Amanul Haque (c. 19253 April 2013) was a Bangladeshi photographer. He was awarded

Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contribut ...

in 2011 by the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Co ...

Career

Haque joined

Dhaka Medical College Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It houses medical school as well as a tertiary care hospital on one campus. The country's first ev ...

as an artist-photographer. He used to sketch human organs for medical students. During Bengali Language Movement in 1952, he took photographs of events with his camera which include the photograph of bullet-riddled body of activist

Rafiq Uddin Ahmed Rafiq Uddin Ahmed ( bn, রফিক উদ্দিন আহমদ) (30 October 1926 – 21 February 1952) was a protester killed during the Bengali Language Movement that took place in East Pakistan (currently Bangladesh) in 1952. He is co ...

. Haque worked with Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray as still photographer in the film

Pather Panchali ''Pather Panchali'' (; ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same na ...

(1955). He published a photo album titled ''Prosongo Satyajit'' which features images of Ray shot by him. Haque was never married.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haque, Amanul 1920s births 2013 deaths Bangladeshi photographers Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Date of birth missing