Hello!
I'm Farida Alam
My inspiration for photography comes from the people and my surroundings. I love to experience other cultures, meet different people from diverse communities.
I believe in immersion photography and spend months listening, observing and talking with my subjects over the course of a project. Photography has become a part of my identity – a force that makes me think, feel and understand human being and the human condition.
I have completed basic and foundation courses from “Pathshala South Asian Media Institute “. Later on, I also participated in a documentary photography course of Counter Photo, Bangladesh. Currently, I have completed my Diploma in photography from Alliance Francaise de Dhaka. I am a lifetime member of “Bangladesh Photographic Society (BPS)”.
My portfolio has been featured by Photographic Mercadillo. Also my works on Bede Community has been featured by SDN and Edge of Humanity. The story was also featured by 121clicks.com.
| Recognitions |
International Photo Awards
Siena International Photo award 2021: 1st place in short documentary film Category.
Sony World Photography Award 2019: 2nd place in Bangladesh National Awards.
Tokyo International Foto Award 2018: 2 photos were awarded Gold prize in Editorial-Environment and people-Portrait category and one photo got honorable mention in people -portrait category.
Photoffee Academy of Fine -art Photography: Photoffee Photographer of the Year Award 2018.
ND Award Photo Contest 2018: 1 series was awarded Discovery of the year 2018 in Special Category and 1st place in Photojournalism/ Story category.
Moscow International FotoAward (MIFA), 2018: 2nd place in one category, 3rd Place in three different categories &Six Honorable mentions.
Tokyo International FotoAward (TIFA), 2017: 2nd Place & Honorable mention.
ND Award Photo Contest, 2017: 1st Place in Photojournalism/ Story category, 3rd place in Portrait category and Honorable mention in different categories.
5th Olympic Photo Circuit, Greece, 2017: Awarded with one FIAP Gold medal and eleven acceptances in 4 photos salon in different categories.
Monovision Photography Award, 2017: 05 photographs got honorable mention in different single categories and 1 was in the series category.
International Photo Awards, 2016: 01 series got Honorable mention in Deeper Perspectivecategory.
ND Award Photo Contest, 2016:3rd Place for the series “Reflection of dispersed soul; hidden for years” in people/ portrait category.
Tokyo International Foto Award (TIFA), 2016: 02 photographs got honorable mention in people/portrait and fine art category.