Native name মনজুর আলম বেগ Role Photographer Name Manzoor Beg | Occupation Photographer Nationality Bangladeshi Died July 26, 1998 | |
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Born 1 October 1931 ( 1931-10-01 ) Rajshahi, Bengal Presidency, British India Known for Fine Art Photography and Fine Art Photographic Movements in Bangladesh | ||
Manzoor Alam Beg (Bengali: মনজুর আলম বেগ; 1 October 1931 – 26 July 1998) was a Bangladeshi photographer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2007 by the Government of Bangladesh.
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Training and education
Beg received photographic training at the Technical Training Centre of the Pakistan Air Force in Karachi (1949). UNESCO training on microfilming in Karachi (1957). British government training on document reproduction at Hatfield College of Technology in UK (1968). Kodak Colour Film course at Kodak Photographic School at Harrow in London (1968). Diploma in photography from the British Institute of Reprographic Technology (1976). A training course for information centre managers organised by UNESCO and the Government of India in New Delhi (1980).
Career
Beg played a pioneering role in the modern art of photography movement in Bangladesh, setting up of the first photographic training centre known as Begart Institute of Photography (1960) and Bangladesh Photographic Society (1976) in Dhaka, of which he was the founding principal and former president. He was well known for organising photographers and photographic activities in a place that had practically no recent history of institutional or professional photography. Manzoor Alam Beg was honoured as ESFIAP at the FIAP (the distinction "Excellence for Services Rendered" is awarded to those persons who have accomplished exceptional services over a long period for the benefit of The International Federation of Photographic Art) 19th Congress in Germany, 1987. He was honored with a title Aalokchitracharjo (The Chancellor of Photography) by BPS on behalf of Bangladeshi photographers community. He is considered as the Father of Fine Art Photography Movements in Bangladesh. Aalokchitracharjo (The Chancellor of Photography) Manzoor Alam Beg has been awarded the most prestigious Ekushey Podak given by Bangladesh government in 2007 besides 200 more national and international awards and honors.
Professional careers
Beg served in following organizations.
Books on photography
- Report on photography, Published in UK, 1968.
- Adhunik Photography, Published in India, 1974.
- Photography Formula, 1974.
- Adhunik Photography (Modern Photography), 1974
- Photography Digest, 1981.
- Rangin Photo Printing, 1985.
- Microfilm ki o kano, 1991.
- Alokchitron shadakalo o Rangin, 1993.
- Darkroom Solution, 1994.