#interview with viewbag about this prize winning photo of me – a world wide online photography organization …

VIEW BAG
Where did you take this photo?
the photo was taken in the street of my home city dhaka bangladsh .. i am passionate photo artist always try to make new reality through my images .. some times it may push in direct shoot and some times may post process to make third meanings
What time of day?
i am lucky to captured this stunning image other than the conventional documentation .at early morning in monsoon i was waiting for bus to go photo outing in other side of the dhaka city . my canon EOS 500 D with EF zoom 55 – 250 mm f/ 4 – 5.6 was on the shoulder . reflection of a white apartment under the logged water of previous night rainfall inside a big hole in the middle of the street interpret me as a different view . very quickly i captured this scene in my camera because the bus were leaving that place which i use to days photo travel . the photo was taken 28 july2012 at 7:36 am .
Anything worth sharing about lighting?
i photographed this scene to interpret the viewers mind by telling a story about the social problem and contrast of life leading in the city hi rise apartment growing rapidly day by day for rich man but the public roads are broken and rain water created water logging the city which is the curse for common people to smooth movement . so the photo serves the story with lot of negative message and protest but way of my presentation of course in positive and different i think.

What equipment did you use? (Camera, lens, tripod?, flash?, other?)

my favourite personality Henry Cartier Bresson world renowned photo journalist and the pioneer of street photography told ” there is lot of changes in the equipments of photography that is not my headache but photography remains photography , this is my passion.” very simple equipments used here to take the shot – camera canon EOS 500 D and lens EFS 55 – 250 mm . nothing else ………

What inspired you to take this photo?

I inspires to capture this image from flash feelings of my mind which comes from divine , the contrast white reflection under deep water through the hole ( frame) on the broken street in virgin dawn light gave me the inspiration to create this terrific image . the photo is well balanced in the combination of frame , angle , composition , lighting with strong story of city life through the aesthetical language of photography .

Did you do any post-processing? if yes, tell us about it!

Yes . I am always try to take photography from first stage to deeper to deepest stage with applying my talent of conception , unusual thought and timeless imagination like a poet to make new reality and expressing third meaning to interpret the viewers imagination so that by entering my frame they can travel in the heaven of imagination and after that come back the fist message for taking decision .
Here the fighter plane added in the frame to make the story further strong with diversity to make documentary art .

What equipment do you normally have in your bag?

It’s true that for pictorial photography like documentary , commercial , photojournalism etc the equipment play a simple role for technical quality and some other privilege but ‘brain behind the camera’ – photographer create the powerful image with strong story from his talent mind and power of creative sense .
Being a photo artist I normally carry in my bag 2 camera body – one must for wide angel lens , zoom lenses , handy tripod , rain protective cloths, flash light and other suitable accessories ..

Any advice for others trying to capture something similar? (The more specifics the better)

Photography is the mirror of the planet mirror of the universe . myriad of subject matter exhibiting and floats surrounding you . make your minds eye strong to see these and photographing through using the camera with light sensitive materials and interpret the world in different way .
Lastly I believe the 4 P is the photography – P : planning P: preparation P : passions and P : perseverance

Thanks with regard
Abdul malek babul FBPS

About myself & works

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Abdul Malek Babul FBPS Hon FBPS
*professional photographer *documentary & pictorial expert *teacher *organizer *dream weaver
* #Photography: the universal language and the mirror of the universe *
* #Camera : the rifle and the pen to protest and creation for making difference *

I am Abdul Malek Babul from Bangladesh starts photography since 1980 running on the way of experience more than 40 years. I am proud of my country Bangladesh which we have achieved by sacrificing a ocean of blood through the great liberation war 1971.

Our planet is the store house of nature’s beauty , bounty and biodiversity what I observes from my ramp childhood . After growing up I discovered ; the photography is the most powerful medium – to translate the spirit of emotion and beauty of nature and its creature. I strongly believe that the camera is a rifle in one hand to protest unethical deeds and on the other hand a pencil to sketching the mood and movement of our planet through the magic of light and sensitive image sensor.

