Sarker Protick

Bangladeshi photographer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBangladeshi photographer
PlacesBangladesh
isPhotographer Artist
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth1985, Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
Age40 years
The details

Biography

Sarker Protick is a photographer from Bangladesh. He is a lecturer at Pathshala-South Asian Media Institute and co-curator at Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography. Former member of VII Photo agency, Protick is represented by East Wing Gallery.

Life and work

Protick was chosen by the British Journal of Photography as 'One to watch' in 2014.

Publications

Publication paired with another

  • Astres Noirs. Chose Commune, 2016. With Katrin Koenning. ISBN 978-2-9548777-2-3. Edition of 1500 copies.
    • Second, augmented edition with different cover. Chose Commune, 2017. ISBN 979-10-96383-03-0. Edition of 1500 copies.

Contributions to publications

  • Under the Banyan Tree. South Asian Media Academy, 2011. Catalogue of images by 15 photographers from Pathshala in Bangladesh. ISBN 9789843334442. Includes In Midnight Black by Protick.

Exhibitions

  • Chobi Mela VII International Photography Festival, 2013.
  • Festival of Promenades Photographiques Vendome 2012 & 2013, France.
  • Noorderlicht Photo festival 2012, The Netherlands.
  • Tokyo Month of Photography 2013.
  • Of River and Lost Lands, Photography Oxford festival, 2014

Awards

  • 2012 Prix Mark Grosset pour les écoles internationales de photographie, France
  • 2012 Winner of World Bank Art Program, USA
  • 2014 ‘Ones to Watch’ – (featured), British Journal of Photography, UK
  • 2014 Selected to participate in World Press Photo Joop Swart Master class, Netherlands
  • 2015 Photo District News’s 30 Emerging Photographer, USA
  • 2015 World Press Photo Award (For the story ‘What Remains’)
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