Manzoor Alam Beg


Manzoor Alam Beg was a Bangladeshi photographer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2007 by the Government of Bangladesh.

Personal life

Beg was the third child of Professor Husam Uddin Beg, and Zaheda Chowdhury. Professor Husam Uddin Beg was the Principal of B M College in Barisal. Beg married Walida Chowdhury on 17 March 1963. They had three children: photographer Iftekhar Alam Beg, photographer Imtiaz Alam Beg, and Ishtiaque Alam Beg. Beg's eldest brother Mahmood Alam Beg was the Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank, which is the central bank of Bangladesh. His younger brother Captain Mahfuz Alam Beg was the Sub-sector Commander of Sector 9 in the independence war of Bangladesh in 1971.

Training and education

Beg received photographic training at the Technical Training Centre of the Pakistan Air Force in Karachi in 1949. UNESCO training on microfilming in Karachi. British government training on document reproduction at Hatfield College of Technology in UK. Kodak Colour Film course at Kodak Photographic School at Harrow in London. Diploma in photography from the British Institute of Reprographic Technology. A training course for information centre managers organised by UNESCO and the Government of India in New Delhi.

Career

Beg set up of the Begart Institute of Photography in 1960, the nation's first training facility for photography. In 1976, he founded the Bangladesh Photographic Society. 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 19th Congress in Germany, 1987. He was honored with a title Aalokchitracharjo by BPS on behalf of Bangladeshi photographers community. He is considered as the Father of Fine Art Photography Movements in Bangladesh. Aalokchitracharjo 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.

Death

Beg died on 26 July 1998.

Professional careers

Beg served in following organizations.
  1. Report on photography, Published in UK, 1968.
  2. Adhunik Photography, Published in India, 1974.
  3. Photography Formula, 1974.
  4. Adhunik Photography, 1974
  5. Photography Digest, 1981.
  6. Rangin Photo Printing, 1985.
  7. Microfilm ki o kano, 1991.
  8. Alokchitron shadakalo o Rangin, 1993.
  9. Darkroom Solution, 1994.

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