<i>Amanul gifts history to War Museum</i>
Veteran photographer Amanul Haq, one of the very few who captured the historic moments of the Language Movement through the lens, presents his Ekushey Padak to Mofidul Hoque, a trustee of Liberation War Museum, as a donation to the museum, at his Aziz Co-operative Housing Society residence in the city yesterday. Photo: Palash Khan
Veteran photographer Amanul Haq, one of the very few who captured the historic moments of the Language Movement through the lens, donated the Ekushey Padak he received last year to Liberation War Museum yesterday. Amanul, who captured the photograph of Shaheed Rafiquddin Ahmed with his skull partially blown off from a gunshot, a testament to time, was presented with the award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Language Movement. At a simple programme at his Aziz Co-operative Housing Society residence, the 87-year-old Amanul handed over the prize to Mofidul Hoque, one of the museum trustees. “It was not my contribution alone in the Language Movement. There are many known and unknown persons who also contributed to the movement. I want to give this award to pay respect to the memories of all these known and unknown people,” he said. The award belongs to history and the new generation will get to see it in the museum, he added. Mofidul said the veteran photographer, who captured many images of people's lives and struggles, has donated many photographs, including the one on Shaheed Rafiquddin, to the museum. “This award is not only a valuable gift to us, it is a homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement and the numerous people who laid down their lives in the Liberation War,” he said. Amanul was quite close to the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray, who compared one of Amanul's photographs to one taken by the world famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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