Noted photographer Abir Abdullah’s three-day photo exhibition, titled “Plight of the Waterlogged People”, begins today at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi in Dhaka.
Abdullah has been efficiently capturing the social, political and economic impacts of the rivers through his black and white as well as colour photographs.
In recent times, Abdullah was assigned by Oxfam’s project, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL), to delineate the hardship of thousands of people through his powerful shots. The exhibition focuses on Satkhira where people have been waterlogged for the past few months.
CSRL convener and former advisor to the caretaker government, Dr. C.S. Karim will inaugurate the photo exhibition. A steering committee member of CSRL, Dr. Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, Oxfam’s Country Director Gareth Price Jones and Abir Abdullah will speak at the inauguration.
Abdullah embarked on his photographic career at Drik Picture Library in 1996. He currently works as a photo journalist with the Bangladesh bureau of the European Press Photo Agency (EPA). He has bagged many national and international awards, including the Mother Jones grant for his works on war veterans in Bangladesh. His photographs have been published in Time, Newsweek, Herald Tribune and others.
-With The Daily Star input
