Hasan Saifuddin Chandan Explained

Hasan Saifuddin Chandan
Native Name:	হাসান সাইফুদ্দিন চন্দন
Birth Place:	Bangladesh
Birth Name:	Chandan
Agent:	MAP
Years Active:	1960–present
Credits:	People of kamlapur
Known For:	Street photography
Occupation:	Photographer

Hasan Saifuddin Chandan is a Bangladeshi street photographer.^[1] He has been working with different concerns in Bangladesh since 1985. He is a member of the MAP Photo Agency. He has received more than 100 awards.^[2] He is also teaching photography in BUET Architect Department. He is the first FIAP Gold Medalist of Bangladesh.

Education

Chandan passed his matriculation from Government Laboratory High School & Collage, Dhaka, Bangladesh; intermediate from Notre Dame College, Dhaka.

Jobs

• 1987–1988: staff photographer, Bangladesh National Museum
• 1990–1991: staff photographer, Weekly Dialogue and Sanglap

Awards

• Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) Gold Medal in Europa 85, Spain^[3]
• Grand Prize in "Street And People", Asian Cultural Center For UNESCO, Japan, 1986
• Honorable Mention in NIKON Photo Contest International, Japan, 1986
• FIAP Honorable Mention in photojournalism competition, Australia, 1987
• FIAP Honorable Mention in International Competition, Chittagong, 1989
• 3rd Prize in NINON Photo Contest International, Japan, 1991
• FIAP Silver Medal in the International Photo Competition Celebrating 150th Anniversary of Photography in France, 1996

Exhibitions

• 1985: Group exhibition organized by the International Youth Year Festival Committee at Alliance Française de Dhaka
• 1985–1997: More than 60 photographs were exhibited in various international exhibitions worldwide, including ten photographs in an Author's Exhibition on the eve of the 150th Anniversary Authors' Exhibition of Photography in Pablo Picasso and Victor Hugo Museum in France

Publications

Publications by Chandan

• The People at Kamalapur Railway Station. MAP, 1994. . Contains 63 photographs, published during an exhibition in Switzerland.^[4]
  • The People at Kamalapur Railway Station. Second edition, 2008. Contains 71 photographs.

Publications with contributions by Chandan

• Britto: Images of Map. Dhaka: Matri, 2003. . Catalogue of an "exhibition by Map Photo Agency in with Chhinnamukul Bangladesh, held at La Galerie, Dhaka, Bangladesh from December 10–20, 2003."^[5]

See also

• GMB Akash
• Munir Uz Zaman
• Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
• Rashid Talukder

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chandan's Photographs. 6 April 2013. The Daily Star.
2. Web site: Dhaka International Photo Awards | Photo Contest Deadlines – 2020 Photography Competitions List.
3. Web site: Hasan Saifuddin Chandan – Mahfuzullah Memorial Photo Contest. 4 March 2020. 4 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200304092107/http://mmsalon.net/hasan-saifuddin-chandan/. dead.
4. Web site: The people at Kamalapur Railway Station. Hasan Saifuddin. Chandan. 5 March 1994. Dhaka, Bangladesh : Map Photo Agency. Trove.
5. Book: Hasan Saifuddin. Chandan. Map Photo Agency (Bangladesh). Chhinnamukul Bangladesh. Bangladesh). La Galerie (Dhaka. Britto: images of Map. Matri. Dhaka. 56095617 . Open WorldCat.