My first photography class was starts in photographic training center PTC of Armanitola youth welfare centre Dhaka Bangladesh. During the training on shorthand course there – once I discovered that some senior students of other department experimenting with light and chemicals to form visual images on a piece of blank paper. After few minutes later I saw an image gradually floating on the paper! This surprising illusion hypnotized me in unmindful young mind and I was forever sold to this fascinating idea. I bid farewell to my shorthand course and enrolled myself for a diploma course in Photography in spite the strong objections of my conservative Muslim family specially my Moulovi father .

The successful competition of 1 year diploma course in 1980 I took the membership of Bangladesh photographic society (BPS) the national photographic organization which represents Bangladesh in the international photographic forum FIAP.

After that I have successfully completed more than one advanced photography course and teachers training course. Finally I achieved Fellowship FBPS degree through achieving the Licentiateship LBPS & Associate ship ABPS the highest professional degree in the field of photography Bangladesh.
Then I involved with teaching profession in 1990 and serves as the Principal of Bangladesh photographic institute BPI from 1995 – 2002 . In addition I served in different photographic organizations as a guest speaker , student guide and jury member as the resource person in final project presentation to achieve higher degree . In this regard the architectural department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology BUET is mentionable.

I have to credit many national and international prizes in different photographic competition including Grand , Gold and First prizes are just few among of the many more that I have received to date. Many of my fine art and pictorial photographs were exhibited in different national and international exhibitions around the world.

Numbers of my creative work has been published through a European based publication authority named New International NI in their educational publications ; recognized as a leading photo artist among the twelve of world in the middle of 2000. USAID Bangladesh and world bank officially published my works in different purpose . in addition my documentary photographs, story , portfolio, albums has been published in different social ,news and electronic media in home and abroad like photographicmercadillo .

As a professional standard Freelance photographer I worked for various leading organizations in Bangladesh like NOVARTIS ,IMAGES advertising and publication , NOVIVO animal health , ,Grameen Phone , External Publicity Wing EP ministry of foreign affairs Bangladesh , DRIK picture library and many more ; to meet up their prestigious demand of photography .

I am also a proud and qualified contributor of world wide renowned photo agencies like Getty Image , iStock.com , 123RF , Alamy , DRIK picture libray , Majorityworld.com , Demotix.com and Wikimedia common etc.
More than one of my solo exhibition on experimental photography titled my land my inspiration in the medium of photomontage ; was held at Alliance Francaise de Dhaka Bangladesh & National Gallery of Bangladesh Photographic Society BPS with an exclusive experimental publication .

I am one of the proud author of a prestigious photography book named the revelation of mystique stmartin island – the only coral island of Bangladesh .

I have served as a successful organizer in the field of photographer and photography development , practice and to expand the academic education in the country through the Bangladesh photographic society BPS by holding the different posts including Vice President and the Principal Bangladesh photographic institute BPI.

I have honoured as the jury member of different national and international photography competition in several times held in Bangladesh.

I have received special recognition as a photographic scholar among the 25 others in Bangladesh and Honorary Fellowship Hon FBPS for the extraordinary contributions in the field of photography Bangladesh .

The continuous journey of myself over the long way of photography and fine art photography by producing photo story , photo essay, reportage ,documentary project and portfolio to making the creation of new reality . Few of my on going projects are like – photomontage , architectural and natural heritage , scarcity & waste , dying rivers , climate change , declining heritages, social and environmental issues etc.

As a whole I am a dedicative and passionate photo artist by blood and heart. I am the store house of stock photography with fascinating theme and subject verities .

My mentors are Alokchitracharjo (Chancellor of photography Bangladesh) M A Beg and my Diploma teacher Ejaj Khan .


Abdul Malek Babul FBPS Hon FBPS

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