.8 Travel and Adventure
Some photographers of Bangladesh have traveled to different countries of the world
and photographed the variety of natural beauty, places of interest, architectural works
and the life of the people. Dr. Noazesh Ahmed has traveled to Nepal, Burma, Vietnam,
Cambodia, Thailand, USA and other countries and photographed the nature, life and
culture of those places extensively. Dr. Golam Rabbani photographed the life and
nature of many countries of Europe and Africa as well as the UK. Brigadier (Retd.) M.
Atiq-Ur-Rahman photographed the life and nature of many countries including Nepal,
fig. 10.41 Morning
Cloud, Bandarban, Bhutan, UK, USA and Canada. Kafiluddin Ahmed photographed many places of
photograph Enam interest in Europe including Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France during his long life
Talukdar, as an expatriate. Furthermore, Inam Ul-Haque, ABM Salauddin, Swapan Saha, Shiben
© Enam Talukdar Chakrabarti, Shakur Mazid, photojournalist Kazi Rownak Hossain have taken many
photographs in the same trend. Only Inam Ul-Haque among Bangladeshis has
ventured to inaccessible Antarctica and
photographed its many aspects.
Moreover, with the intention of
climbing the Everest, the highest peak
of the world, he lead an expedition
from Bangladesh which climbed the
Himalayas, touching various base
camps as preparation. The team leader
Inam Ul-Haque along with M.A.