Shahidul Alam

| birth_place = Boalmari Upazila, Faridpur, Dacca, Pakistan | education = Jhenidah Cadet College, University of Liverpool | alma_mater = University of Liverpool (BSc)
Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD) | occupation = Photojournalism, teaching, social rights activism | known_for = | spouse = Rahnuma Ahmed | father = Kazi Abul Monsur | mother = Quazi Anwara Monsur | relatives = | awards = Ekushey Padak (2025) | module = }} Shahidul Alam (born 1955) is a Bangladeshi media institution builder, photojournalist, public speaker, storyteller, writer, blogger, curator, and educationist.

Alam founded Drik Picture Library in 1989, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in 1998, the Chobi Mela International Photography Festival in 1999, and Majority World in 2004. In the early 1990s, Drik's work as an internet provider introduced email to Bangladesh. It also developed the country's first Bangla font for the internet, its first webzine, and its first web portal.

Alam's books include ''Nature's Fury'' (2007) and ''My Journey as a Witness'' (2011). A photographer for over forty years, his work has been featured in publications worldwide and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, the Royal Albert Hall, and the Kuala Lumpur National Art Gallery. He was also the first Asian to chair World Press Photo's International Jury.

Alam has spoken at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and Stanford universities. In 2001, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. He received the Shilpakala Padak from the president of Bangladesh in 2014, the Humanitarian Award from the Lucie Awards in 2018, and was named one of''Time'' magazine's Persons of the Year that same year. In 2021, he was the recognised as the CASE Humanitarian of the Year. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak (culture and education) in 2025.

Alam serves as an advisory board member of the National Geographic Society and is a National Geographic Explorer at Large. Provided by Wikipedia