Kazi Tahsin Agaz

Founder and Curator + Photojournalist + Activist / Curator / Documentary Film Maker / Photojournalist / Visual Artist / Curator • Ghartera + The Daily Star • male

He is currently working for The Daily Star newspaper, the largest English daily in Bangladesh from past 7 years. Kazi has extensively reported and worked with a diverse range of minority communities in Bangladesh, - including the Dalits, Bihari, community of migrant tea workers, indigenous communities, hijra and other intersections of queer communities - in order to amplify their voices and ensure their basic human rights in the country. He co-founded "Bangladeshi Photographers (BP)" - the first online photography platform of Bangladesh in 2005. He has also co-founded "Moncho", a story telling platform that brings up discussions around religion, gender, sex, sexuality and policies in Bangladesh. Kazi is also the manager, photo-artist and curator of the "Masculinity Project", a photo narrative that captures the different expressions of masculinity in Bangladesh and encourages conversations around the construction of masculinity in the country. He has completed 2 solo exhibitions in Bangladesh and participated, curated, organized over 20 group exhibitions, numerous art workshops, photo-walks and knowledge based productions in Bangladesh and abroad.

Dhaka Bangladesh

Multidisciplinary

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Kazi Tahsin Agaz on the Web

https://www.facebook.com/Ghartera-ঘাড়ত্যাড়া-294153337922334/, www.flickr.com/groups/bangladeshiphotographer, https://www.facebook.com/BangladeshiPhotographers/

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