MY SCRAP BOOK | Pathshala

© Monirul Alam

The images of the surrounding things  are transmitted to senses, and the senses transmit them to the organ of perception, and the organ of perception transmits them to the “Sensus Communies” and by it they are imprinted on the memory, and are retained there more or less distinctly according to the importance or power of the thing given . . .

During my photographic graduation degree studies since June 2000 to July 2003 at PATHSHALA, South Asian Media Academy in Bangladesh, I used a homemade scrap book like a diary where I written my thought, sketch, Images, notes etc.

One of my teacher Kirsten Clair ( British ) several time told us maintain diary but I am not too serious about it here I am remember  my another teacher Shahidul Alam ( Bangladeshi) said studies never ended, it should continue until your death. Several time several countries master  photographer’s / photojournalist’s came to Pathshalala and they conduct a workshop, sharing their works and thought, during our workshop  we the students of Pathshala  learned  more things like technique, aesthetic, presentation, some time we debate our thought with our guest lecture it is rally the good time where we spent, finally we know the importance of visual language and applied our leaving  lives.

Here I share one thought, HOW  TO LEARN THE VISUAL LANGUAGE  it is more important rather than your traditional studies. According to the note books of Leonardo da vince art study, as a visual artist must learn how the eye functions, how the shapes, size and recession of object that are put in its way can be co-ordinate. The play of light on their surfaces; he must also study their structure and life . . .

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POD pictures of the day ZUMA PRESS | August 2012

Aug. 18, 2012 – Dhaka, Bangladesh – People climb onto the roof of an overcrowded train at the Airport Railway Station as they travel back to their homes ahead of Eid al-Fitr. Millions of city dwellers travel back to their villages to celebrate the festival which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Credit Image: © Monirul Alam/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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Mobile Phone’s Photography . . .

Now a day’s Mobile Phone’s Camera is very much popular in everywhere of the World. Phone cameras are becoming more and more advanced as us consumers demand better quality pictures from our phones. Phones like the Galaxy S2, iPhone 4S and the Nokia N8, all phones from 2011, really went up a notch when it came to picture quality.

Recently Nineteen international photojournalists like John Stanmeyer, Gary KnightDonald Weber, Ron Haviv, Ed Kashi, Marcus Bleasdale are use this tools and getting a magic result.

During my photographic assignment I am use my D,SLR camera like Canon ID Mark IV with necessary lenses and other things-  at the same I am also try to use my mobile phone camera Nokia E63 and the result is as well good, that camera provide 1600×1200 pixels image and then Image format is JPEG. Here I post some photos which I took today’s in the morning.  Yes,  I also mention  today’s is rainy day and light is really soft and cool, I went to our roof top with  my mobile phone camera and takes some photos finally I edit it out and displaying you . . . monirul alam

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Pro-Hartal Activities (news)

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23 April 2012 Dhaka, Bangladesh- Pro-hartal activists set fire to a police bus parked near BNP head office at Nayapaltan Monday evening around 7.30 pm. The torching incidents took place hours after the main opposition party called a fresh nationwide daylong hartal for Tuesday for getting back its missing leader M Ilias Ali and his driver. © Monirul Alam

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Resistance . . .

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Tiger and Human Conflict ( Multimedia News )

The Conflict between tiger and human has to a new level in the mangrove forest of the Bangladesh.Thirty people were killed by tigers last year and three tigers by people. Since Cyclone Sidr [November 2007] and Cyclone Aila [May 2009], when 1,000 people who lived near to the water had their homes flooded and were forced to move inland. Hungry people now risk facing a tiger attack everyday when they go into the forest looking for food. On February 6 in southern Sundarban. A Bengal tiger had just killed a 40-year-old woodcutter called Mabud, deep in the mangrove forest when he was collecting firewood in the area of Char-shesher. One villager told me ‘We enter the jungle searching for food and the tiger kills us . . . the tiger comes to our village, we kill the tiger’.

I took these photos on February 6 in southern Sundbaran . A Bengal tiger had just killed a 40-year-old woodcutter called Mabud, deep in the mangrove forest when he was collecting firewood in the area of Char-Shesher. One of his fellow woodcutters, Abul Sarder, told me that five of them entered the jungle to collect firewood and suddenly a tiger attacked them. ‘When we had escaped we realised that Mabud had not. We tried to save him but failed to fight off the tiger.’

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my year in review | 2011

 

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Highlights of the Year 2011

I celebrated my kids [MEGH] 2nd birthday which is held on 1st July. I am very happy and really enjoy and spend times with my love ones baby.

I uploaded my new works and project on my Web Site  http://monirul.photoshelter.com/

I attend a Human Rights workshop which conduct on Drik and   Published my Photo Story “ A Deadly Game” http://banglarights.net/a-deadly-game-moniul-alam.html and Exhibition in Drik Gallery, “”  in the Drik Gallery

France 24 television channel Observers Published some of my importance multimedia news which I covered http://observers.france24.com/content/20110901-bangladesh-millions-bangladeshis-roads-during-last-day-ramadan-risk-lives-transportation-bus-train-protest-eid

Several times I traveled our district town covered on assignment for our news paper Prothom Alo and my works published.

I experienced to observed  a  great photographers Pedro Meyer   presentation and attend  his workshop  he is the owner of  Zone Zero Which I knows more about digital photography and photographer point of view. This presentation conduct by Pathshala & Drik during the Chobi Mela VI International Festival of Photography in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

I continued my teaching at Pathshala as a lecturer which I really enjoy with met to a new students and I also participated as a guest lectures on a private televishion named Dedh Tv,the programmed name DUR PATH.

I am work with ZUMA PRESS http://www.zumapress.com/ as a contact photographer in this year on the month of September.

I think Two Thousand Twelve year will bring  peace, promises, success  and happiness to all of us and from the past year which is worst we forget it.

Happy New Year 2012 to all . . . moniurl alam