Sayeeda Khanam

• Name — Sayeeda Khanam • Native Name — সাইদা খানম • Born — 29 December 1937 • Birthplace — Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India • Died — 18 August 2020 • Place of death — Dhaka, Bangladesh • Occupation — Photographer • Education — University of Dhaka • Awards — Ekushey Padak

Khanam was born in Pabna District in the then Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh).[3] She was the youngest among her two brothers and four sisters. Her interest in photography began at a very early age when her sister bought her a Rolleicord camera. She never received any institutional training on photography, but learned from foreign photography magazines which were given to her by the owner of Jaidi's studio, a studio of Dhaka. Khanam completed her master's degree in Bengali literature and library science from the University of Dhaka.[4]

In 1956, she began her career as a photographer in Begum, the only newspaper dedicated to women at that time.[5] Her photographs have been published in several national newspapers and she covered many national and international seminars. She worked as a photographer with the filmmaker Satyajit Ray in three of his films. Besides Ray, she also did portraits of figures such as Queen Elizabeth, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[6] Khanam worked as a librarian in seminar library of Bengali Literature department of University of Dhaka from 1974 to 1986. After the war, she volunteered as a nurse in Holy Family Hospital for a while.

Sayeeda Khanam is recorded with the occupation photographer. Indexed under Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Antenna Design and Analysis, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Terahertz technology and applications, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies. Recorded as photojournalist and photographer. Associated with International Islamic University Chittagong.