Shahidul Alam

♂ *1955 / Bangladesh

Works

News

Prix Pictet - 8th cycle - HOPE

Shortlist announced for world's top photography prize

Prix Pictet, London (GB)

with Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Janelle Lynch, Ross McDonnell, Gideon Mendel, Ivor Prickett, Robin Rhode, Awoiska van der Molen, Alexia Webster

Solo exhibitions

Singed But Not Burnt

Wrightwood 659, Chicago (US)
14 Apr 2023 – 15 Jul 2023
Truth to Power

Rubin Museum of Art, New York (US)
8 Nov 2019 – 4 Jan 2021
A Struggle for Democracy

Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen (NL)
13 Oct 2018 – 4 Nov 2018
Kalpana's Warriors

Autograph ABP, London (GB)
22 Apr 2016 – 18 Jun 2016
My Journey as a Witness

Lichfield Studios, London (GB)
6 Oct 2011 – 10 Dec 2011
Ma Journey as a Witness

Tristan Hoare, London (GB)
6 Oct 2011 – 18 Nov 2011

Group

Conversations on Conflict Photography

Southeast Museum, Daytona Beach (US)
24 Aug 2021 – 4 Dec 2021

with Nina Berman, Marcus Bleasdale, Andrea Bruce, Ron Haviv, Benjamin Lowy, Susan Meiselas, Spencer Platt, Newsha Tavakolian, Laurent van der Stockt
Hope. Prix Pictet

Fondazione Sozzani, Milano (IT)
7 Nov 2021 – 28 Nov 2021

with Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Janelle Lynch, Ross McDonnell, Gideon Mendel, Ivor Prickett, Robin Rhode, Awoiska van der Molen, Alexia Webster
Hope - Prix Pictet

Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin (IE)
17 Sep 2021 – 6 Nov 2021

with Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Janelle Lynch, Ross McDonnell, Gideon Mendel, Ivor Prickett, Robin Rhode, Awoiska van der Molen, Alexia Webster
Prix Pictet - Hope

Shanghai Centre Photo, Shanghai (CN)
11 Sep 2021 – 24 Oct 2021

with Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Janelle Lynch, Ross McDonnell, Gideon Mendel, Ivor Prickett, Robin Rhode, Awoiska van der Molen, Alexia Webster
Prix Pictet - Hope

Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo (JP)
12 Dec 2019 – 28 Dec 2019

with Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Janelle Lynch, Ross McDonnell, Gideon Mendel, Ivor Prickett, Robin Rhode, Awoiska van der Molen, Alexia Webster
Prix Pictet 2019: Hope

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
14 Nov 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Janelle Lynch, Ross McDonnell, Gideon Mendel, Ivor Prickett, Robin Rhode, Awoiska van der Molen, Alexia Webster
Manifesto!

An Alternative History of Photography

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
13 Sep 2014 – 23 Nov 2014

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Keith Arnatt, Mel Bochner, Victor Burgin, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Louis Darget, Peter Henry Emerson, William Henry Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Luigi Ghirri, Raoul Hausmann …
Beyond Rational Thought

The Agency.Contemporary Ltd., London (GB)
13 May 2013 – 13 Jun 2013

with Maria Antelman, Andrew Esiebo, Julio Etchart, Karl Ohiri and Riikka Kassinen
The Noorderlicht Photofestival 2006- Another Asia

Photography from South and South East Asia

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
10 Sep 2006 – 29 Oct 2006

with Jan Banning, Pablo Bartholomew, Achinto Bhadra, Philip Blenkinsop, Henk Braam, Phuoc Bui Huu, Bui The Trung Nam, Edward Fitzgerald Charlesworth, Howard Henry Chen, Binh Danh, James Whitlow Delano, Wijnanda Deroo …
Chobi Mela III : International Festival of Photography, Asia 2004

Drik Picture Library Ltd. , Dhaka (BD)
6 Dec 2004 – 23 Dec 2004

with Abir Abdullah, Tehmina Ahmed, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Tay Kay Chin, Reza Deghati, Dharavi, Dick Doughty, Shadi Ghadirian, Richard Glickstein, Shinzo Hanabusa, Pedro Meyer, Alex Moh …

Events

EXPOSED. Torino Foto Festival

New Landscapes - Turin’s New International Festival of Photography

EXPOSED, Torino (IT)
2 May 2024 – 2 Jun 2024

with Graeme Arnfield, Marwa Arsanios, Mathieu Asselin, Fabio Barile, Botto & Bruno, James Bridle, Robert Capa, Lorenzo Castore, Laura Cinti, Monica de Miranda, Paolo Pellion di Persano, Jan Dibbets …
Photolux 2019

Mondi| Lucca

Photolux Festival, Lucca (IT)
16 Nov 2019 – 8 Dec 2019

with Abbas, Antonio Biasiucci, Joana Choumali, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Vincent Delbrouck, Stephane Duroy, Rena Effendi, Lucas Foglia, Joan Fontcuberta, Vincent Fournier, Alberto Giuliani, Udo Hesse …
Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest)

PannaFoto Institute, Jakarta (ID)
3 Jul 2019 – 7 Jul 2019

with Jan Banning, Lukas Birk, Muhammad Fadli, Ilias Georgiadis, Maheder Haileselassie, Agan Harahap, Fan Ho, Erik Prasetya, Beat Presser, Sebastiao Salgado, Tara Sosrowardoyo, Schmoo Theune …
Auckland Festival of Photography 2019

Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland (NZ)
31 May 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Carlos Ayesta, Conor Clarke, Roger Grasas, Derek Henderson, Sohrab Hura, Yoko Ishii, Guy Needham, Richard Orjis, Fiona Pardington, Peter Peryer, Joanna Piotrowska, Marie Shannon …
FIX Photo Festival 2018

FIX Photo, London (GB)
28 Nov 2018 – 1 Dec 2018

with Robert Clayton, Lisa Holden, Sandra Jordan, Mercedes Parodi, Helena Petersen, Chloe Rosser, Chris Steele-Perkins
Photoville 2017

Photoville, Brooklyn (US)
13 Sep 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Endia Beal, Anna Boyiazis, Sheila Pree Bright, Robert Clark, Douglas Menuez, Charmaine Poh, Danny Wilcox Frazer, Deborah Willis
Chobi Mela III : International Festival of Photography, Asia 2004

Drik Picture Library Ltd. , Dhaka (BD)
6 Dec 2004 – 23 Dec 2004

with Abir Abdullah, Tehmina Ahmed, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Tay Kay Chin, Reza Deghati, Dharavi, Dick Doughty, Shadi Ghadirian, Richard Glickstein, Shinzo Hanabusa, Pedro Meyer, Alex Moh …