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.
But there was another photojournalist there, whom the others didn’t know: Rashid Talukder, who worked for a Bangladeshi newspaper. Though he also made dramatic images, he did not publish them. He couldn’t. Mr. Talukder knew that — unlike the foreign photographers — he would not leave Bangladesh and dash to the next overseas hot spot. He would be staying. And the men behind the executions were among the most powerful in the country.
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…
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
