Biography

Jahangir Alam

Bangladesh based photographer

I am a Documentary Photographer, Web designer  and Video Editor as well as a multimedia professional with 13 years experience from Bangladesh based in Dhaka. Since 2006.

EDUCATION:

1999-2003, Graduate (Honors) in Management.

SKILL AND EXPERTISE

Photography:
Freelance – Portrait & Development Photography, Video Editor, and Content Provider ( Expertise on Canon ESO 5D Mark III & Nikon )

Video Production and Documentary Filmmaking:
Direction, DSLR filming, video editing (with Final Cut Pro, Motion, Adobe Premiere, After Effects etc )

Web Design and CMS Development:
Design and development of responsive website and portal with creative layout, coding, database, open source CMS customization ( Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, Magento etc), Flash Animation and SEO ( Search Engine Optimization).

Multimedia Reporting and Digital Campaign:
Video journalism and online distribution on cultural and social issues to catalyze the development of rights situation, environmental justice, stopping climate change and human dignity in audio, video, text, photo and animated info-graphics formats.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & WORKSHOP

1. Certificate course on photography, organized by Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography
2. Social Media and Social Bookmarking, organized by the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Machizo & Focuss.Info (Netherlands)
3. Digital Film Making Training 2012, organized by Moviyana Film Society and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy
4. The Seventh Annual IGF Meeting & workshop was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 6-9 November 2012. The main theme for the meeting was: ‘Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development’
5. Filmmaking Course 2014, Pathshala, The South Asian Media Institute.
6. ‘Getting the message out before the disaster hits’, Training Workshop 2014 on Disaster Preparedness in Bangladesh Media.
7. The RightsCon 2015 Southeast Asia Conference in Manila, Philippines from 24 to 25 March 2015.
8. Careers in Development Sector, Training Workshop 2016, organized by DevPro

WORKING EXPERIENCES

Countries:
Nepal, India, Philippines, Azerbaijan, Kuwait & Bangladesh.

Major Projects:

• Documentary Video & Photography for The Karmojibi Nari, 2021
• Documentary Video & Photography for The SARPV (Light For Ruhinga), 2020
• Documentary Video & Photography for The Climate Adaptive Livelihoods of Adibashi Project, HESK/EPER. 2018
• Documentary Video & Photography for the Light house, Project of the CCDB. 2018
• Seminar photography for the Marubeni Corporation in Pan Pacific Sonargaon. February 2108
• Bangladesh slum area Photography for The Engage Media, Australia. November 2107
• Product Photography for Rahimafrooz, 07 June 2017
• Documentary photography & Videography for “CCDB – Lighthouse Project”  12 March 2017
• Product Photography for Castrol, 22 December 2016
• Documentary photography & Videography for “The Optimists” November 2016
• Event Photography for Concord. 07 October 2016
• The RightsCon 2015 Southeast Asia Conference in Manila, Philippines from 24 to 25 March 2015. ( Video documentary and Photography )
• Event Photography for LMRF, Universal Children Day. November 2014
• Documentary Video & photography for LMRF, Cure Cleft & Zero Clubfoot. 02 May 2014
• Street, Lifestyle, Cultural, Natural photography for SCOLA, 2013 to 2015.
• Event Photography and Video Documentary “Social Services on Wheels” is a joint-research program between GramWeb of Global Communication Center under Grameen Communications and Toyota Company, Japan. 2012
• IGF Meeting & Workshop photography in Baku, Azerbaijan 2012
• Documentary photography for Dwip Unnayan Songstha (DUS) in Hatiya and Noakhali District. 2011
• Documentary photography for SARPV, Saving the Children from Childhood    Disabilities. 27 march 2010
• Documentary photography for UTTARAN, Demesne Lands Distribute. O4 October 2009