Copy Right: Abdul Malek Babul

 Statement:

“ I sing the song of equality ..

  There is nothing greatest without man in universe”

The same colored blood circulate every hearts of human. So their should have close relationship & kinship to the human life which is very natural. But why there is revenge, war , terrorism , genocide etc is happen every day in the world ? My philosophy behind this is that anti communal activities instead of communal harmony and the inspiration of internal devil of human which he achieved from God due to his/her disobedience in heaven before coming this planet is responsible for this things . The man made disaster of first and 2^nd world war is the bright example of devil nature of human which is to be continued in many way.

In India sub continent lot of communal revenge happened with myriad casualty of Hindu – Muslim people after Indo – Pak freedom of 1947. During the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 the biggest and worst genocide was happened here by Pakistani army through their operation crake down where the minority Hindu  community  were more targeted person for killing due to communal reason . More than three million Bangalee Muslim and Hindu people had died ( shaheed ) for achieving  the freedom of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh is the country of communal harmony where multi religious and cultures community live here by enjoying the fundamental rights. I have created this harmonious decisive moment of intimacy and kinship of saint Krishna Pada Das and farmer Ruhul Amin Sekh from Paturia on the bank river Padma of Manik gonj District Bangladesh to depict the heaven of harmony which is only need to build the future calm, peaceful, warless and paradise look world for coming generation.

BIO

Abdul Malek Babul,nationality Bangladeshi. started photography from 1980. Achieved Fellowship degree on photography, completed advanced training including teachers training course under the guidance of teachers from England & Germany. Former principal of Bangladesh photographic institute. Got more than 25  national & international awards including grand, gold & first prizes. Exhibited & published  photographs through prestigious publications of Europe , USA etc. as a leading photo artist among 12 of the world. Author of a photography book “The revelation of mystique st  martin island “ on st martin island of Bangladesh . More than one of his solo exhibition on Experimental (Photo Montage) photography was held in  alliance francaise de dhaka & BPS (Bangladesh photographic society) national gallery with a mini prestigious publication. He is a successful organizer in the field of photography by serving as the executive member holding qualification secretary & vice president respectively more than twenty years. His mentors are the Alokchitracharja (sir) M A Beg & teacher Ejaj khan. As a whole he is a dedicative & passionate photo artist by blood and by heart.

abdul malek babul.

Cell: 88-02 01715298747

E mail : bimboo.babul@yahoo.com
 

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A injured person blood spreaded on the road at motijhil area in Dhaka.Bangladeshi police officers carry a man injured after a bomb blast during opposition Islamic activists rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011. A series of homemade crude bombs went off in central Dhaka Sunday during clashes with police and opposition activists, killing at least one person and injuring another two, police and news reports said. © Hasan Raza

Mother and Child in Bandorban. Poster above window is part of blindness prevention campaign of UNICEF. © Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World

Statement: His eyes flitted forward and back, and having surveyed the scene for possible danger, it stopped. The head stooped, and that was how he stayed. Crouched on the floor of a bus full of Bangalis, the Pahari (hill person) amongst us, was living in occupied land. Keeping out of trouble was his best chance for survival.

It was only when the uniformed men with guns boarded the bus and prodded him that he raised his eyes. Scared, tired, hurt, angry eyes. But he knew enough to not express his anger. Meekly he obeyed the commands. His humiliation was also ours, but we did not complain. We were tourists in our own land, but the constitutional guarantees enshrined in our laws, while not fully respected anywhere, was particularly absent here. As well-connected Bangalis, we were far more safe than he was. But the rules of occupation are never generous, and they had guns. They left. We breathed more easily. He continued his journey with his head bowed. I took no photographs.

Walking through Rangamati as Bangali tourists was a disconcerting feeling. Many of the Bangalis here were also poor. Displaced from their homes in far away places, they had been dumped here with promises of a happy life. Left to fend for themselves, they joined the power chain well above the Paharis, but very low down all the same.

At the top of the chain was the military. Then the wealthy Bangalis, the ones who made the deals, then came the Paharis who had sided with the government. The Bangali settlers (the poor ones anyway), were quite a bit further down. The Paharis never dared to reach for the rungs of that ladder.

Rangamati was still a beautiful place. The homes buried beneath the lake when the Kaptai Dam was built, the tropical rain forests that had been destroyed, the hill people who were forced to leave their ancestral land, were things that never made it to our history books. The Hill Tracts featured in the picturesque postcards and tourism ministry books and the well rehearsed cultural programmes in the government Tribal Centre.

