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Map Photo Agency
started working as a group in 1993 with the objective of promoting visual advocacy on social issues in Bangladesh.
Map’s work is truly diverse ranging from creating company portfolios, development activities to visual photo essays
on social issues. Over the years it has become a platform for aspiring photographers and writers. |
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Map photographers also engage in self-assigned projects mostly in Bangladesh and Nepal
and a major part of their work constitute assignments from NGOs and International agencies. |
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Map library has a diverse collection of images in black & white and color slides from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and France. |
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Major photo essays by Map members have been in the field of: |
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* Women in development: Bangladesh Perspective |
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* Violence Against Women, Acid Victims and Survivors |
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* Child Marriages in Bangladesh |
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* Trafficking of Women and Children in Bangladesh |
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* Homeless People at Kamalapur Railway Station, Dhaka |
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* Floating Children in the City and Prostitution |
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* Ability of Specially Able Children |
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* River Gypsies |
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* Sea –going Fishermen |
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* Bomb Victims - exploitation of young people in politics |
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* Children in the City Dump Yards |
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* Indigenous People of Bangladesh |
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* Life in a Brothel |
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- Forced Labour in the Fishing Industry
- Cabin Restaurants and Sexual Exploitation: Soft sex industry in Kathmandu
- Slum Population in a Growing Metropolis: Dhaka
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On-going projects: |
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- River Life in Bangladesh: River island people on the banks of Jamuna, Meghna and Padma rivers.
- Old Home: a journey to the past
- People Living on a City Embankment
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Photo Book Projects: |
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- “The people of Kamalapur station” - supported by Swiss Development Corporation in 1994.
- “Our World” - photo documentation and research on lives of Bangladeshi women – supported by DANIDA in 2000.
- “Monsoon” - a photo book in collaboration with poet, Sudip Sen in 2002
- “Dubla Dulabhanga” - photo book on forced labour in the fishing industry in Bangladesh
- “Britto” – a publication with selected images from all Map photographers to raise fund for an adolescent education programme in Kurigram of Bangladesh.
- River Life: Bangladesh" - The Life of People around the riverbank- in 2004.
- 20 Villages: Kurigram" - The Children of the river island of Brahmaputra - Dharala and Teesta, supported by Map, Chhinnamukul Bangladesh,Terre des hommes, Concern, Actionaid Bangladesh -in 2006
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Newspaper Publications: |
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Acid victims and the survivors story has so far been published in the following newspapers and magazines: De Volkskrant, Netherlands,
Biba Magazine, Paris, VSD Magazine, Paris Revu, Netherlands, The Sunday Times, London, Paris Match, Paris, Le Matin,
Brussels, The New Paper, Singapore. |
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Other stories and images published in New York Times, USA, Construire Tabloid News Paper in Switzerland,
BARN Magazine in Sweden. |
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Awards: |
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* Awarded the first prize in the PEOPLE IN THE NEWS STORY CATEGORY at the 42nd World
Press Photo competition held in 1999 for acid victims and survivors story. |
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* Second prize in the SPOT NEWS STORIES at the 44th World Press Photo competition held in 2001. |
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* The Care Award for Best Humanitarian Reportage in 1999 for acid story. France. |
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* Commonwealth Photographic Awards in 2000, 2001 and 2002 |
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Exhibitions organized: |
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Map has organized seventeen exhibitions on Women in Development : Perspective Bangladesh in Beijing, China, fifteen
cities in Bangladesh and Kathmandu, during the period of 1995 - 1998. Map conceptualized the mobile exhibition tour
proven to be the most effective in reaching out to the target groups in rural areas. |
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In 1998, Map conducted forty-five workshops on child marriage, dowry, prostitution and trafficking in seven districts of
Bangladesh. It was part of an awareness visual campaign against child marriage in the rural areas. |
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In 1998, Map conducted forty-five workshops on child marriage, dowry, prostitution and trafficking
in seven districts of Bangladesh. It was part of an awareness campaign using photography
as a tool against child marriage in the rural areas. |
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It has also arranged a series of six mobile exhibitions and open discussions for affluent school children of Dhaka and
Chittagong; in partnership with UNICEF to show the life of the working children of Bangladesh. |
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Positive Lives, an exhibition created by Network Photographers was formally launched on July 22, 2002 at Kurigram - one
of the most remote districts of Bangladesh, situated in the north. Since that time, it has travelled to 11 districts
and completed 72 days of exhibition in 18 different venues. A total of 75 workshops were conducted with a variety of
groups with 977 male and 1061 female participants. 27,554 people have visited the show to date of which 31% were female
visitors. The tour visited cities in many remote areas including those with a high incidence of seasonal migration of
male population; recognized red light areas; a large number of slum dwellers; industrial and transport workers;
and educational institutions such as secondary schools, engineering colleges, medical colleges, general universities and
an Islamic University. |
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Due to the remoteness and vulnerability of many of these locations, coupled with inadequate infrastructure facilities,
weak communications systems, and limited knowledge and access to information, the exhibition was designed to be mobile
and easily transported. Therefore, no hard and fast rules or definition for the exhibition were created, such as short,
medium and full-length exhibitions. Instead, the size and location of the exhibition were based on the capacity of the
local organizers and local demand. To display photographs, portable (easy to fold and carry) and light structures
were used. |
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1. A series of 19 exhibitions on Bangladeshi Women were held in Beijing, China, in 17 towns of Bangladesh during
the period of 1995 - 1997 and also in Katmandu, Nepal, in Nov. 1998 with the assistance of The Royal Danish
Embassy, Dhaka attracting more than 60,000 visitors. |
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2. Child Marriages in Bangladesh and the Consequences leading to Sexual Abuse - a visual advocacy campaign
visited eleven districts and directly reaching more than 20,000 participants through mobile shows (photo exhibitions
associated with workshops) with Canadian CIDA and UNICEF, 2000. |
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3. Mobile exhibition on Anti-Trafficking Awareness Campaign through visual advocacy is on since June 2002 and
already reached 40,000 participants in different rural districts and will continue throughout Bangladesh till 2005. |
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4. Organised a visual advocacy campaign in Bangladesh on Positive Lives (positive attitude towards HIV/AIDS), an
exhibition distributed by Positive Lives Committee based in London. During June 2002 - July 2003, he worked as the
coordinator for 59 days of mobile shows in 11 districts, 70 community workshops in small towns and rural areas,
5 policy level workshops in Dhaka. This project reached more than 30,000 people including youths and students, the
main target of the campaign. It was supported by Action Aid Bangladesh, Levi Strauss foundation and Positive
Lives. |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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1. Our World - A photo book on Bangladeshi women, May 2000. |
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2. Monsoon - Photo book with poetic essays of Sudeep Sen, July 2002. |
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3. Dubla Dulabhanga - photo research on forced labour in the fishing industry. |
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4. Britto - a joint photo book publication with other Map photographers to raise fund for Adolescent Education
Programme of Chhinnamukul, an ngo working in the north of Bangladesh. |
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5. River Life: Bangladesh - a photo panorama of the river life portraying the positive Bangladesh |
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Map offers the following services : |
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Photography and research. |
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Organizational portfolio. |
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Image renting from the library. |
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Printing and Processing in B/W. |
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Photo scanning and multi-media presentation. |
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Photo Exhibition and advocacy workshop. |
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Photography Related Publications. |
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For further queries, please contact: |
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Mahmud or Sujan Office Tel: +88 02 912 5155, Mobile: 0189 223
508 Cell to Cell: 01711 66 4254.
e-mail:
mapfoto@bdonline.com |
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