Taslima Akhter at a Wikimedia Bangladesh event (May 2019)
Born
1974 (age 49–50)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma mater
Dhaka University
Occupation(s)
activist and photographer
Notable work
Final Embrace
Website
taslimaakhter.com
Taslima Akhter (born 1974) is a Bangladeshi activist and photographer. She is a graduate of Dhaka University, as well as the photography school Pathshala. She is a member of several activist organizations. While documenting the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013, she took a photograph of a woman and a man who had died in each other's arms, which became emblematic of the incident.
TaslimaAkhter (born 1974) is a Bangladeshi activist and photographer. She is a graduate of Dhaka University, as well as the photography school Pathshala...
Upazila, Bangladesh. The photograph, taken by freelance photographer TaslimaAkhter, was awarded third prize in the World Press Photo (single) in the "spot...
Massachusetts, United States See article Final Embrace April 2013 TaslimaAkhter Savar Upazila, Bangladesh Nairobi Mall Attack 21 September 2013 Tyler...
students have made it to the Photo District News' 'PDN's 30 2008' Alumna TaslimaAkhter has won several awards, including the Best Photographer Award from the...
photo media. Women photographers have also taken up the profession with TaslimaAkhter and Jannatul Mawa working on sustained personal projects. However, while...
photography: Aftab Ahmed Gazi Nafis Ahmed Naib Uddin Ahmed GMB Akash TaslimaAkhter Shahidul Alam K M Asad Manzoor Alam Beg Andrew Biraj Hasan Saifuddin...
Arab Fund for Arts and Culture. Retrieved 4 April 2017. Akhter, Taslima (2011). "TaslimaAkhter". Retrieved 5 April 2017. "Photography and Social Justice"...
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pandemic, while the second half of the show featured an interview with TaslimaAkhter, the president of a Bangladeshi solidarity group for garment workers...
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