Biografia
Din Muhammad Shibly is a professional photographer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a special interest in documentary photography. He was born in the year 1977 in Rajshahi, head of one of the northern divisions. Shibly completed his post graduation on Mass Communication from University of Rajshahi in 1999. During his second graduation from Pathshala, South Asian Institute of Photography, he started off on his career as a photojournalist for Daily Prothom Alo, a leading Bangla daily of Bangladesh in 2004. However Shibly soon realize that his passion rested elsewhere. After completing his BA in Photography in 2007 he promptly joined the reputable institution as a lecturer.
He worked in ICE Today (A monthly lifestyle magazine) as a staff photographer from 2005 to 2010 and also with The New Bangladesh Business as a Photo Editor from 2011 to 2012. Now he is working as a freelance photographer. He is also a visiting lecturer of Dhaka University. Recently he joined to the Department of Photography of Counter Foto as Head of Academics.
His prime arena of interest revolves around socio-political documentaries. Among, his ongoing projects, ‘Dhaka: the other look’, ‘Photo Diary: Female’, ‘Gunijan’ (portrait series on most eminent persons of Bangladesh), ‘TIME/LIFE (life-long project on climate change)’ and 'The Maze of Metal (Ship Building Industry in Bangladesh)' are worth mentioning. His photographs published in Jamini, ICE Today, Charbela Chardik, ICE Business Times, Bengal Barota, Daily star, Daily Prothom Alo, Daily New Age, Daily New Nation etc. His work has been exhibited in several galleries of Bangladesh.
