Senior photographer Bayazid Akter, a member of Bangladesh Photojournalist Association (BPJA), has recently joined International Photographic Conference 2023 in Kolkata as a guest speaker.
Dhaka TribuneThe 12th edition of the conference was held from January 23-27 at BIRLA Industrial and Technological Museum in Kolkata organized by Photographic Association of Dum Dum, said a press release.
He also represented Bangladeshi photographers and photojournalists on the occasion.
Dhaka TribuneBayazid Akter read his paper, “The experience of taking pictures in the Rohingya refugee camp of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, with a slideshow on Rohingya refugees on January 23. The paper was well accepted.
A total of 26 papers were read at seven sessions and workshops.
The sessions and workshops were held on various aspects of photography on the occasion.
Dhaka TribuneBayazid Akter met, discussed and presented his photo album “Rohingya: the stateless refugees in Bangladesh” to the Photographic Society of America, PSA president JR Schnelzer, Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) Secretary General Lykouris, photographer Dr AM Hasan of Egypt, Julio de Matos of Portugal, and host country's Dr Abhoynath Gangul, president of Photographic Association of Dum Dum, and Prof Biswatosh Sengupta, secretary Photographic Association of Dum Dum.