Tuesday, March 25, 2014

THE EYES ON BANGLADESH EXHIBITION will showcase the work of nine Bengali Photographers for the first time in Long Island City, NY. www.eyesonbangladesh.org 


MUNEM WASIF his work represent the people of his native Bangladesh

RASHID TALUKDER, known for capturing some of the defining images of the atrocities during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.


SAIKAT MOJUMDER his camera lens focus in human rights issues and Culture.


TASLIMA AKHTER is an activist/photographer, she won the World Press Photo contest 2014 for her single Photograph "Final Embrace"


JANNATUL MAWA turned to professional photography after years of working as a social activist. She received UNICEF award under ‘Feature 2000 on women and Children’s rights’.


SARKER PROTICK has been chosen by the by the British Journal Of Photography as the ‘One to watch’ in 2014.


SHUMON AHMEDShumon  is a visual artist. His work has also been featured as part of Asia’s biggest biennial photo festival, Chobi Mela V, in 2009. 


RASEL CHOWDHURY is a documentary photographer. He started taking notice of the changing landscapes and environmental issues in Bangladesh as two extremely important subjects to document in his generation. Rasel started documenting a dying river in Buriganga, a dying city in Sonargaon and newly transformed spaces around Bangladesh railways to explore the change of the environment, unplanned urban structures and the new form of landscapes. 
*photos and information courtesy from www.eyesonbangladesh.org

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