Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a ranar 11 ga Afrilu, 1935, a Gaibandha, Bangladesh, ɗan Gouranath Sarkar. Bijon Sarkar ya bar gida zuwa Dhaka bayan iyayensa sun mutu kuma an rasa ƙasar kakanninsa a cikin kogi. Bijon ya sami karatunsa na farko a cikin daukar hoto daga babban ɗan'uwansa Tarapodo Sarkar, wanda ya kasance mai koyar da kansa amma ya bi daukar hoto a lokacin hutu. Horarwarsa ta farko a fagen daukar hoto ita ce lokacin da ya halarci bitar da mai daukar hoto Manzoor Alam Beg ya gudanar a shekarar 1961. Aikin Sarkar a cikin daukar hoto ya tashi bayan da aka nada shi a Cibiyar Nazarin Kasa ta Pakistan a shekarar 1962. Shekaru bakwai bayan haka, ya shiga gidan talabijin na Pakistan a matsayin mai daukar hoto. Hukumar talabijin ta kore shi bayan yakin neman 'yancin kai
ya fara a 1971, tilasta Sarkar ya nemi mafaka a Indiya. Daga baya ya shiga Kamfanin Parjatan na Bangladesh a matsayin Babban Mai daukar hoto a 1972 kuma ya yi ritaya daga can a 1995. Wani memba mai kafa kungiyar daukar hoto ta Bangladesh (BPS), ya zama shugabanta a shekarun 1990. Ya kuma kasance ɗaya daga cikin membobin da suka kafa Kamfanin Fina-Finan Bangladesh. Bijon ya yi imanin cewa daukar hoto yana da damar zama wani nau'i na fasaha kamar zane-zane. Kuma nunin hotonsa na farko ya nuna imaninsa sosai. Bijon Sarker ya mutu a ranar 29 ga Disamba, 2012. Ya sami rauni a kai a wani hatsarin mota a daren 21 ga Nuwamba 2012. Ya yi barci kuma bai farka ba.