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  • SP - Light
    6650
    SP - Light
    Light
    © Sarker Protick / VII
    17/05/2015     6650
    17/05/2015
    SP - Light
    Light
    © Sarker Protick / VII

     

  • SP - River and Lost Lands
    6649
    SP - River and Lost Lands
    Of River and Lost Lands

    The relationship between man and river; It?s intimate and it?s ruthless. For generations people live by it. We find dependency and destruction at the same time. It?s a contradictory affair. The river gives so much to its people and at times it takes away everything. In the winter of 2011, I travelled to the villages near Ishurdi district. Padma, the largest waterway of Bangladesh flows right beside. At first the place seems abandoned. Drowned and broken houses, floating trees are all that remains. These are traces of life that was once here. Slowly I discover life in the villages. People who are still living here, many as refugee in others land. They have lost their house, farmlands almost everything. Some has left the places as they ran out of all the options. Over the years the river changed it?s course. While doing it, it has taken so many. When the monsoon arrives and the river runs fast. The lands get washed away and disappear. Riverbank erosion generally creates much more suffering than other natural hazards like flooding; as while flooding routinely destroys crops and damages property, erosion results in loss of farm and homestead land. Places I have photographed do not exist any more. But these people are sill living around the river. Often they go out and stand by the river and some rest by the riverbank. They look far away. Its not clear what do they look at. River erosion still continues with dire consequences for this land and community.
    © Sarker Protick / VII
     6649
    SP - River and Lost Lands
    Of River and Lost Lands

    The relationship between man and river; It?s intimate and it?s ruthless. For generations people live by it. We find dependency and destruction at the same time. It?s a contradictory affair. The river gives so much to its people and at times it takes away everything. In the winter of 2011, I travelled to the villages near Ishurdi district. Padma, the largest waterway of Bangladesh flows right beside. At first the place seems abandoned. Drowned and broken houses, floating trees are all that remains. These are traces of life that was once here. Slowly I discover life in the villages. People who are still living here, many as refugee in others land. They have lost their house, farmlands almost everything. Some has left the places as they ran out of all the options. Over the years the river changed it?s course. While doing it, it has taken so many. When the monsoon arrives and the river runs fast. The lands get washed away and disappear. Riverbank erosion generally creates much more suffering than other natural hazards like flooding; as while flooding routinely destroys crops and damages property, erosion results in loss of farm and homestead land. Places I have photographed do not exist any more. But these people are sill living around the river. Often they go out and stand by the river and some rest by the riverbank. They look far away. Its not clear what do they look at. River erosion still continues with dire consequences for this land and community.
    © Sarker Protick / VII

     

  • SP - What Remains
    6647
    SP - What Remains
    What Remains

    It was in the afternoon.I was sitting on my grandpa?s couch. The door was slightly open and I saw light coming through, washed out between the white door and white walls. All of a sudden it all started making sense. I could relate what I was seeing with what I felt. John and Prova, my grandparents. While growing up, I found much love and care from them. They were young and strong. As time went by it shaped everything in it?s own way. Bodies took different forms and relations went distant. Grandma?s hair turned gray, the walls started peeling off and the objects were all that remained. Everything was contained into one single room. They always loved the fact that I take pictures of them, because then I spend more time with them and they don?t feel lonely anymore. After Prova passed away, I try to visit more so John can talk. He tells me stories of their early life, and how they met. There are so many stories. Here, life is silent, suspended. Everything is on a wait. A wait for something that I don?t completely understand?
    © Sarker Protick / VII
     6647
    SP - What Remains
    What Remains

    It was in the afternoon.I was sitting on my grandpa?s couch. The door was slightly open and I saw light coming through, washed out between the white door and white walls. All of a sudden it all started making sense. I could relate what I was seeing with what I felt. John and Prova, my grandparents. While growing up, I found much love and care from them. They were young and strong. As time went by it shaped everything in it?s own way. Bodies took different forms and relations went distant. Grandma?s hair turned gray, the walls started peeling off and the objects were all that remained. Everything was contained into one single room. They always loved the fact that I take pictures of them, because then I spend more time with them and they don?t feel lonely anymore. After Prova passed away, I try to visit more so John can talk. He tells me stories of their early life, and how they met. There are so many stories. Here, life is silent, suspended. Everything is on a wait. A wait for something that I don?t completely understand?
    © Sarker Protick / VII

     

  • SP - River and Lost Lands
    6648
    SP - River and Lost Lands
    Of River and Lost Lands

    The relationship between man and river; It?s intimate and it?s ruthless. For generations people live by it. We find dependency and destruction at the same time. It?s a contradictory affair. The river gives so much to its people and at times it takes away everything. In the winter of 2011, I travelled to the villages near Ishurdi district. Padma, the largest waterway of Bangladesh flows right beside. At first the place seems abandoned. Drowned and broken houses, floating trees are all that remains. These are traces of life that was once here. Slowly I discover life in the villages. People who are still living here, many as refugee in others land. They have lost their house, farmlands almost everything. Some has left the places as they ran out of all the options. Over the years the river changed it?s course. While doing it, it has taken so many. When the monsoon arrives and the river runs fast. The lands get washed away and disappear. Riverbank erosion generally creates much more suffering than other natural hazards like flooding; as while flooding routinely destroys crops and damages property, erosion results in loss of farm and homestead land. Places I have photographed do not exist any more. But these people are sill living around the river. Often they go out and stand by the river and some rest by the riverbank. They look far away. Its not clear what do they look at. River erosion still continues with dire consequences for this land and community.
    © Sarker Protick / VII
     6648
    SP - River and Lost Lands
    Of River and Lost Lands

    The relationship between man and river; It?s intimate and it?s ruthless. For generations people live by it. We find dependency and destruction at the same time. It?s a contradictory affair. The river gives so much to its people and at times it takes away everything. In the winter of 2011, I travelled to the villages near Ishurdi district. Padma, the largest waterway of Bangladesh flows right beside. At first the place seems abandoned. Drowned and broken houses, floating trees are all that remains. These are traces of life that was once here. Slowly I discover life in the villages. People who are still living here, many as refugee in others land. They have lost their house, farmlands almost everything. Some has left the places as they ran out of all the options. Over the years the river changed it?s course. While doing it, it has taken so many. When the monsoon arrives and the river runs fast. The lands get washed away and disappear. Riverbank erosion generally creates much more suffering than other natural hazards like flooding; as while flooding routinely destroys crops and damages property, erosion results in loss of farm and homestead land. Places I have photographed do not exist any more. But these people are sill living around the river. Often they go out and stand by the river and some rest by the riverbank. They look far away. Its not clear what do they look at. River erosion still continues with dire consequences for this land and community.
    © Sarker Protick / VII