Anwar Hossain (photographer)

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Anwar Hossain (6 October 1948 – 1 December 2018)[1][2] was a Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer.[3]

Biography

He was born in Dhaka, East Pakistan. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography a record five times for the movies Sundori (1979), Emiler Goenda Bahini (1980), Puraskar (1983), Anya Jibon (1995) and Lalsalu (2003).[4]

Hossain died on 1 December 2018 at his hotel room in Dhaka from a heart attack at the age of 70.[5]

References

  1. Renowned photographer Anwar Hossain found dead in Dhaka hotel. bdnews24.com. 2018-12-01. https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/12/01/renowned-photographer-anwar-hossain-found-dead-in-dhaka-hotel. Retrieved 2018-12-01. 
  2. "ULAB hosts Anwar Hossain Photo Exhibit: 'Tutail 1971-2012'". University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  3. Anwar Hossain's photography exhibition begins today. 20 August 2010. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=151396. 
  4. Rashed Shawon (14 August 2012) (in bn). bdnews24.com. http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=2012. Retrieved 2018-05-24. 
  5. "Photographer Anwar Hossain found dead at a city hotel" (in en). The Daily Star. 2018-12-01. https://www.thedailystar.net/city/photographer-anwar-hossain-found-dead-at-city-hotel-dhaka-1667743. Retrieved 2018-12-01.