Rural Maharashtra is widely known to its people as the abode of its various regional gods and the colorful vivid celebration related to them. These celebrations are done annually to different villages by the regional communities or dwellers to pay their reverence to their family deities, which are commonly known…
Balaji Maheshwar is a photographer from Chennai, India. He left his corporate job and become a full-time photographer. From last few years, he is capturing old theatres in Tamil Nadu, India. In his words about why he stick this project from long time “Time is necessary for everything we do.…
Costas Masseras is a photographer from Greece. Costas started photography in 1990 and he mainly interested in the behavior of people in their living environment. In Costas words “As a collector of everyday images, I have learned study photographs around me. Images introduce another way of communication. What is entitled…
K M Asad is an independent documentary photographer from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He studies photography in Pathshala (The South Asian Media Academy) in Dhaka. His work “Rohingya Exodus” got international recognition. In his words about the good photograph, “I believe the picture which connects with anyone without text and the fresh view is…
Suzan Pektas is a documentary photographer born and brought up in Balkans, and currently living in Istanbul, Turkey. She started photography 5 years ago as a semi-professional career. for Suzan, documentary photography is a power of storytelling. She truly mesmerized by life, and more specifically the lives of ordinary people,…
Haridwar is one of the most popular Hindu pilgrimage places in India. It is also regarded as one amongst the seven holiest cities by Hindus. It is a place rich in culture and civilization which blend smoothly into each other giving this city a typical, rustic charm that is irresistible…
There is a narrative that when your tummy is filled up with foods and you have a roof up of your head, you need not to be worried. But is this narrative appropriate for the landless fled people like Rohingya refugee community in Bangladesh? Apparently, we, the civil society know…
Delta is one of the physiographic units of Bangladesh. The area is almost plainland where the elevation ranges from 15m in the north to nearly a metre in the south. The delta areas of Bangladesh are densely populated, with a predominance of agricultural activities due to the high fertility of…
On Ramadan, all Muslim people finish their fast. Iftar or Fatoor is the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Muslims break their fast at the time of the call to prayer for the evening prayer. The daily fast during Ramadan begins immediately after the…
Sivaratri celebrates the convergence of Siva and Shakti. The “Mayana soora Thiruvizha” is a festival dedicated to Angalamman (a fierce guardian deity worshipped widely in Southern India) and is celebrating the small village of Kaveripattinam, the day after Mahasivarathri (the great night of Lord Shiva). Kaveripattinam is a panchayat town…
Puri – Odisha, India 4 days had passed, deep silence had completely engrossed the coastal city-Puri. The otherwise jubilant tourist destination of eastern India had come to a stand-still. Extremely severe cyclone Fani completely ravaged the city. Being a photographer, I was wandering around the city. Suddenly my eyes fell…
Tolis Chatzignatiou is a documentary photographer from Athens, Greece. He got interested in painting since childhood and he started photography in 2005. From 2010 he exclusively focuses on photography. In his words about the calmness in his photographs “Photography is the silent testament and awareness that time and words restrain…
This story is based on a day visit in a rural village of silk makers, India. It is a winter morning and people are busy in several activities to make Tussar silk which has a rich texture and natural deep gold colour. I have tried to capture a few moments…
In 2015, death took my dad rather quickly. When they found cancer, it had already taken up residence in his pancreas and spread to his liver. Diagnosis to death was under 2 months. At the time I was beginning work on a photo project around terminal illness and mortality. The…
Bede is a nomadic ethnic group in Bangladesh. They used to live, travel, and earn their living on the river. Nowadays due to change of socio-economic aspect and the decreasing river in our country they started settling down in makeshift temporary shelters they call home. Their source of income has…
“Shiver Gajan” or “Hajrha Puja” is a special folk festival, celebrated at Chaitra Sankranti (last day of the Bengali year) forbidding good-bye to the passing year in West Bengal, India. It is believed that the celebration leads to prosperity in the coming year, wiping out all the sufferings and pains…