Taslima Akhter | |
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![]() Taslima Akhter at a Wikimedia Bangladesh event (May 2019) | |
Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Alma mater | Dhaka University |
Occupation(s) | activist and photographer |
Notable work | Final Embrace |
Website | taslimaakhter |
Taslima Akhter (born 1974) is a Bangladeshi activist and photographer. She is a graduate of Dhaka University, as well as the photography school Pathshala. She is a member of several activist organizations. While documenting the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013, she took a photograph of a woman and a man who had died in each other's arms, which became emblematic of the incident.