In a country where talent dies an unrecognized death everyday , this is the tale of a boy whose world revolves around the square of the ring. During the day he works hard to scrape off a living from their family’s small coal business. Come evening these thrall of society…
I spent my childhood in a small town named pabna, bank of river Padma. But few years later, my family moved to capital. When I recall my old memories, I find myself somewhere near the river Padma gazing a full moon! My school days were passed on the bank of…
Polish photographer Arkadiusz Podniesinski captured these photographs from The Fukushima Exclusion Zone. From his words…“It is not earthquakes or tsunami that are to blame for the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, but humans.” More info: podniesinski.pl (View photos on Boredpanda) …
American photographer Eric Pickersgill removed the smartphones and digital devices from his portraits of everyday life to reveal our obsession with technology. Eric name this proejct as “Removed”. His aims to show our addiction to technology and hyper-connectivity. You can find Eric Pickersgill on the Web: Website Facebook Instagram (View…
It took me more than seven years to bring out this story. It started one evening when I stumbled upon a set of photographs which I had taken while my wife was battling cancer. I don’t know why I took those images, perhaps I wanted to freeze a dying moment…
Nasik Kumbhmela 2015 | Maharastra, India Sadhu, Smoking weeds, and holy bath are the most common scenarios when the word ‘Kumbhmela‘ strikes our mind. I did not rule out capturing them but tried in different and less visited area like Gangadwar where better experience is encountered in various ways. Exploring…
Our precious Life. “We want to be normal (sane) like you.” This is what they wanted from me from their world. “I want to be normal, normal and normal.” These are the words of the pure heart. Words coming from mind which we call to be not in control. I…
A story about a girl who has been rescuing stray dogs in Yangon, Myanmar. There are about ten thousand stray dogs in Yangon. The official policy of the municipality is to poison them. Last August, I created the Golden Heart Rescue Group. It has become a full time job. We…
Phulia is a small town in the Nadia District of West Bengal, approximately a hundred kilometers from the main city of Kolkata. It bodes clusters of Tant, Jamdani and Dhakai; the latter two found majorly in parts of Bangladesh now. The art form showcases intricate and detailed hand-stitched work from…
Bishwa Ijtema is and annual global Islamic Congregation held at Tongi, Bangladesh by the river Turag. It lasts three days and is attended by over five million Muslims, making it one of the largest congregations after the Hajj to Mecca and the gathering of Muslims in Karbala, Iraq. Devotees from…
Empty Roads to Silent Doors, Hidden Wars to Graffiti Walls. In the name of Allah, Stop it. People ask us what is our dream? We say a “HOME” said one of the refugee I met in Israel. Life is difficult, sometimes we only wish to be alive and nothing more…
The disappearance of the travelling cinema in the outskirts of our cities can be alluded to several factors – the least of which is not the real estate boom because vacant land is swiftly being built upon. But, seen along with the rise of the multiplex, it also suggests the…
In 2003, a group called the Durbar MahilaSamanwaya Committee started a residential home for kids from various brothel colonies at Baruipur, a small town near Kolkata. The group, long active in advocating for the rights of brothel workers in Kolkata, felt the need to do something for the children of…
Director Gerald Fox’s documentary Leaving Home Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank features intimate interviews with the filmmaker and photographer. The artist discusses his feelings about how his adopted hometown of New York City has changed over the course of his 50 years living there. The director showcases Frank’s…
In Bengal, Gajan and Charak stand unique in the scenario of Bengal festivals and in today’s modern age. Hindus celebrate the festival mainly on the last two days of the month of Chaitra, just before Bengali New Year. Basically this falls around mid-April. Although it is celebrated mostly in rural…
Such elegance in choosing the right words with huge inspiration from the Man, the Inspirer. This is Saud A Faisal for us hailing from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fantastic Portfolio, full of life and scintillating emotions showing the pure life of Bangladesh. Saud loves is a documentary photographer who likes to show…