Chandan and Shahidul Alam continued to dominate the photography field. Shahidul, who set up Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka in 1998 and the Chobi Mela International Photography Festival in 1999 remained the director of that institute throughout the decade. He had been a judge of the World Press Photo competition on four occasions, and was the first Asian chair of its judging panel. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2001. The paintings field was also quite vibrant. New contributors in painting and painting-related mixed techniques in this decade include Abdus Shakur Shah, Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Mahbubur Rahman, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Ashok Karmakar. Among the veterans artist Shahabuddin Ahmed and painter cartoonist Rafiqun Nabi continued to make active contributions. In this decade Bangladeshi artists focused on social justice, rampant industrialization, gentrification, and man's disconnect from nature. Prominent architects who made notable contribution in this decade include Jalal Ahmad, Salauddin Ahmed, Saif Ul Haque, Ehsan Khan, Mubasshar Hussein, Mustapha Khalid Palash, Enamul Karim Nirjhar, Rafiq Azam and Marina Tabassum. Performing arts In this decade music directors and composers like Shujeo Shyam, Alauddin Ali, Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Satya Saha, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, S.I. Tutul, Emon Saha, Alam Khan, Kabir Bakul and Sheikh Sadi Khan and singers like Sabina Yasmin, Runa Laila, Subir Nandi, Andrew Kishore, Bashir Ahmad, Asif Akbar, Baby Naznin, Samina Chowdhury, Kumar Biswajit, Uma Khan, Kanak Chapa, Fahmida Nabi and Monir Khan led the music arena with modern Bengali music and playback music of films. Singers like Partha Barua, Tahsan, Bappa Mazumder, and Habib Wahid cemented their places as rising stars of modern Bengali songs. The established bands from 1980s and 90s, including LRB, Souls, Feedback, Nagar Baul, Miles and Warfaze continued to dominate the 2000s. James as ‘’Nagar Baul’’ And Ayub Bachchu leading LRB particularly gained success experimenting with blues rock. The folk rock music made a comeback when Dalchhut proved their respect and ability to do folk song as a rock band in Bangladesh. Later Aurthohin, Bangla, Chirkutt and Shironamhin joined this trend. Arnob and Shironamhin with their poetic songs incorporating philosophical and experimental elements in their music, began to develop Bangladeshi rock in an artistic manner. Cinema During the 2000s, most Bangladeshi films underperformed commercially and Bangladesh produced about 100 low-budget movies a year. Viewership of Bangladeshi films in general dropped, and the industry was criticized for producing low-quality films