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Shahidul Alam: My Journey as a Witness
Book Launch at Bengal Gallery,Bangladesh, Dhaka
23 September 2011, 6:30pm
Left to Right
H.E. Mr. Giorgio Guglielmino, Ambassador of Italy in Bangladesh; Ms. Rosa Maria Falvo, Editor, My Journey as a Witness and International commissions editor, Skira; Mr. Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, Honourable Minister for Education, Government of Bangladesh;Mr. AbulKhairLitu, Chairman Bengal Foundation;1Dr. ShahidulAlam, Photographer; and -Ms. Luva N Choudhury, Bengal Foundation.
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Shahidul Alam: My Journey as a Witness
Book launch: Bangladesh, Dhaka
23 September 2011, 6:30pm
Bengal Gallery, House 42, Road 16(New),
Sheikh Kamal Sarani Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209.
The touring version of the exhibition:
UK, London
6th October 2011
Wilmotte Gallery (formerly Patrick Litchfield’s studio)
The London launch (Grand Hyatt Churchill) will take place on the 10th October 2011.India, New Delhi
15th October 2011
Habitat Centre.
USA, New York
10th November 2011
Rizolli Book Store.
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Introduction
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Drik, Bangladesh is a distinctive multimedia organisation that has made challenging social inequality its central driving force. Over the last two decades Drik has successfully partnered with national and international organisations to conduct several successful socially responsible programs. Investigative reporting is an essential part of these programs. Credibility of information combined with powerful images presented in these projects have made it possible for Drik to bring out into the open opaque and delicate social issues for public debate and discussion.
Thus, inherent in Drik’s work is this ability to use the power of the visual medium to educate, inform and draw ...
Sebastião Salgado
Photographer
D.J. Clarke, Director of Visual Journalism, Asia Center for Journalism; Lecturer, University of Bolton.
Antonia Carver in Drik Images for change in ART AsiaPacific (Issue: 35, July/August/September 2002)
Whats New
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Drik Day
Please join us as Drik joyously celebrates 22 years of distinctive creativity on Saturday, 24 September 2011, at 6.00 pm
Golam Kasem Daddy Memorial Lecture III by Catherine Masud
Photo exhibition by Drik's staff photographers(Drik Gallery 1, first floor): Mahabub Alam Khan, Saikat Mojumder and Wahid Adnan
Opening by Guest of Honour
Frederiek Biemans, World Press Photo
Drik
House 58, Road 15 A (New)
Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209
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Departments
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Drik Picture Agency
Drik Picture Agency (DPA) is the core image bank, and a professional team of experienced archivists provide high quality services. ...
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Photography
The Photography department consists a state-of –the-art studio and DrikNews, which focuses on investigative reporting with a special emphasis on ...
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Gallery & Event Management
The Drik Gallery opened in August 1993 with the first showing of World Press Photo in Bangladesh. The gallery, split ...
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Publication
The Publication Department designs and executes print and electronic publications ranging from low cost pamphlets for activist groups to high ...
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Audio Visual
The Drik Audio Visual Department covers the entire spectrum of productions from social documentaries to advertising and promotional videos and ...
Initiatives
