Bangladeshi citizens began a long march from Dhaka to Dinajpur to protect the country's natural resources. The march began at Muktangon in Dhaka with a rally and the first day ended in Ghazipur with a cultural programme. People joined along the way. The march will end with a rally at Phulbaria in Dinajpur on the 30th October 2010. ??Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Volunteers arranged lunch for the marchers along the way. ??Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World The shops start early in preparation for the visitors. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World The first campaigners arrive. ??Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World The first busload arrives. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World The first activists coming in armed with posters. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Slogans being painted. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Signage. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Marchers march in. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World By afternoon many have gathered from all over the country. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Ordinary people from all walks of life. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Including many women. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Professor Anu Muhammad, a key speaker. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World And labour leader Mushrefa Mishu. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Speeches and cultural programmes go on late into the night. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Poet Arup Rahee with friend. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Catching up before heading back home. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Homeward bound. ? Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World Related link:
Author: Shahidul Alam
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. A photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work “The Struggle for Democracy” contributed to the removal of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world.
Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Royal Albert Hall and Tate Modern, Alam has been guest curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Winterthur Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones, Shilpakala Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dali International Festival of Photography.
Speaker at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities, TEDx, POPTech and National Geographic, Alam chaired the international jury of the prestigious World Press Photo contest. Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Alam is visiting professor of Sunderland University in UK and advisory board member of National Geographic Society.
John Morris, the former picture editor of Life Magazine describes his book “My journey as a witness”, (listed in “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo), as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”
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Long marcher chobigooli khoob bhalo laglo, ekdom jibonto.
Long marcher chobigooli khoob bhalo laglo, ekdom jibonto.
ek kothai oshadharon…rokte aloron tolar moto kichu muhurto…joddhader lal salam..
The top most image ‘photographers in action’ is awesome.