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Patrick Witty from TIME magazine at Chobi Mela

Photo by Patrick Witty
Photo by Patrick Witty

Patrick Witty Photo by Peter Hapak
Patrick Witty Photo by Peter Hapak

Panel discussion: New Directions ? Shifts in Editorial Space
With Shahidul Alam, Ruth Eichhorn and Patrick Witty
Monday, 28 January, 12PM, Edward M. Kennedy Center
Patrick Witty ? Lecture: Picture Editing in?TIME?magazine
Monday, 28 January, 6PM, Goethe-Institut
Patrick Witty is the international picture editor of?TIME?magazine. He?will give a lecture on his work at?TIME?as well as participate in the panel discussion on?New Directions ? Shifts in Editorial Space.?Apart from winning numerous awards with TIME, including the?World Press Photo of the Year?award and the?Visa d?Or for News?at Visa pour l?Image, Witty also served on the juries of the 2011 AnthropoGraphia Award and the 2011 Slovenian Press Photo Award.
In 2012 Witty was included on the?Huffington Post?s ?50 People In Media To Follow on Facebook? list. Follow Patrick Witty on?Facebook.

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The photographs here were chosen by Amirul Rajiv, who has been the photo editor of the Editorial & Forum Magazine of The Daily Star ? Bangladesh?s largest English-language daily newspaper – for the past three years.
Amirul Rajiv

The first image shows fresh water coming in from the Bangshi River, to the left, and shows clearly how murky the water of the Turag River has become. The photo was taken from the Amin Bazar Bridge near Gabtali, in the capital of Bangladesh.
Says Rajivl: ?This picture, taken by Anisur Rahman of The Daily Star on June 4, 2010, was published on the front page of the paper . Bangladesh is land of rivers, an agriculture-based country. The rivers have become seriously polluted due to mismanagement by authorities amid the threat of global warming. We published this standalone picture over five columns. Next day, there was huge debate all over the country and a few weeks later the court gave a special ruling to protect Dhaka?s water line and clean the rivers. I choose the picture because it is bold and gives a complete impression of the river?s current state.?
The second image was taken at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by Anisur Rahman and was published on April 7, 2011 on the front page alongside an article headlined ?None Jailed in 10 Years?. It was about the practice of grabbing land from the river for development.
Says Rajiv ?Everyday, aggressive urbanization brings the people from all over the country to the city areas. The city is grabbing the nature and land outside of the city. The city is growing with an extreme need of food and shelter for its people. By destroying the nature, man is creating a natural disaster. Laws are weak. After the picture was published huge pressure grew on the government to save the rivers and protect them from grabbers’ actions. I like the composition and the environmental view it?s taken from.?
Rajiv is an alumni of Pathshala South Asian Media Academy. World Press Photo Foundation is a partner of Pathshala