Occasional photographers from the lowlands came to discover the ‘authentic tribal lifestyle’. A bare chest woman bathing by a waterfall, backlit women with children strapped on their backs, a wrinkled old woman smoking a pipe and other photographic trophies were potential award winners.

As anticipated, the tiktikis (lit: geckos, local term for government spies, generally members of ‘Special Branch’) soon found us. They followed us everywhere. Asked stupid questions. Made notes. Questioned the people we had spoken to or visited. We consciously stayed away from friends. No point in getting them into trouble.

At a later visit, Drik’s printer Nasir and I had gone to Bandorban. Amongst the photographs I’d taken on that trip was this one of a mother weaving. Perhaps I was repeating what the trophy hunters had done, but the poster above the window, part of a UNICEF blindness prevention campaign, had words that seemed poignant. “hai re kopal mondo, chokh thakite ondho’.  (oh what irony we find, we have eyes but are blind.)

BIO:

Shahidul Alam was born in 1955 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He studied and taught chemistry in London where he obtained a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) from the University of London. He started photography in 1980 and was awarded the Harvey Harris Trophy for being judged the best photographer of the year by the London Arts Council in 1983. He became the president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society where he served for three terms. In 1989 he set up Drik picture library and Pathshala: South Asian Institute of Photography. He is also a director of Chobi Mela, the festival of photography in Asia. Jury member of numerous competitions including World Press Photo where he has been a judge on four occasions, he was the first person of colour to chair the international jury in World Press Photo history. Awarded the Andrea Frank Foundation Award and the Howard Chapnick Award in 1998 he has also been awarded the Honorary Fellowships of the Bangladesh Photographic Society and later, the Royal Photographic Society in 2001, for his contribution to photography. He is on the advisory board for the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund and the National Geographic Society. He is visiting professor of Sunderland University in the UK and Regent’s Lecturer at UCLA in the USA. Alam is the founder chairman of Majority World, a global community interest initiative formed to provide a platform for indigenous photographers, photographic agencies and image collections from the majority world to gain access to global image markets.

Web: www.shahidulnews.com

The optimistic face of girl child from Munshigonj Bangladesh has expressed her determination to face any challenge of aheading planet to stand herself as a leading woman by establishing the women rights and empowerment. Her dream also spreading to fight against adverse environment for creating a vergin world. These powerful image have been created while she was catching fish with mates in a dead river with poor water due to climate change. lot of rivers of Bangladesh becoming dead and water surface of the under ground decreasing rapidly. i have expressed my vision by making this photo montage image to spread multiple imaginative thoughts through the inner iris of this girl child . Copy Right: Abdul Malek Babul

Statement:Photography is my passion, empathy and soul. If the eyes said to be the windows of soul the camera without a doubt an extension of all the being as a photo artist. Lens is the paradise vision of my mind.

BIO:

Abdul Malek Babul FBPS, age 50  , comes from a Muslim family 0f  Bangladesh  presently serves as a class  one officer in medical   photography department of armed forces  medical service of  Bangaldesh .

Ever since he was a child, Abdul Malek Babul has been intrigued by the visual, Integral to his photography are early influences of the natural world and the rich material taken from village life. After completion of college life  he was admitted into Armanitola Youth Welfare Centre to study short hand and typing. Whilst there, he was amazed to find some of the senior students experimenting with light and chemicals to form visual images on pieces of blank paper. This illusion captivated his young mind and from that moment, he bid farewell to his shorthand course and enrolled himself in a photography course in spite of strong objections from his family.Thankfully, a very close friend of his presented him with his savings which was spent on buying his first camera, a Minolta Compact. The excitement of capturing images on film was stupendous. Over the years he has felt that photographs are not merely interpretative but a translation of mind to soul and taking photographs has been a profoundly spiritual experience.

Abdul Malek Babul has successfully undergone several advanced photographic workshops including teacher training courses under renowned teachers from Great Britain and Germany. His deep appreciation for aesthetics combined with his experience, precision and skill have led him to emerge as one of Bangladesh’s most important professional photographers over the past thirty  years.

