Palolik: Photography exhibition on potters ends in Barisal
A two-day photography exhibition, themed “Palolik” (alluvial) on the lives and struggle of potters (clay-artisans) at Kalashkathi village under Bakergonj upazila ended in Barisal on Sunday night.
Twenty-five photos shot by young photographer Kishore Karmakar were on display at Ashwini Kumar Hall of the city.
The exhibition was inaugurated on Saturday morning in the presence of literary and cultural personalities, Freedom Fighters, Language Movement Veterans including poet Kajal Chakraborty, Santimoy Mukhopadhyaya of Kolkata, Akkas Hosain, S M Iqbal, Syed Dulal, Yusuf Hossain Kalu, Akkas Hossain, Mukul Das and Sushanta Ghosh.
Photographer Kishore Karmakar said, "When I visited Kalashkathi I saw potters busy at work and the old zamindar bari. The scenes at Kalashkati village inspired me to begin shooting photographs five years ago."
"Our heritage and tradition should be preserved, and it is why I published a photography book called `Palolik'. I tried to focus on the lives and struggle of potters of Kalaskathi village under Bakerganj upazila of Barisal," said Kishore.
Due to modernisation the tradition of pottery is on the verge of extinction. Focusing on the lives and struggle of potters may inspire the public and private sector to prop up the potters, said some visitors to the exhibition.
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