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mm film format. At the end of the sixties
onwards photojournalists began to use 135
mm SLR cameras. Currently almost all the
newspapers and news agencies use digital
cameras of different qualities and types. From
the sixties till approximately the nineties,
almost all newspapers printed and processed
black and white photographs and
occasionally even color pictures also in their
own laboratories. From the eighties, with the
introduction of auto process system
laboratories and modern computerized quick
service systems, the newspapers began to
print and process their color photographs in
these laboratories. In the present age of
digital technology the newspapers print photographs directly through the computer. fig. 10.57 Chattagramey
9.7 The State of Photojournalism Pahari Dhashey Mrito
In the growing stages of photojournalism before liberation from 1962-1971, political Shishur Lash Uddhar,
incidents, particularly those of the mass uprising of 1969, were photographed by a (recovering dead bodies
handful of photojournalists who exhibited promise and excellence within very limited of children killed in
facilities. They successfully recorded the devastating cyclone and tidal bore that hit landslide, Chittagong),
the southern region of the country in 1970 and its destruction, the terrible sorrow, winning an award in
2007, photograph Pavel
misery and suffering of the people. In the face of various adversities our Rahman,
photojournalists have captured with professional commitment the various movements © Pavel Rahman
and political events that took place after liberation, particularly the movement against
military rule that raged through the eighties. Our photojournalists have also evidenced
their professional sense of responsibility during the various natural disasters,
particularly the flood and famine situation of 1974, the floods of 1988, 1998 and 2004
and the devastating cyclones of 1986 and 1991. The Bangladesh Press Institute
published a research work in 1997 entitled Bangladesher Sangbadpatrey Prakashita
Alokchitra: Ekti Mulyayan. It has presented a realistic picture of the publication,
importance and subject matter of photographs, their presentation and care, the quality
of news photos as well as various issues of photojournalists and photojournalism.
9.8 The Drawbacks and Limitations of Photojournalism
The photojournalists of Bangladesh are working within a variety of limitations,
insufficiencies, adversities and handicaps. They have to encounter diverse difficulties,
threats and harassment in executing their professional responsibilities. Moreover, as
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most newspapers do not have the post of photo-editor, the selection and proper care of
photographs are lacking and photojournalism is not reaching its desired standard. 119
The newspapers do not follow any proper regulations in the appointment and
promotion of photojournalists. Moreover, there is a lack of necessary and standard