Noteworthy Photographic Achievements:

He achieved “Fellowship”; the highest Professional Degree in Photography.He was the former principal of the Bangladesh Photographic Institute (BPI) and the Vice President of the Bangladesh Photographic Society (BPS).He achieved more than twenty five national and international prizes including gold and grand prize.Many of his fine art photographs have been exhibited across Asia, Europe, Australia and the USA. He was featured more than one  in the prestigious New Internationalist education calendar from Europe  as one of the twelve leading photo artists around the world. US AID (United States Agency for International Development) in Bangladesh has published his work, which has had worldwide circulation. He has held two of exhibitions on experimental photography at the national gallery of BPS and the Alliance Francaise in Dhaka. He is the proud author of illustrative photography  book named ” the revelation of mystique St. Martin Island “ The BPS awarded him the honour of ‘Photographic Personality’ for his exceptional contribution in the field of photographic development and education in Bangladesh.

Mr. Moqbul, 45 years old, earns only 4000taka. He works 12 hours per day on average. He has 4 sons. Every son is established but no one look after him. He gets only 3 days leave in every 2 month. He guards the wealth, which values almost 100crore taka. He wishes to have a 50cc Honda.Copy Right: Prito Reza

Statement:

For my profession, I have to come home late at night almost every day. On my way back home at midnight I regularly encounter the night guards performing their duties on the roads when there is no other living being there. Their friendly and helping behavior make me curious about them. However, I have come up with the fact that night guards lead a very struggling life.

At one time my interest grows even further more. I spent several nights with them to see how they work, how they lead their life, how they fight with wicked people and many more. The findings are disappointing any way.

Night guards play an important role in the society. When everyone sleeps at night, they stay awake for protecting us from the possible danger. It is for their responsible duty that we lead a safe life. However, I was astounded when I came to know that they get only Tk2200-3000 per month as their salary.

For extra income, some night guards even work in day time. I found that some of them work as a rickshaw puller or as a hawker along with the night guard duty since it is impossible to maintain their family with the little amount of money that they get as their salary.

From my experience of spending nights with night guards and with all of my findings of their struggling life, I’ve made this photo story on night guards. I think the masses can never imagine how struggling a night guard’s life is.

Through this story I want to ask the humanity that ’Don’t they deserve something more against their service to save our valuable resource?’

In my opinion, they are the heroes….the UNSUNG HEROES…

BIO:

Wedding photography is not just an assignment to Prito Reza, but the passion and art that matters to him. Combining his experiences in wedding photography industry and his flair to provide information through his photojournalistic manner, Prito realizes the potential of wedding photojournalism in Bangladesh.

Unlike the conventional click-and-snap approach to wedding photography in Bangladesh, the Pathshala graduate exercises his imagination and blends it with his knack for documentary storytelling style. Thus the minute details revealed in student’s images.

Prito, the former photojournalist in The Daily Ittefaq, The Daily New Age and DRIK news; participated in quite a few joint exhibition. Wedding Diary is his first solo show and the first ever wedding photojournalism initiative at the same time. He dares to dream that through his ardent efforts, no matter what the outcomes may be, the photographic genre will reach to a new height in Bangladesh.
web
www.pritoreza.com

Sirajganj October 11, 2010. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Monday to disperse angry crowds who attacked the train that knocked down and killed three people on their way to an opposition rally at Sirajganj, north of Dhaka, police and witnesses said.Copy Right:Palash Khan

BIO:

Palash khan was born in Dhaka 1985. He took up photography as a profession in 2003. He completed diploma in photography from Bangladesh Photography Institute and videography from Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography. Palash currently works as a staff photojournalist in The Daily Samakal newspaper. His main interest lies in documentary photography, concerning environmental, social and political issues.

His work has been featured in over 30 major international publications including: New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, LIFE magazine, Le monde, Le point, Le Figaro, The wall street journal, The Gazette, Observer, Independent, China daily, Courier, BBC, CNN, Asia News, Upsides, Townhall Magazine, The Daily Star, The New Age, Forum, etc.

Web & Email:

www.palashkhan.com

www.leadfoto.com

palashkhan01@yahoo.com

Mobile: 01715524060

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists set fire to a bus during a protest in Dhaka on November 13, 2010. Bangladeshi police November 13 battled with opposition activists who went on the rampage in the capital Dhaka protesting the alleged eviction of a former prime minister from her home. Officials said Khaleda Zia, leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a two-time ex-prime minister, left her sprawling house in a military district of Dhaka “willingly” after a court deadline to vacate the home expired on Friday.Copy Right:Hasan Raja

BIO
Hasan Raja born in 1978 June 26 Dhaka.

