The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. A big thank you to all my readers and it was amazing to see the stats, Not just the number but the readers came from 150 countries. Most visitors came from Sri Lanka. The United States and India were not far behind. It’s been a slow start for ...
Heavenly shades of night are falling, it’s twilight time Out of the mist your voice is calling, “It’s twilight time” When purple colored curtains mark the end of day I’ll hear you, my dear, at twilight time Deepening shadows gather splendor as day is done Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun I count the moments, darling, ’til ...
Legendary Indian photographer and photojournalist Raghu Rai at the launch of his book “Bangladesh: The price of freedom” at the Bengal Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 7 Dec. 2012. Photo Chulie de Silva The lady in red leaned forward, looked into Raghu Rai‘s eyes and asked “So is it the photographer’s eye that matters?” Rai put his hand on his heart and ...
Never a day passes at the Drik Picture Agency where I work without a mention of Rashid Talukder’s name. He is our honoured and much loved photographer. A heroic and legendary, he documented the Bangladesh’s War of Independence. I didn’t know him when he was alive but only found him in his images. And so why do we talk about him ...
When Drik’s “Rural Visual Journalism Network” (RVJN) grabbed a Manthan Award in the “e-news and media” category, at a gala ceremony in the Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India on 1 December 2012, we were jumping for joy in Dhaka. The RVJN Project Manager, Muhammad Aminuzzaman, accepts the award in the “e-news and media” category, Habitat Centre in New Delhi, ...
Drik won the Asia Publishing Award for “Birth Pangs of a Nation” in the “Best Insights into Asian Societies (Non-Fiction) Category” at a Gala award ceremony in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, today, 30 November, 2012. The book and the film “The Birth Pangs of a Nation” was produced in 2011 to celebrate 40 years of Bangladesh’s turbulent history and to ...
It’s great to see Sri Lanka has built back better after the 2004 tsunami and has put behind the conflict years to hit the Lonely Planet’s No. 1 spot as the hot destination for 2013. It seemed right for me to rummage through my archives for some shots off the beaten tracks in Lanka I was lucky enough to visit ...
Hyde Park brings connotations of London but Sydney too has its Hyde Park and apparently in days gone by this was a venue for speakers. Last month my stroll through Hyde Park was to see the stunning large scale photographs of the annual “Sydney Life Exhibition.” Here works of the 22 finalists were hung on the sides of the Central ...
I was fascinated by this stunning 14th century gilt bronze statue of Kalachakra (Wheel of Time) and Vishvamata (World Mother) at the New Asian Gallery of the Art Gallery in Sydney. From the little I have read and gathered in Tibetan Buddhism – Kalachakra’s partner (his Wisdom) is Vishvamata. The “time” part of the deity’s name, regarded as relative, refers to ...
The tableau of 16 male and female figures standing rigidly holding in their hands what looks like bodies at first glance is both striking and impressive. Its almost as they are before a tribunal and are on the verge of moving forward. They are naked as if they have lost all they have, the pain of their souls visible ...
This is a newsletter I write for Drik, Bangladesh. In a way, it is a part of my Drik Diary. Captured in it are many memories of my colleagues and friends here. The night before Drik Day the place was a hive of activity. The excitement was palpable. I hope it gives you a glimpse of my life@Drik and this ...
Chobi Mela VI Mobile Exhibition on rickshaw vans in Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 2011. Photograph Wahid Adnan/Drik. Drik has announced the theme Fragility for the Chobi Mela VII, International Festival of Photography to be held in January 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo practitioners are invited to submit work online and offline following the guidelines available from the festival website www.chobimela.org. “In ...
Drik has announced the theme Fragility for the Chobi Mela VII, International Festival of Photography to be held in January 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo practitioners are invited to submit work online and offline following the guidelines available from the festival website www.chobimela.org. “In a gendered world fragility is not macho enough,” says Shahidul Alam, Festival Director. “In a misogynic ...
Today,15 May is the day we were supposed to join thousands around the world to use the power of photography to create, share and compare perspectives on daily life. I had been following intermittently www.aday.org and knew it was today but other than charging the battery hastily in the morning there was little chance to pick up a camera and ...
Today,15 May is the day we were supposed to join thousands around the world to use the power of photography to create, share and compare perspectives on daily life. I had been following intermittently www.aday.org and knew it was today but other than charging the battery hastily in the morning there was little chance to pick up a camera and ...
