Tag: Shahidul Alam

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Shahidul Alam: Truth to Power While shining an unflinching light on major Bangladeshi tragedies and struggles, Shahidul Alam’s images reveal a country and cultures often misunderst… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/shahidul-alam-truth-to-power/ While shining an unflinching light on major Bangladeshi tragedies and struggles, Shahidul Alam’s images reveal a country and cultures often misunderstood and misrepresented. In…

  • Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 – Photojournalism Now

    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 – Photojournalism Now

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    Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the 10th annual Women’s show at Magnet Galleries, Melbourne, plus a review of Dr. Lauren Walsh’s exceptional book, Conversation… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-7-february-2020/ For those of us who work in journalism the myth of the cavalier photojournalist…

  • Police in Bangladesh Close Photo Exhibit – Lens

    Police in Bangladesh Close Photo Exhibit – Lens

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    Police in Bangladesh Close Photo Exhibit Shahidul Alam had hoped his exhibit on extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh would provoke a reaction. As David Gonzalez reports, it did. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/behind-39/ Shahidul Alam had hoped his “Crossfire” exhibit on extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh would “shock people out of their comfort zone’ and provoke a response.…

  • Shahidul Alam by John G. Morris

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    Link: I regard My Journey as a Witness by Shahidul Alam as the most remarkable book by a single photographer since a messenger brought me a first copy of The Decisive Moment by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1952. It is not that the two books should be compared, although they are approximately the same weight.

  • Photographer Shahidul Alam, Drik Founder, Seized by Police over his Reporting in Dhaka (Update) | PDNPulse

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    Link: A group of plainclothes police forcibly removed photographer Shahidul Alam from his home in Dhaka on Sunday night. An official with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch later said that Alam, founder of the Pathshala Media Institute school and the photo agencies Drik and Majority World, was detained for interrogation over his social media…

  • Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon – The New York Times

    Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon – The New York Times

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    Using His Camera as a Witness and Weapon Shahidul Alam, the acclaimed Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist, pushes against the limits of his medium to cast light on what is suppressed or has vanished. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/arts/design/shahidul-alam-rubin-museum.html Like Woody Guthrie, who called his guitar an anti-fascist weapon, the Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam has used his camera for…

  • Despite Prison and Torture, Shahidul Alam Refuses to Stay Quiet – The New York Times

    Despite Prison and Torture, Shahidul Alam Refuses to Stay Quiet – The New York Times

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    Despite Prison and Torture, Shahidul Alam Refuses to Stay Quiet Ahead of his court case, the Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist discussed democratizing photography and government censorship at the New York Portfolio Review. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/lens/shahidul-alam-prison-photo.html Ahead of his court case, the Bangladeshi photojournalist and activist discussed democratizing photography and government censorship at the New York Portfolio…

  • Shahidul Alam’s Photo Festival in Bangladesh Is ‘an Act of Defiance’ – The New York Times

    Shahidul Alam’s Photo Festival in Bangladesh Is ‘an Act of Defiance’ – The New York Times

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    Shahidul Alam’s Photo Festival in Bangladesh Is ‘an Act of Defiance’ Despite Mr. Alam’s arrest for speaking out against his country’s government, Chobi Mela continues to showcase photography beyond the Western viewpoint. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/01/lens/shahidul-alam-photo-festival-bangladesh-chobi-mela.html Despite Mr. Alam’s arrest for speaking out against his country’s government, Chobi Mela continues to showcase photography beyond the Western viewpoint.

  • Dawoud Bey, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Shahidul Alam Win 2019 Infinity Awards | PDNPulse

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    Dawoud Bey, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Shahidul Alam Win 2019 Infinity Awards | PDNPulse The Lifetime Achievement Award will go to Rosalind Fox Solomon at the ICP gala to be held April 2. Shahidul Alam, who was jailed108 days in 2018, will receive a Special Presentation. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2019/02/dawoud-bey-rosalind-fox-solomon-shahidul-alam-win-2019-infinity-awards.html The International Center of Photography has announced…

