Shahidul Alam :: Photographer, Writer and Activist

< Publications >
His photographs and articles have been published in numerous international magazines and newspapers including: Time Magazine, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Observer, Independent, Guardian, and other leading European and Asian publications.

< Books where there is significant contribution >

•	Bangladesh, Splendours of the Past : Pictorial account of Bangladesh’s heritage. Cosmos Printing and Publications, 2001.
•	In the Realm of Architecture: Book on the works of architect Louis Kahn. Museum of Contemporary Arts, LA.
•	Disrupted borders: Book and exhibition. Oram Press.
•	Fifty years of OXFAM: Book and exhibition, curated by MOMA Oxford.
•	Children at Crisis Point: Book and exhibition, curated by SCF, UK.
•	A Dry Roof And A Cow: A book of portraits published by Friesens and Sons featuring the work of seven international photographers.
•	Contributing editor: The Critical Mirror Thames and Hudson,1995.
•	Shanghai in the eyes of the World’s Top Photographers, Shanghai, 1999.
•	World Photographers Focus on Beijing, Beijing 2000.
•	Curator: Blink, 100 photographers, 10 writers. Phaidon Press, May 2002.

< Weblinks of few publications >

< Democracy >

•	Drik Learning Initiative: Developing Learning Communities - Perspectives from Bangladesh
•	Expertism Comments on the media's role in debunking 'expertism'.
•	Harkin Bill : Effects of the Harkin Bill as seen by the child workers themselves
•	In search of the shade of the Banyan Tree : Exiles, displacement and the dreams of migrant workers.

< Internet activism >

•	How Internet was used as a subversive tool in Bangladesh
•	Photo essay on migrant labour
•	When a modem costs more than a cow Imperialism on the Net and the digital divide

< Photography and Development >

•	The politics underlying the use of photography by developmental agencies and international media
•	Photography by children: Working class children document their lives. A powerful photo story
•	When The Mind Says Yes Remembering the grand old man of photography
•	When a Pixel Paints a Thousand Words: My first interactions with the digital world
•	The Visual Representation of Developing Countries by Developmental Agencies and the Western Media
•	Who's knowledge, who's power An inside look at GKII, the Global Knowledge Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
•	The Poverty Line : 30 Years Aid in Bangladesh : The three decades of Bangladesh a great deal about the successes and failures of overseas aid
•	The Terrorist : A definition of Terrorist and Terrorism
•	Spirit : Photography, Development and Cultural Power
•	A Different World