Dhaka September 2010.Bangladeshi Muslims offer Jummat-Ul-Vida prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan at the National Mosque of Bangladesh, Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka. ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, during which devout Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. Copy Right: Monirul Alam
Dhaka August 2010. Bangladeshi Muslim devotees wait for Iftar, the meal that breaks the day long fast during holy Ramadan. Every day more then thousand of Muslims attend at Baitul Mukarram mosque at Dhaka for Iftar party. The Islamic foundation organized this programmed during the Ramadan month . Copy Right:Moirul Alam
“Good photojournalists are always moving. First identify your subjects then point your camera to find a dramatic angles, otherwise your photos like a blah pictures.” I recorded many times as an eyewitness. My main interest lies in documentary storytelling focusing on global issues . . .
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Monirul Alam born in Old Dhaka 1975. He took up photography in 1994. After completing his Bachelors in Accounting from the National University, he went on to graduate from Pathshala, the South Asian Institute Media Academy.
Monirul currently works as a deputy chief photojournalist in The Daily PROTHAM ALO newspaper.
His main interest lies in depth PHOTOJOURNALISM- works as a front lines photojournalist with concerning global issues. He passionate with writing like POEM, JOURNAL,FEATURE . . .
His work has been published in prestigious national and international publications, such as National Geographic On Line Version,The Guardian, Time Magazine,Time Light Box, TIME Lens Blog, Newsweek,Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, New Internationalist, Saudi Aramco World,The Daily Prothom Alo, DrikNews,The Daily Star,The Observers France 24,100 Eyes Magazine,Private Magazine,ZUMA PRESS,Majority World,AP, AFP, EPA,Photojournale, Corbis Images, The Click,Icone Films ( Animal Planet Channel), Wostok Press,Bangla Rights etc.
He is the recipient of several awards in a number of photography competitions such as Asahi Shimbun,Young Portfolio Japan K*MoPA,, Nikon Photo Contest and India Print Circuit IIPC, National and Club Level Photography Contest.
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