Pathshala
Pathshala, the South Asian Institute Media Institute was set up in 1998 by the Bangladesh photographer, writer and activist Shahidul Alam, as "Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography".
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It is affiliated to Sunderland University and Bolton University in the UK; Oslo University College in Norway; Edith Cowan University in Australia; and The Danish School of Journalism. It provides a Bachelors degree in photography which is, however, not recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) or National University Affiliation with the country's oldest university, Dhaka University, is in process.
The school has however received death threats by fundamentalists claiming photography is un-Islamic. The school is now in its sixtinth year. Students have been active in social movements and have organised exhibitions addressing social concerns at overseas events.
Pathshala, after consultations with international and local experts and local stakeholders, has now been set up as a media academy, to help strengthen other fields of media.
Students
Student awards have included first prize in World Press Photo Contest, The National Geographic All Roads Awards, and the Prix Pictet. Several students have made it to the Photo District News' 'PDN's 30 2008' and other lists.
Since 2007 Pathshala alumni, GMB Akash, Munem Wasif, Andrew Biraj, Saiful Huq Omi, have been selected for the Joop Swart Masterclass run by World Press Photo Foundation. Pathshala alumni Khaled Hasan and Saiful Huq Omi have won the National Geographic All Roads Awards, while alumni Munem Wasif received the Prix Pictet Commission on "Water".
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It is affiliated to Sunderland University and Bolton University in the UK; Oslo University College in Norway; Edith Cowan University in Australia; and The Danish School of Journalism. It provides a Bachelors degree in photography which is, however, not recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) or National University Affiliation with the country's oldest university, Dhaka University, is in process.
The school has however received death threats by fundamentalists claiming photography is un-Islamic. The school is now in its sixtinth year. Students have been active in social movements and have organised exhibitions addressing social concerns at overseas events.
Pathshala, after consultations with international and local experts and local stakeholders, has now been set up as a media academy, to help strengthen other fields of media.
Students
Student awards have included first prize in World Press Photo Contest, The National Geographic All Roads Awards, and the Prix Pictet. Several students have made it to the Photo District News' 'PDN's 30 2008' and other lists.
Since 2007 Pathshala alumni, GMB Akash, Munem Wasif, Andrew Biraj, Saiful Huq Omi, have been selected for the Joop Swart Masterclass run by World Press Photo Foundation. Pathshala alumni Khaled Hasan and Saiful Huq Omi have won the National Geographic All Roads Awards, while alumni Munem Wasif received the Prix Pictet Commission on "Water".
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