[csaa-forum] Lecture: The Role of the Visual in Communication for Social Change - Shahidul Alam

[Alan Hill]

The Role of the Visual in Communication for Social Change
Who:    Internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer & 
activist Dr Shahidul Alam
When:   Tuesday August 23 at 5.30pm for a 6pm start
Where:  James Birrell Room of the UQ Staff Club, The University of 
Queensland
Cost:   Free
RSVP:   Siena.perry at uq.edu.au 
Website:        
http://www.uq.edu.au/ccsc/index.html?page=163111&pid=155170

For over thirty years, Dr Shahidul Alam has been using his extraordinary 
photography to advocate for social change. Attacked, arrested, and 
threatened with death, Alam built what many consider to be the finest 
photography school in the world, an award-winning agency, and the world’s 
most diverse photography festival.  Dr Alam will lead a free public 
discussion on the role of ‘the visual’ in communication for social change 
at The University of Queensland on Tuesday August 23 at 5.30pm. 

More about Shahidul Alam
After obtaining a PhD in chemistry from the University of London, Dr Alam 
turned to photography. He was the first Asian recipient of the prestigious 
Mother Jones Award for Documentary Photography, and the Andrea Frank 
Foundation Award and the Howard Chapnick Award.  He has been awarded the 
Honorary Fellowships of the Bangladesh Photographic Society and, the Royal 
Photographic Society, for his contribution to photography. On four 
occasions he has been a jury member of World Press Photo and was the first 
person of colour to chair the international jury in World Press Photo 
history. His work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, 
the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, the Royal Albert Hall in London, 
Le centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the National Art Gallery in Kuala 
Lumpur.
In 1989 he set up Drik picture library, whose core vision is to work 
towards making Bangladesh a country where people can exercise their right 
to express dissent peacefully and a country where information will flow 
freely.  Drik now provides media services including web development, video 
production, print production and exhibitions.  Alam is also the founder 
chairman of Majority World, a global community interest initiative formed 
to provide a platform for indigenous photographers, photographic agencies 
and image collections from the majority world to gain access to global 
image markets.

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