Unseen Heroes: The Cleaners of Dhaka City by Saiful Amin Kazal

Unseen Heroes: The Cleaners of Dhaka City by Saiful Amin Kazal

In the 16th century, after the genocide of Magh pirates, the first generation of sweepers was established to clear the dead bodies. After the partition of Bengal in the year 1905, the importance of sweepers was highly noted. During that time, cheap cleaners were brought from Madras, Kanpur, and Nagpur.…

My Personal Best: Indan Travel Photographer Dipabrata Sur

My Personal Best: Indian Travel Photographer Dipabrata Sur

Dipabrata Sur (Madhyamgram, India) is a doctor by profession but photography runs through his veins & arteries. His main knack is towards Travel Photography and he aims to bring out the essence, culture & various aspects of the places where he generally travels to. While doing so he tries to…

Shakrain (Kite Festival): Photo Series by Rashed Zaman

Shakrain (Kite Festival): Photo Series by Rashed Zaman

Shakrain Festival (Bengali: সাকরাইন; also known as Kite festival and Ghuri Utsob) is an annual celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, observed with the flying of kites. It occurs at the end of Poush, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar (January 14 or 15 in Gregorian calendar). This day is known…

My Personal Best: Bangladeshi Photographer Gourab Saha

My Personal Best: Bangladeshi Photographer Gourab Saha

Hello, I am Gourab Saha from Bangladesh and continue my Undergraduate study at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. I choose photography as my passion to show others how I see the world and it broadens the opportunities of exploring places and moments from my point of view. My…

Roads to Kiarostami – Looking to his own art for inspiration by Abbas Kiarostami

Roads to Kiarostami – Looking to his own art for inspiration by Abbas Kiarostami

Looking to his own art for inspiration, Abbas Kiarostami reflects on the power of landscape, which combines views of the Iranian auteur’s austere black-and-white photographs with poetic observations, engaging music and a politically provocative finale. In this short experimental film, which Kiarostami made en passant as it were, it looks…

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