Munem wasif biography for kids
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Born
1983, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality
Bangladeshi
Based in
Bangladesh
About Munem Wasif
Munem Wasif is a documentary photographer, who graduate of Pathshala - the South Asian Institute of Photography. Wasif started his journalistic career as a feature photographer for the Daily Star, a leading English daily in Bangladesh. Following that, he worked as a staff photographer for two years with DrikNEWS, an international news photography agency. Now, he is represented by Agence VU.
Wasif’s prime area of interest revolves around socio-political documentaries. His photographs have been published in numerous national and international publications including Le Monde, Himal Southasian, Asian Geographic, Photo District News, Issue Magazine, Zonezero, Forum, pdfx12, Tiffinbox, Daily Star, Daily New Age, Daily New Nation, and Daily Shomokal.
In 2008, Wasif was selected as one of the 30 emerging photographers Photo District News, USA. In 2007, he was selected for the World Pres
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Published in Art Radar Jan 6, 2016
The exhibition “In God We Trust” by Bangladeshi photographer runs until 23 January 2016 at Paris-based gallery Le 247, documenting the everyday life in his homeland through shots and books.
“In God We Trust”, a solo exhibition by Bangladeshi artist Munem Wasif, takes place at Parisian Le 247, a commercial gallery devoted to photography and film, founded by French photographer Simon Lourié and video director and filmmaker Thierry Villeneuve.
Munem Wasif was born in 1983, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he trained at Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography, where he currently teaches. Wasif’s photographic practice is considered documentary in naturlig eller utan tillsats . His career began as a feature photographer for the Daily Star, a Bangladesh’s leading English daily newspaper, before he went on to work as a staff photographer for DrikNEWS for two years. Since then, his work has been published in numerous international publications and journals such as Le M • MUNEM WASIF, born in 1983 in Bangladesh. He explores complex social and political issues in his ex-pressionistic photographs and films that are often conceived as long-term projects. Kheyal In the Bangla Bazar and Farashganj neighborhoods of Old Dhaka, the historic downtown of the ever-expanding capital city of Bangladesh, one finds many hidden passageways, shadow-filled alleys and empty buildings. Between the consciousness and unconsciousness of this place, a nostalgic magical realism emerges that transcends the circumstances of life. An old typewriter is struck, instruments are pla
Selected exhibitions: Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Visa pour l’image (Paris); White chapel Gallery, Kettle’s Yard, Victoria & Albert Museum (London); Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Fotomuseum Winterthur; Kunsthal Rotterdam; Para Site, Hong Kong.
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