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Nawaz Bhuiyan, Mohammad Ali Selim, Nafis
Ahmed Nadvi (fig. 10.36) and many others. Nasir
Ali Mamun has unfolded a green rural Bengal in
his exhibition titled ‘Folkloric Bangladesh.’ Bijon
Sarker’s works portray places of interest and the
unparalleled beauty of nature. In the pictures of
Khan Md. Ameer the natural beauty and grace of
the country has been presented. His album
published with pictures in this trend, Rain and
River (1991) was greatly appreciated. In Dr.
Golam Rabbani’s album From Mughal Outpost to
Metropolis (1997) the various historical and
important structures as well as the evolution of
life and culture of the city has been presented. The
unparalleled beauty, gifts of nature and the life of
the people of the only coral island of Bangladesh,
St. Martin, is unfurled in Abdul Malek Babul and Azizur Rahman’s album The
Revelation of Mystique St. Martin Island (2005). BKS Inan has expressed the silent
existence and appeal of the huge Sundarbans from a different perspective in his
exhibition Sounds of Silence in 2005. Mahmud has presented the diverse images of man
and nature in his album titled Monsoon (2002). Photographs of this trend has also
featured in Sudeep Sen, Tanveer and Kelly Linch’s album, Postcards from Bangladesh.
The album Festivals of Bangladesh (2005, ed. Professor Anisuzzaman and others) is
comprised of photographs by AKM Shihab Uddin, Syed Zakir Hossain and others
depicts the festivals of Bangladesh. Titas Chhabi O Kabitay (2006) featuring
photographs by Obaedullah Mamun includes the Titas river, life and nature centered
around the river. Bangladesh, Land and People (1985) and Bangladesh Life and Culture
(1986) edited by Anwar Hossain, were albums published by the Department of Films
and Publications of the Bangladesh Government and included works of various
photographers. They feature delightful black and white photographs based on the nature
and culture of Bangladesh. Moreover, the government also published Bangladesh
Mosaic in Green, This is Bangladesh with photographs in the same vein.
6.2 Work-Profession and Way of Life
Bangladesh is comprised of a variety of peoples with different professions, activities
fig. 10.35 (top) and cultures. Many photographers have worked with the diverse lifestyle of different
Photograph Anwar communities. The
Hossain, peasants, fishermen,
© Anwar Hossain weavers, bedes and
baidyas, kamars and
fig. 10.36 (bottom) kumars, boatmen etc.,
Photograph Nafis
Ahmed Nadvi, people of different
© Nafis Ahmed Nadvi professions have been