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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Bangladeshi photographer (1937–2020)}}<br />
{{infobox person<br />
| name = Sayeeda Khanam<br />
| native_name = সাইদা খানম<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Saida Khanom (cropped).JPG<br />
| caption = Khanom in 2015<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|12|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pabna]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|8|18|1937|12|29|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| nationality = Bangladeshi<br />
| occupation = Photographer<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
| awards = [[Ekushey Padak]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Sayeeda Khanam''' (29 December 1937 – 18 August 2020)<ref name="flemwml">{{cite news |url= https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/sayeeda-khanam-first-female-photographer-the-country-no-more-1946921?amp |title= Sayeeda Khanam, first female photographer of the country, no more|work=The Daily Star|access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref> was the first female professional photographer of Bangladesh.<ref name="rolleicord">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/spotlight/the-girl-rolleicord-1233439|title=The Girl With A Rolleicord|date=3 June 2016|work=The Daily Star|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> She covered many important events of [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Liberation War of Bangladesh]] in 1971 through her photography.<ref name="rolleicord" /><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Khanam was born in [[Pabna District]] in the then [[Bengal Presidency]] (now Bangladesh).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/10/22/the-regret-wont-go|title='The regret won't go'|work=bdnews24.com|date=22 October 2014|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> She is the youngest among her two brothers and four sisters. Her interest in photography began at a very early age when her sister bought her a [[Rolleicord]] camera.<ref name="rolleicord" /> She never received any institutional training on photography, but learned from foreign photography magazines which were given to her by the owner of Jaidi's studio, a studio of [[Dhaka]].<br />
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Khanam completed her master's degree in Bengali literature and library science from the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=suchitra>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2014/jan/19/suchitra-was-true-beauty-recalls-syeda-khanam|title=Suchitra was a true beauty, recalls Syeda Khanam |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=19 January 2014|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1956, she began her career as a photographer in ''[[Begum (magazine)|Begum]]'', the only newspaper dedicated to women at that time.<ref name=gunijan>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gunijan.org.bd/GjProfDetails_action.php?GjProfId=149|script-title=bn:সাইদা খানম|language=bn|website=www.gunijan.org.bd|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> Her photographs have been published in several national newspapers and she covered many national and international seminars. She worked as a photographer with the filmmaker [[Satyajit Ray]] in three of his films. Besides Ray, she also did portraits of figures such as [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]], [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Buzz Aldrin]], [[Mother Teresa]], [[Indira Gandhi]] and [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]].<ref name=prothom>{{Cite news |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/we-are/article/471475|script-title=bn:দেশের প্রথম নারী আলোকচিত্রী সাইদা খানম|work=Prothom Alo|language=bn|access-date=24 January 2017|date=8 March 2022}}</ref><br />
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Khanam worked as a librarian in seminar library of Bengali Literature department of [[University of Dhaka]] from 1974 to 1986. After the war, she volunteered as a nurse in Holy Family Hospital for a while.<ref name=suchitra /><br />
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== Exhibitions and awards ==<br />
Khanam had her first international exhibition in 1956 after participating in the ''International Photo and Cinema Exhibition,'' [[Cologne]]. In the same year, her works were displayed in the ''International Photography'' held in Dhaka and later exhibited in international competitions in Japan, France, Sweden, Pakistan and Cyprus.<ref name=prothom /> Her works on [[Mother Teresa]], [[Rabindra Sangeet]] singer Konika Bandopadhaya and Satyajit Ray were also exhibited in Dhaka.<ref name=gunijan /><br />
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In 1960, she received an award in ''All Pakistan Photo Contest'' and in 1985 she was honored with [[UNESCO]] Award for photography. She received many other awards from several national and international organizations. She is a lifetime member of [[Bangladesh Mahila Samiti]] and [[Bangla Academy]].<br />
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