Started as a photojournalist in 2000 at the Daily Khabor and Borar Kagoje news paper. Currently working as a staff photojournalist the Daily Prothom Alo newspaper. He was completed one year Diploma in Photography 2009 from Pathshala, The South Asian Institute of Photography. He is more interested in news based documentary photography.

email: razapalo@yahoo.com

Web site: http://www.prothom-alo.com/

Caption: Dhaka 10, November 1987. Noor Hossain was gunned down when he was on the procession of the 15-party alliance with the slogan Let Democracy Be Free, Down with Autocrat inscribed on his chest. Copy Right: Pavel Rahman

Statement:
10th November 1987. Early of a winter morning. i was with my camera at the heart of a agitation point at Purana Polton crossing. An youth walk past without wear shirt. Suddenly my eye was stuck on his back. my heart is beating fast, i couldn’t think before
that i saw on his back. that write a slogan’ Let Democracy Be Free’. Before anything realise i start shooting. i got two frame and i wait for more. After few minutes he lost but i miss him from my life……….

BIO
Pavel Rahman born in 1956, 26 April Rangpur. Started photography career in 1973 at weekly Akota after that he work several daily news paper like daily Shangbad in 1976-80, Daily New Nation in 1980-93. He is also worked as a photo editor 1st time in Bangladesh the daily Banglabazar Patrika 1993 and daily Jonokonto 1994-1997. Presently he is working as a staff photojournalist of (Associated Press of America.) AP and also he work as Photo Adviser of countries largest circulated the daily Prothom Alo.

Most of the News Events cover National & International level
Covering country’s most of the national & international events from 1976 – 2010. Got the highest play through out the world newspapers & magazine including the cover page of News Week. Work with Bangladesh Prime Minister as a personal photographer. Attend and visited most of the world’s events including G-8 Summit in ItalyCovered MRF Championship Pakistan West Indies cricket at Eden Garden. Covered Cyclone in Urrier Char south part of Bangladesh of Chittagong Division. 1986 Covered Prince Aga Khan as a personal Photographer of Bangladesh PM1987 Covered India as a official photographer of Bangladesh PM, 1996. Covered China as a media personal with Bangladesh PM 1996, Visit Japan as a personal photographer of Bangladesh PM 1997, Covered Australian PM meeting in Perth in Australia 1998. Cover US President Clinton & Bangladesh PM Sk. Hasina meeting at White House in 1999. Covered Pakistan as a official photographer of Bangladesh PM. 1999, Covered Italy G-8 world Summit as a personal photographer of Sheikh Hasina 2001, US President Jimmy Carter’s personal Photographer during his visit to Dhaka. Covering several events in India -Sikh militant attack in Amrtisar. 1989, General Election, 1988 Italian PM visit in Taj Mahol,1993. Funeral of Indian leader Rajiv Gandhi. 1991. Cyclone in April 29, 1991 that affected in Chittagong which became published on cover page of NEWS WEEK. Cyclone SIDR and AILLA also covered world wide.

Photo & News Published in International Media
Published huge number of news photos in world’s prestigious newspapers and electronic media. Also published number of by line story in NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, USA Today on Bangladesh Cyclone and rural crisis of Bangladesh.
Work with International News paper, Magazine and Agency
Paris based photo agency GAMA as a photojournalist in 1988-1994.Daily Ananda Bazar –Kolkata- 1987-97.Daily The Statsman –Kolkata- 1988 – 2008. Asia Week- Hong Kong-1989-1998.

Prize:
Gold Medal at the national photo-exhibition in 1986.
1st prize of Bangladesh press institute in 1988.
Silver Medal in an Int’ Press Photo Competition in Brazil in 1990.
Citation of Int’ Press Club in New York in 1991.
APME, USA, award in 2007.
Beat of the Week award in USA 2007.
POYi, picture of the year, USA, award of Excellence 2008.
National Headliner Award, USA, 2008.
Best Photojournalist Award 2008 by NPPA, New York Press Photographers Association
APME, USA, award in 2008.
Honored as a photojournalist by the students of Journalism Dept. DU
Organization:Former President Photo Journalist Forum, Life member of Photography Charkha, Kolkata. Publicity Secretary Commonwealth Journalist Association, Bangladesh 2008.Publicity Secretary Center for Licumia Assistance Support Service, Bangladesh.Member Overseas Correspondent Association Bangladesh. Or OCAB,Member National Press Club Dhaka.

