Golam Mustafa (photographer)
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Born30 November 1941
Died9 July 2021 (aged 79)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Golam Mustafa | |
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গোলাম মুস্তাফা | |
 Mustafa in 2014 | |
| Born | 30 November 1941 |
| Died | 9 July 2021 (aged 79) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Golam Mustafa (30 November 1941 – 9 July 2021)[1] was a Bangladeshi photographer. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2018 and Shilpakala Padak in 2016 in the photography category by the government of Bangladesh.[2][3]
Mustafa was born on 30 November 1941 in Kidderpore neighborhood in Calcutta in the then Bengal Presidency, British India.[4] After the 1947 partition of India, his family moved to his paternal grandfather's house in Mirsharai, Chittagong in East Bengal.[4] He then studied in Bar Academy School in Narayanganj and in Jagannath College in Dhaka.[4] Afterward, he got acquainted with the notable photographer Manzoor Alam Beg.[5]