Drik Picture Library#Pathshala South Asian Media Institute

Drik Picture Library was established in 1989 by Bangladeshi writer and photographer Shahidul Alam and Bangladeshi writer and anthropologist Rahnuma Ahmed.{{Cite web |title=DrikNet |url=https://drik.net/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=drik.net}} The name is Sanskrit for 'vision'. It was set up to provide a platform for local photographers to publish internationally and provides various media services.

Drik is associated with Alam's other large project: Majority World{{Cite web |title=About Us – Majority World |url=https://majorityworld.com/about.php |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=majorityworld.com}} which aims to promote photographers from the global south and ensure fair compensation for their work. Drik is headquartered in Dhaka and has branch offices in India and the UK."Network partnerships: Drik Picture Library, Dhaka, Bangladesh", Prince Claus Fund. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100704191141/http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/network_partnerships/drik.shtml Archived] by the Wayback Machine on 4 July 2010.

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Pathshala, the South Asian Media Institute, was set up in 1998 by the Bangladeshi photographer, writer, and activist Shahidul Alam, as "Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography".{{cite web |url=http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2008/ten_years_of_pathshala.html |title=Ten Years of Pathshala |last=Alam |first=Shahidul |date=3 February 2008 |website=The South Asian |type=Blog |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706112030/http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2008/ten_years_of_pathshala.html |archivedate=6 July 2012}} It is affiliated with Sunderland University and Bolton University in the UK; Oslo University College in Norway; Edith Cowan University in Australia;{{cite magazine |date=4 December 2014 |title=Inside Bangladesh |url=https://www.ecu.edu.au/news/edith-magazine/articles/2014/issue-02/inside-bangladesh |magazine=Edith Magazine |publisher=Edith Cowan University |access-date=28 July 2020}} and The Danish School of Media and Journalism.

In 2019, Pathshala introduced a four-year Bachelor of Social Science in photography program in affiliation with the University of Dhaka.{{cite news |last1=Samaddar |first1=Ashley Shoptorshi |date=6 December 2019 |title=Pathshala introduces their first bachelor's degree |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/star-youth/news/pathshala-introduces-their-first-bachelors-degree-1836535 |work=The Daily Star}} Prior to that, the certificates awarded by Pathshala for completion of its educational programs were not recognized by Bangladeshi universities.{{cite news |date=7 August 2009 |title=Pathshala graduates get certificates, chief airs anger |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/08/07/pathshala-graduates-get-certificates-chief-airs-anger |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=16 June 2015}} Its students engage in social movements with their work.{{cite web |url=http://thechobimelafiles.blogspot.com/2006/11/tuesday-7-november-portfolios-at.html |title=Portfolios at Pathshala |date=7 November 2006 |website=The Chobi Mela Files |type=Blog}}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbank.lk/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/SRILANKAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21465611~menuPK:232812~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:233047,00.html |title=Mobile Photography Exhibition Spreads Message in Sri Lanka |website=World Bank Sri Lanka |access-date=4 July 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616123209/http://www.worldbank.lk/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/SRILANKAEXTN/0%2C%2CcontentMDK%3A21465611~menuPK%3A232812~pagePK%3A2865066~piPK%3A2865079~theSitePK%3A233047%2C00.html |archivedate=16 June 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} The school has received death threats in response to their work.{{cite web |url=http://www.international.ucla.edu/asia/article/70969 |title=Bangladesh: Photography students receive death threats |last=Shah |first=Angilee |date=29 May 2007 |website=AsiaMedia |publisher=Asia Institute, UCLA}}

Student awards have included first prize in World Press Photo Contest, The National Geographic All Roads Awards, and the Prix Pictet. Several students have made it to the Photo District News' 'PDN's 30 2008'"[http://www.pdngallery.com/gallery/pdns30/2008/ PDN's 30] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422065447/http://www.pdngallery.com/gallery/pdns30/2008/ |date=22 April 2015 }}" Alumna Taslima Akhter has won several awards, including the Best Photographer Award from the 5th Dali International Photography Exhibition in China.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpressphoto.org/people/taslima-akhter |title=Taslima Akhter |publisher=World Press Photo |date= |access-date=4 November 2016}}

Other alumni include: GMB Akash, Munem Wasif, Andrew Biraj, Prito Reza, Sarker Protick, Saiful Huq Omi, Khaled Hasan, Saiful Huq Omi and.{{cite web |url=http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/exposure_fragile_world.do |title=Students revel in exposure to fragile world |date=December 2007 |website=Canon |access-date=16 June 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/wpph_awards_2010.do |title=CPN at the World Press Photo Awards Days |date=May 2010 |website=Canon |access-date=16 June 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldpressphoto.org/people/andrew-biraj |title=Andrew Biraj |website=World Press Photo |access-date=16 June 2015}}{{cite news |date=31 December 2010 |title=Year in Culture |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2010/12/HNY2011/7.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=16 June 2015}}

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• Gerhard Haupt and Pat Binder, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20101230021810/http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2003/drik Drik: Images for change]", Nafas.
• "[http://www.imagesagainstwar.com/491.html Drik Picture Library]", Images against war, Galerie Lichtblick.
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• Indira Ravindran and Laila Duggan, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=c27vD2aoYWQC&pg=PA33 Case study 1: Drik: Out of focus]"; in Jane Foster and Kumi Naidoo, eds, Young people at the centre: Participation and social change (London: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2001; {{ISBN|0-85092-681-5}}).
• "Drik/Pathsala – Bangladesh", International Photographers and Researchers Network. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701033833/http://www.theiprn.org/index.php?go=institute,631 Archived] by the Wayback Machine on 1 July 2007. "Noscript text reads: UK to Bangladesh Host for Arabella Plouviez and Associate Partner / DRIK and Pathshala are the primary educational and managing agencies for photographic education and photo journalism in Bangladesh and SE Asia. Their programme is delivered in Dhaka and consists of an affiliated course to the University of Sunderland. The organisations design and deliver the major SE Asian photography celebration Chobi Mela to a wide range of international photographers and institutions. They have a long track record of producing exhibitions and projects that provide a wider view of the political and economic realities of Bangladesh."
• "New from the Network – 12 September 2007: Events and training: Drik celebrates 18th birthday with new exhibition – Bangladesh Now", Creative Exchange. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080324084724/http://www.creativexchange.org/node/752 Archived] by the Wayback Machine on 24 March 2008.

• [http://www.drik.net Drik website]
• [http://www.driknews.com Drik News]

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