Bangladeshi Photographers

Although the primary goal was to provide a worldwide online platform for all the Bangladeshi photo artists, the group gradually evolved and adopted a cross-platform approach, providing support both as an online and a real world photography community. BP has actively organized and participated in real world exhibitions, competitions and community meet-ups. Till date, approximately 4,000 members (and increasing) have joined the group online. A large number of these members eventually meet during various events related to photography hosted by BP. The motto of BP is "We share, we care, we inspire!”. BP regularly organizes photo outings (popularly known as photowalks), workshops, exhibitions and knowledge sharing sessions.

BP has two regular annual events. '60 Shots' is an exhibition where young photographers have an opportunity to showcase their work. 'BP Challenge' is an exhibition cum competition where photographers of all ages can participate in three different age categories to win several cash prizes.

BP continues several online events in its Flickr platform. Among these BP Photo Marathon, BP Photo Olympiad and Feature Photographer of the month are the most significant ones.

‘Photowalk’ is a popular term for the event where photographers in groups go to different places to capture variegated aspects of life. Although organized frequently, such walks don't have any specific schedule. Sometimes a moderator of BP can call upon the interested photographers in an interesting location, or members can themselves organize such walks under the banner of BP.

While holding regular photography related activities, BP also arranges special exhibitions for good causes. For example, in January 2008, an exhibition was organized in Russian Cultural Center to support the victims of Cyclone Sidr in remote parts of the country.[7] The exhibition was inaugurated by poet and novelist Syed Shamsul Haque. The revenue generated from the exhibition print sales was donated to the Sidr victims. In February, the same exhibition was continued in Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University to aid in the treatment of poet Samudra Gupta.

'Globalization: A Bipolar Story', an exhibition bringing photographers from Bangladesh and United States was a project of BP. This was a collaborative venture with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which consisted of two exhibitions of the same set of photographs in both Bangladesh and USA. The project was funded by Council for the Arts, MIT.[8][9][10][11] The exhibition presented a distinct yet broad picture of globalization as a phenomenon influencing the local cultures and lifestyles of two completely different countries. Young Bangladeshi photographers studying in local universities and MIT participated in this exhibition.