Died 3 April 2013 | ||
Born 1925 Shahjadpur Upazila, Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India | ||
Amanul Haque (c. 1925 – April 3, 2013) was a Bangladeshi photographer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2011 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Career
Haque joined Dhaka Medical College as an artist-photographer. He used to sketch human organs for medical students. During Bengali Language Movement in 1952, he took photographs of events with his camera which include the photograph of bullet-riddled body of activist Rafiq Uddin Ahmed.
Haque worked with Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray as still photographer in the film Pather Panchali (1955). He published a photo album titled Prosongo Satyajit which features images of Ray shot by him.
Haque was never married.
References
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