  • Shahidul Alam Released from Jail | PDNPulse

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    Shahidul Alam Released from Jail | PDNPulse Shahidul Alam walked out of the Dhakha jail on Tuesday evening, 108 days after he was dragged from his home by police and five days after a high court granted him bail. A group of students and well-wishers greeted Alam, who was accompanied by his wife, Ra via…

  • Court Grants Bail for Shahidul Alam; Government Will Fight His Release | PDNPulse

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    Court Grants Bail for Shahidul Alam; Government Will Fight His Release | PDNPulse A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Shahidul Alam, the photographer, educator and mentor arrested 102 days ago after he criticized the Bangladesh government. Alam’s lawyer Sarah Hossain told reporters, “We’re delighted that ultimately the court has via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/11/court-grants-bail-for-shahidul-alam-government-will-fight-his-release.html A…

  • Shahidul Alam: Fiercely Devoted to the Truth – The New York Times

    Shahidul Alam: Fiercely Devoted to the Truth – The New York Times

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    Shahidul Alam: Fiercely Devoted to the Truth As fidelity to facts leads to hardships, the Bangladeshi photographer’s incarceration demonstrates how a government restricts expression and criticism. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/lens/shahidul-alam-fiercely-devoted-to-the-truth.html As fidelity to facts leads to hardships, the Bangladeshi photographer’s incarceration demonstrates how a government restricts expression and criticism.

  • Shahidul Alam Denied Bail—for 5th Time | PDNPulse

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    Shahidul Alam Denied Bail—for 5th Time | PDNPulse After numerous delays, a high court in Bangladesh refused to hear the bail petition for photographer Shahidul Alam, who has been held in jail without charge since August 5. The two-judge panel told Alam’s lawyers to seek bail from another court. This was via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/11/shahidul-alam-denied-bail-for-5th-time.html After…

  • Shahidul Alam Denied Bail; Ordered Moved to New Jail Cell: #freeshahidulalam Update | PDNPulse

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    Shahidul Alam Denied Bail; Ordered Moved to New Jail Cell: #freeshahidulalam Update | PDNPulse Shahidul Alam, the award-winning photographer, teacher, and founder of the photo agencies Drik Photo and Majority World, was denied bail at a hearing on September 11, 36 days after plainclothes police dragged him from his home. Alam has been charged under…

  • Shahidul Alam: A Singular Voice in Photography for Dignity and Human Rights – The New York Times

    Shahidul Alam: A Singular Voice in Photography for Dignity and Human Rights – The New York Times

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    Shahidul Alam: A Singular Voice in Photography for Dignity and Human Rights Over three decades, the photographer has covered major events, natural disasters and the struggle against governmental abuses. Now he is in jail in Bangladesh. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/lens/shahidul-alam-bangladesh-photo.html Over three decades, the photographer has covered major events, natural disasters and the struggle against governmental abuses.…

  • The #freeshahidulalam Campaign: How You Can Help | PDNPulse

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    The #freeshahidulalam Campaign: How You Can Help (Update) | PDNPulse Shahidul Alam remains in jail. Amidst a security crackdown in Bangladesh, his supporters continue calling for his release—and ask others to support him and his colleagues in the press. via PDNPulse: https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/08/the-freeshahidulalam-campaign-how-you-can-help.html More than a week after police jailed Bangladeshi photographer, educator and activist Shahidul…

  • PDNPulse: Photo Show Exposes Extrajudicial Killings in Bangladesh

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    Today the exhibit “Crossfire” opened at the Drik Agency in Dhaka, Bangladesh, despite police barricades at the gallery doors. The exhibition depicts sites where people have been killed by the anti-crime unit known as the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Link: PDNPulse: Photo Show Exposes Extrajudicial Killings in Bangladesh

  • 100 Eyes magazine – Bangladesh x Bangladesh

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    100 Eyes magazine Bangladesh x Bangladesh: This issue is over 200 pages and features work by Bangladeshi photographers Munem Wasif, Abir Abdullah, Tanvir Ahmed, Shahidul Alam, Monirul Alam, Murtada Bulbul, Saiful Huq Omi, Azidur Rahim Peu, Shehzad Noorani, Mohammad Kibria Palash, and Khaled Hassan.