Sarker Protick

Sarker Protick
Born Sarker Protick
1986
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Residence Bangladesh
Nationality Bangladeshi
Occupation Photojournalist, Pathshala South Asian Institute of Photography.
Years active 2006–present
Known for Documentary photography
Home town Dhaka, Bangladesh
Website
www.sarkerprotick.com

Sarker Protick is a documentary photographer from Bangladesh.

After completed his bachelors in marketing, he studied photography at Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography. He later studied new media journalism at the University of Virginia and documentary photography at University of Gloucestershire, UK.

He has exhibited at Chobi Mela International Photography Festival, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Photovisa Festival, Organ Vida Festival of Photography, Dhaka Art Summit, Tokyo month of Photography and Festival of Promenades Photographiques. His work was selected for the Pathshala monograph 'Under the Banyan Tree', a 12-year retrospective of Pathshala. He was chosen by the British Journal Of Photography as one of the 'Ones to watch' in 2014.[1]

Sarker is a lecturer at Pathshala, South Asian Institute of Photography.

Education

  • B.A in Photography Pathshala – The South Asian Media Academy, 2009–2012
  • Bachelor in Business Administration (Marketing), American International University, Bangladesh (AIUB), 2005–2009
  • Documentary Photography, University of Gloucestershire, England, 2011
  • New Media Journalism, University of Virginia, United States, 2010
  • International reporting, University of Oslo Norway/Pathshala, Bangladesh, 2012

Exhibitions

Organ Vida Festival of Photography

Festival of Promenades Photographiques.[2]

Chobi Mela VII International Photography Festival, 2013

Festival of Promenades Photographiques Vendome 2012 & 2013, France

Noorderlicht Photo festival 2012, The Netherlands

Organ Vida Photo Festival 2013, Croatia

World Bank Art Program, 2012 & 2013 Bangladesh, India, USA

Dhaka Art Summit 2012, Bangladesh

CEPA Photo festival, Sri Lanka

Noorderlicht 20/20 Photo Exhibition 2013, The Netherlands

Tokyo Month of Photography 2013

Photovisa Festival 2013, Russia

Awards

Prix Mark Grosset Internationales De Photographie and the World Bank Art Program[3]

Selected to participate Joop Swart Masterclass 2014.[4]

Publications

See also

References

  1. Bainbridge, Simon (6 January 2014). "BJP's Ones to Watch in 2014 unveiled". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. Photographiques
  3. The Daily Star
  4. Daily Sun

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