Exhibition:
Several solo exhibition held in United Nation, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Australia and home country Bangladesh.
Judge:North South University Photo Competition 2007 Daily Star countrywide Photo Competition 2008Photo Competition & Exhibition At NIMCO 2010

Workshop:
Delivered lecture at a Workshop on photojournalist and Law enforce agencies. at Rajarbagh 1979.Attend Photojournalism workshop arrange by Press Institute of Bangladesh in 1983. Attend AMIC’S ‘photojournalism Course in Singapore in 1984.
Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism workshop for improving photojournalism, Sylhet Press Club 1994.Photojournalism Workshop, organized by AP at New Delhi in 1997.Attend Hostile Environment Training and First Aid in London by AP in 2001.
Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism Workshop at Rangpur 2001.Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism Workshop at East West University 2001.Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism workshop for improving photojournalism at NIPA.2004.Photojournalism Workshop at Daily Prothom Alo. 2005.Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism workshop arrange by North South University 2006.Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism workshop arrange by Asian Art & Cultural Stage 2006 Delivered main Lecture on Photojournalism workshop arrange by Public Relation Association 2007.Attend Digital Photojournalism Workshop, organized by AP at New Delhi in 2007. Attend as a key speaker on Digital Photojournalism Workshop, organized by National Institute of Mass Communication, NIMCO, Feb. 2010.Attend Digital Photojournalism Workshop, organized by CARE at Sylhet. May 2010.Photography workshop improving country’s Police photographer in Dhaka organized by Police training center, Rajarbagh. June 2010.Trainer at Photojournalism Workshop at Daily Prothom Alo. 2010.Photojournalism Workshop for country’s Women journalist organized by Press Institute of Bangladesh(PIB) May, 2010.

Member:
Ex. Member of Joy Bangla Bhahini and actively work during liberation period in Dhaka’s Azimpur area.

The graveyard is a boundary. According to religious/social norms, three and half feet of deep ground is the permanent home of the dead. Within these boundaries, all are equal, no matter who is rich or poor. When we throw soil onto the dead, we realize that same thing will also happen to us all. The graveyard is a solitary and sacred place. At times of mourning, it is the place we seek consolation for those who we lost forever. Copy Right:Chandan Rebeiro

Once when I came to the Church for my cousin’s funeral I took some photographs. When I saw my relatives crying, I could not hold back my tears. All my memories of him came to my mind. I was very emotional and could not take photographs properly.

Death affects everybody.  As funeral rites are performed it is a time of great sorrow for relatives and the bereaved.  It shows on their faces. At this crucial moment they cannot control their emotions.

The Bible says, “The souls of the just are in God’s hands” (Wisdom 3:1). No man in the world is physically immortal. Everybody will die. The eternal truth is that man must die if he is born. For this reason, man wants to keep himself pure beyond sufferings, discrimination, violence, and despair.

The graveyard is a boundary. According to religious and social norms, three and half feet of deep ground is the permanent home of the dead. Within these boundaries, all are equal, no matter rich or poor. When we throw soil onto the dead, we realize that this will happen to us all.

The graveyard is a solitary and sacred place. At times of mourning for those who we have lost forever, it is the place we go to seek consolation.

BIO

Chandan Robert Rebeiro is a freelance photographer with a special interest in documentary photography, moments, children portraits, and the environment.

A graduate of Pathshala: South Asian Media Academy & Institute of Photography, Chandan’s work has been published locally and internationally. He is also a contributing writer at different national daily newspapers and weekly magazines. His major works are “Urban Children: Life in Isolation”, “Childhood Memories”, “The Boatmen of Buriganga River”, “Climate Refugees in Dhal Char”, “My Religious Faith”, and “Emotions in Christian Graveyard: Rest in Peace”. Some of his work is featured at MajorityWorld.Com

He has participated in several group exhibitions. “Rest in Peace” was Chandan’s first solo exhibition at Tejgaon Holy Rosary Church held last November-09 and second solo exhibition on the occasion of European Day-10 at Basundhara Convention Centre on 9^th of May 2010.

chandan_rebeiro@yahoo.com

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