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Niranjan Das passes away

A pioneering portrait photographer

AMINU L ISLAM, Mymensingh
One of the most renowned professional portrait photographers of the country, Niranjan Das passed on at his Shibbari residence on Thursday noon. He was 88.
Former-president of Alokchitra Shilpi Sangsad (Ashis) Mymensingh, Das worked behind the camera for over 70 years. He started his career early on in the 1940's at M Saha Studio at Chhoto Bazaar of Mymensingh town.
In his long career, Das photographed many eminent personalities such as Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Fatema Zinnah, Syed Nazrul Islam and Syed Abdus Sultan.
Das also took artistic photographs of Muktagacha zamindars including Maharaja Shashikanta Acharya Chowdhury and Jibon
Kishore Acharya Chowdhury.
Internationally reputed photographer Naibuddin Ahmed, founder president of Bangladesh Photography Society Manjurul Alam Beg, Anwar Hossain and Rashid Talukder termed Niranjan as the "pioneer of studio photography".
Das, also a creative photographer and close associate of Naibuddin Ahmed, was
founding member of Asish, the first professional organisation of photographers of the country, in 1978.
Also ex-president of Ashis, Das mentored many talents in portrait photography in Mymensingh region who are now established in their respective fields, said Md. Nowab Ali, ex-president of Ashis and retired chief photographer of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).
Talking to this correspondent, Nowab Ali said, "Niranjan Da excelled in 'studio portrait photography'. Many of us used to visit Niranajan's workplace now and then to get his inputs in running studios."
Das' reputation for portrait photography spread in the district and beyond when he started his business Chitrarupa Studio at the town's Durgabari Road, added Nowab Ali.
Terming Das the pioneer of portrait photography in Mymensingh
region, journalist AHM Motalab and Ashis secretary said, his death had created a vacuum in the field of creative photography in Mymensingh and the rest of the country.
Niranjan was also a trainer at Ashis till his death.
Ashis honoured the veteran lens-man in 2009 for his life-long contributions to the field of creative portrait photography.