A Struggle For Democracy
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A Struggle For Democracy

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Photograph

Shahidul Alam

Maker
Bangladeshi, b. 1955

A Struggle For Democracy

ca. 1989
Gelatin silver print
Image: 23.7 × 35.5 cm (9 5/16 × 14 in.)
Paper: 30.4 × 40.5 cm (11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Gift of the FiftyCrows Foundation, 2015
2015.0133.0261
Inscriptions verso (applied printed label in black ink): 3 Nur Hossain had painted on his back "Let democracy be freed". His chest read "To the end of the tyrant". He has since become a legend in the democracy movement. A mural on the campus walls of Jahangirnagar University pays tribute to the martyr.
(applied printed label in gold):DRIK PICTURE LIBRARY LTD.
58 Rd. 15A (New), Dhanmondi Res. Area
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
DRIK PICTURE LIBRARY LTD.
58 Rd. 15A (New), Dhanmondi Res. Area
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
(applied label handwriiten in pencil): AlamØ3.2
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