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Dhaka Day by Day

Capturing Emotion through Lens

by Raffat Binte Rashid
Face, which many believe is the mirror of mind, is read only by one's a deep sense of perception Understanding the emotions. joy or sorrow, pain or passion as reflected on the face; and then being able to recreate them on any canvas, is the work of an artist only.
Shakoor Majid, whose pastime is capturing such expressions through his lens, is definitely an artist in his own right. 'Face of Bengal', his first photography album of ten exclusive pictures on facial poses and others, displays the various moods and emotions of the people of Bengal.
Majid.' an architect by profession. fell in love with his camera since his early childhood days. But got sincerely involved with it at the age of 25 when he actually owned a camera. "I always longed for a camera but never had one for myself. 1 used to borrow one from friends and relatives to satisfy my curiosity." he says. "Face of Bengal, my first album is about the different textures of nature and 1 strongly feel that faces are the reflection of nature." he talks about his first photogra-.p^yiRubil^pp,,.
Piaru Mia. a 90'year old;: slum dweller at Kawran gazar has a face that vividly explains his story — the long struggle with survival, the wrinkles of age and pain, the soft smile of experience, the flicker of wisdom in the eyes — one snapshot that pinpoints and brings out so much of Piaru's life.
The 'Old and the Young' another good shot in the album shows womanhood at two different stages of life. A sad. wrinkled face with only bones under her skin is an elderly woman in her last lap of life; she is now of no use to nature or evolution but following her is a young girl in her prime age — a face that promises the cycle of life even though she is iri shadows. Majid's album has focused on all sorts of people from different age groups. "Faces attract me, they display people’s personalities. their inner selves and that is inspiring to me," he says adding further that "women' and children have enriched Bangla's nature and I like to work with them specially."
Majid, who has graduated from BUET and at present is an architect — a partner of Triangle Consultants, has had no formal background as a photog
rapher. Except for the fact that he participated in a seven-day workshop on 'Documentary Photography', conducted by British photographer Steve Conlan and was organized by BPS in collaboration with British Council in 1992. But this lack of proper training has no trace in his work because he .as he describes himself, is a "serious amateur".
He has to his credit national awards such as 'Girl Child' organized by Unicef in 1990. Children of Bangladesh' organized by Khelaghar. Dhaka, in 1990. An international award on 'Nature of Bangladesh.' organized by New York Photographic society USA in 1991 and few institutional awards. Moreover he has participated in group exhibitions in and outside the country.
Majid, who is also the founder convener and president of Architecture Department Photographic Society (ADPS) BUET. says that for photography he has to spare no special time and does it as a part of his busy work schedule. "I carry my bag and equipment in’ my car and camera on my shoulder wherever},go,.Anything that interests me. of arrest my atten tion I just click." he says. , ,
Majid, a versatile person, has also worked as a journalist in few Bangla dailies and weeklies; his first fiction was published in this Ekushey bot iriela. But his charisma continues with his camera, and we see few glimpses of it in his album.
'Loneliness', is probably his best shot which shows how light and shadow play on a nostalgic face to make it further appealing. 'Joy of childhood' is another theme that-he has pictured from many angles. Naked boys diving in a pond in Beani Bazar, SyThet, children in a winter morning at Feni, fetching drinking water at BUET campus, but the eye-catching one is of boys playing cricket with sticks and tree trunks at Beani Bazar. A teenager at Kawran Bazar is another picture that has a plea in it — a young slum girl in only her trousers looking straight at life with eyes full of hope, do make you look twice and think a while.
These intimate emotions are only understood and seen by the eyes of one's mind and only the third eye can catch these in reels, and make you wonder.