The two-week international festival Chobi Mela VI, organised by Drik, will end today. This year’s arrangement of the biennial festival was perhaps better than the previous ones in terms of higher number of entrees and venues. Beginning on January 21, over 500 entries from 30 countries featuring ‘dream’ were on display at seven venues, which drew ... Read more
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Chobi Mela VI draws huge crowd
A remarkable number of viewers are watching the display of local and foreign photographers at the seven venues of the ongoing international photography festival Chobi Mela every day. The number of visitors is increasing day by day. And on the holidays — Friday and Saturday — all the seven venues become overcrowded. Beginning on January ... Read more
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Laurence Leblanc’s Out-of-focus, Dreamlike Images To confront the out-of-focus images of fleeting moments by the internationally acclaimed photographer Laurence Leblanc is an unsettling yet fascinating experience. Born and raised in Paris, Leblanc took courses in design and painting at a very young age. She also trained in engraving at the “Ecole des Arts décoratifs du ... Read more
Chobi Mela VI begins in city
Representative photographers from all the continents inaugurated the sixth international photography exhibition, Chobi Mela VI, at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s National Theatre Hall on Friday. More than 500 photographs from 31 countries will be put on display at seven venues in the two-week festival titled ‘dream’