Amanul Haque (photographer)

Amanul Haque
Born 1925
Shahjadpur Upazila, Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died April 3, 2013(2013-04-03)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "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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