Shahidul Alam (Majority World) obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work documented the fall of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world.
Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou and Tate Modern, Alam has guest curated at Whitechapel Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones and Shilpakala Award.
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.
John Morris describes his book “My journey as a witness” as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”
A panel discussion from the founding members of RECLAIM: an alliance of The Everyday Projects, Native Agency, Majority World, Women Photograph, Minority Report [renamed from Visioning Project], and Diversify Photo. We are six organizations committed to amplifying the voices of underrepresented photographers and decolonizing the photojournalism industry.
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