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6.10 Bird and Animal Life
Many including photojournalist Monwar Ahmed, Inam Ul-Haque, Brigadier (Retd.)
M. Atiq Ur-Rahman, Sirajul Hossain, Dr. Mahbub Ali, Shihab Uddin, Ronald Halder,
Sadat Selim have worked on the variety of birds of Bangladesh. Monwar Ahmed is the
pioneer in photographing the birds of Bangladesh. Inam Ul-Haque is a completely
dedicated person in the field of bird photography and his aesthetic and artistic ideas
are also expressed through his bird photography. 105 Dr. Mahbub Ali has worked on the
insects and animal life and on birds. Kazi Hamidul Haque (1949- ) has also taken
many micro-photographs of the insect life surrounding us.
There has been some scattered photography of the fauna of the forests of Bangladesh
including the Sundarbans. Khasru Chowdhury was one of the first photographers to
work on the unique natural beauty and wild life of the mangrove forest. Dr. Monirul
Khan a faculty of the Zoology Department of Jahangirnagar University has
photographed as well as researched the wild life of the country, including Sundarbans.
He extensively photographed the life and nature of different animals including
mammals. Sirajul Hossain has photographed the wild life of different areas of the
country including the Sundarbans. The captivating natural beauty of the Sundarbans,
the life of the tigers, deer and other animals have featured in the diverse photographs
of Rubayet Monsur. Enam Talukdar has also photographed birds and wild animals. On
the initiative of ‘Prakriti Foundation’ this type of photographs are being printed in
fig. 10.44 Nobel laureate Nature and Wildlife magazine, in the ‘Prakriti Photo’ section.
Mother Teresa, 1973, 6.11 Portraits and Life Sketches
photograph Sayeeda Most photographic artists have done some portrait photography. Nasir Ali Mamun has
Khanum, left the mark of his originality in this field. He has photographed the portraits of many
© Sayeeda Khanum
eminent personalities at home and abroad. Many photographers have documented the
life and work of renowned persons. Amanul Haq and Sayeeda
Khanum have worked at length on the portrait, life and work of the
famous film director Satyajit Ray. Noteworthy examples of this
genre of work has been featured in Nazrul Album published by
Nazrul Institute (1994), Jatir Janak Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman (1997), Muktijuddha Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman (2001),
album on Shamsur Rahman by M. A. Taher entitled Alekhya (1996),
Kabir Chowdhuryr Album (2002) and Kalim Sharafir Album (2004).
6.12 Model, Fashion and Glamour Photography
With the flourishing of advertisements, recreational magazines and
periodicals, model and fashion photography has also expanded. This
type of photography began in the pre-independence period, in the
mid-sixties. Mosharraf Hossain (Lal Bhai) and Monwar Ahmed are
the pioneers of glamour photography in Bangladesh. At present
Chanchal Mahmud, Iqbal Hossain, Kaiser Alam, David Barikdar,
Sohel Rana Ripon, Tuhin Hasan are creative artists in this field.
Quite some notable works in the field of still photography of films