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are observable; in the eighties and nineties this trend achieved excellence.
Photographers of renowned studios of that period were involved in this field.
6.13 Medical Photography
Medical photography has not grown according to the needs and reality of
Bangladesh. ‘There is not a single trained medical photographer in the medical
college hospitals of our country.’ 106 [Trans.] Arif Ahmed of BIRDEM is noteworthy
among the photographers in this trend. Dr. Ansar Uddin Ahmed, Dr. Mahbub Ali,
Abul Khair have also done some clinical photography. Debabrata Chowdhury,
photographer of Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute of Savar, is involved in
veterinary photography.
6.14 Reprography
Alokchitracharya M.A. Beg was a pioneer and specialist in reprography. Reprography
of the country was enriched through him. Besides him Sarkar Salauddin, Jahangir
Selim, Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Monzurul Alam Chowdhury, Anisur Rahman,
Mohiuddin Ahmed, Samsul Haque, Mridul Saha, Mostafa Jahangir Alam, Azam Khan
are also associated with reprography.
6.15 Aerial Photography
Sharif Sharker, an aviator of the Bangladesh Air Force, has done some creative work
in this field. In 2004 he arranged the first exhibition of aerial photography in the
country entitled Bangladesh from Above with some beautiful photographs of the fig. 10.45 (top) Sand
nature of Bangladesh. His intelligent planning and creative composition gave the Boats, Dhaka 2003,
exhibits, and the photographs reproduced in the publication the aesthetic expression of Photograph Sharif
abstract paintings (fig. 10.45 and 10.46). Sharker,
6.16 Aviation Photography © Sharif Sharker
Sharif Sharker is also a specialist in aviation photography. Enam Talukdar, an aviator
of the Bangladesh Biman, is also an aviation photographer. They both do aviation fig. 10.46 (bottom)
photography related to the departmental work of their respective organizations. There Drying Chilli,
was a special exhibition of aviation photography by Sharif Sharker, Enam Talukdar Narsingdi, 2002,
Photograph Sharif
and Inam Ul-Haque in 2003 on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Sharker,
introduction of flying by the Wright brothers. © Sharif Sharker
6.17 Under Water Photography
Kazi Hamidul Haque (1949- ) is the
pioneer in photographing the varied
natural and animal world under water.
He was educated in fine arts in Art
Institute of Boston in the USA with
photography as his major and later he
gained practical experience in this field
from a former US Marine at the ‘Padi
Diving Organization’and ‘Scuba School
Institute.’ He has photographed the