“In Limbo” opens at EMK Center
Documentary photographer Suman Paul's solo photography exhibition titled “In Limbo” opened yesterday evening at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi. Internationally acclaimed photographer Abir Abdullah and EMK Center Director MK Aaref were present during the inauguration of the exhibition.
The exhibition will show photographs of the Rohingyas and their stories of persecution, and continue till December 21.
From August of 2017 onwards, Bangladesh has been experiencing a phenomenon of tragic proportions unfolding on the southern tip of the country. An exodus began, exceeding more than 600,000 people where young men were missing, masses of women, children and elderly, some even bearing bullet wounds and physical torture were fleeing via boats, crossing stretches of hostile terrains infested with land mines and jungles. Crammed in makeshift camps, these people being washed off by the Myanmar government settling in Bangladesh belong to neither of the two countries and are considered to be in limbo, by themselves and the rest of the world. Suman Paul hopes his work will shed light on the plight of the Rohingyas, who are literally caught in limbo and a question of their future will arise among the Dhaka audiences.
Suman Paul is a documentary photographer who started the photography as a hobby but gradually became enthusiastic about documenting human lifestyle in and around his birth place, Cox's Bazar. He completed his graduation in photography from Pathshala and has made documentaries on Autisa, on mental patients and a physically disabled person. He has also documented lifestyle of fishermen, focusing on hunting of sharks. He worked on the moments and the lives of the people of the 'ghats' of Buriganga. He also worked on Sufi Dance in Al Tanoura Troupe in Cairo, Egypt in 2013, and is currently focused on the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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