Shahidul Alam

| birth_place = Dacca, Pakistan | nationality = Bangladeshi | education = Jhenidah Cadet College, University of Liverpool | alma_mater = University of Liverpool
Bedford College, University of London | occupation = Photojournalism, teaching, social rights activism | known_for = | spouse = Rahnuma Ahmed | father = Kazi Abul Monsur | relatives = Kazi Salahuddin (cousin)
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An institution builder, Alam founded the Drik Picture Library in 1989, the Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in 1998, the Chobi Mela International Photography Festival in 1999, and Majority World agency in 2007.

He introduced email to Bangladesh in early 90's. He developed Bangladesh's first webzine and first portal.

His books include ''Nature's Fury'' (2007) and ''My Journey as a Witness'' (2011).

A photographer for over forty years, his work has been featured in leading publications across the globe and exhibited in MOMA, Centre Pompidou, and the Tate Modern. He has spoken at Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge Universities. Alam has sat on the International Jury of World Press Photo and was the first Asian chair.

Alam was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2001. In 2014, he was awarded the Shilpakala Padak by the President of Bangladesh and in 2018 the Humanitarian Award from the Lucie Awards. He was a ''Time'' magazine persons of the year in 2018. He was the CASE Humanitarian of the Year in 2021. He is a National Geographic Explorer at Large. In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Arts in London. Provided by Wikipedia