Amanul Haque (photographer)

Amanul Haque (c. 1925 – 3 April 2013) was a Bangladeshi photographer.[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2011 by the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

Amanul Haque
Born1925
Shahjadpur Upazila, Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died (aged 88)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
OccupationPhotographer

Career

Haque joined Dhaka Medical College as an artist-photographer. He used to sketch human organs for medical students.[1] 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.[1]

Haque worked with Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray as still photographer in the film Pather Panchali (1955).[1] He published a photo album titled Prosongo Satyajit which features images of Ray shot by him.[3]

Haque was never married.[1]

References
  1. "Photography legend Amanul Huq dies". The Daily Star. April 3, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
  2. "13 named for Ekushey Padak". bdnews24.com. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  3. Takir Hossain (June 30, 2011). "Satyajit Ray through the lens of Amanul Haq". The Daily Star. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
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