Savar tragedy- Each survivor: a miracle. Every dead: a tragedy
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Tushikur Rahman, born in Bangladesh in 1987 is a documentary photographer who prefers to work with social issues both urban and rural. In 2009, Tushik enrolled in Pathshala South Asian Media Academy for BA in Photography. He participated in various international workshops conducted by renowned teachers and practitioners including Stuart Freedman, Jorge Villacorta, Shannon Lee Castleman, Abir Abdullah and Munem Wasif. He is also devoted in travelling and capturing thrilling subjects including the lives of ‘Tiger widows’ and a full sequence of a tiger being slaughtered by hundreds of people in Shatkhira, Bangladesh. During 2005-8 he traveled across Bangladesh to capture the lives of various people living in sufic order, their unconventional lifestyle and their love and passion towards music. In 2010, he finished his latest project, Fatalistic tendency, a deep subject concerned with depression that results in violence. Tushik is looking forward to work on more serious social issues which may have been overlooked and neglected by majority and present them with a greater intensity so that people are obliged to at least think about it. On 2011 he got selected as a finalist for the Burn magazine grant ‘EPF (Emerging Photographer Fund Grant)’ he got Slected as a finalist for the ‘WPO-World Photography Organization’ Student focus award 2011, he received 3rd prize of Jury award in conceptual category of prestigious Viewbook Photostory 2010. View all posts by tushikur
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