Photographer
Bangladesh
Tushikur Rahman, born in Bangladesh in 1987, is a documentary photographer. Tushik attended Pathshala South Asian Media Academy for BA in Photography and has participated in various international workshops conducted by renowned teachers and practitioners including Stuart Freedman, Jorge Villacorta, Shannon Lee Castleman, Abir Abdullah and Munem Wasif. In 2005-08, he travelled across Bangladesh documenting the Sufi orders, their unconventional lifestyles and their passion for music. In 2011 he was a finalist for Burn magazine’s Emerging Photographer Fund Grant and the World Photography Organization Student focus award 2011; he received 3rd prize of Jury award in conceptual category of prestigious Viewbook Photostory 2010.