Tag: Rashid Talukder

  • Rashid Talukder’s Largely Unknown Conflict Photography

    Rashid Talukder’s Largely Unknown Conflict Photography

    Images of Independence, Finally Free During Bangladesh’s 1971 struggle for independence, the newspaper photographer Rashid Talukder covered many dramatic and violent clashes but didn’t dare publish some of his pictures in his homeland for more than two decades. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/images-of-independence-finally-free/ But there was another photojournalist there, whom the others didn’t know: Rashid Talukder,…

  • Rashid Talukder 1939 – 2011

    Rashid Talukder 1939 – 2011

    R.I.P. Rashid Talukder, 1939 – 2011 Renowned photojournalist Rashid Talukder, the first Bangladeshi to win prestigious Pioneer Photographer Award, has passed away at a hospital in the city. He was 72. Talukder died at Square Hospital… via MONIRUL ALAM: http://monirul.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/rashid-talukder-1939-2011/ Renowned photojournalist Rashid Talukder, the first Bangladeshi to win prestigious Pioneer Photographer Award, has passed…