Photo Exhibition

Photo exhibition / ‘Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2024’ exhibition kicks off in Dhaka

In the wake of two triumphant editions, the third edition of the exhibition of the principal local event celebrating the practice of photojournalism in the country, the “Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2024”, lifted its curtains yesterday. While the exhibition is taking place on the second floor, the inaugural event took place in the house-full eighth-floor gallery of the capital's DrikPath Bhobon.

Photostory exhibition / A visual ode to ‘Shesher Kabita’ reimagines Tagore’s novel at Shilpakala

Amit Raye had an eye for the unaccustomed, Labanya was not going to be limited by customs. With Parambrata Chatterjee’s eyes speaking volumes as Amit, and Dr Sreya Sen in Labanya’s free-spiritedness, Rabindranath Tagore’s characters from “Shesher Kabita” have come alive in the photostory exhibition, titled “Shesher Kobita a photostory by Bowner Dighi”, underway at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Through the lens of history

A picture is worth a thousand words. It won’t be a cliché to describe the photographs displayed at “The Rise of A Nation” exhibition in Zainul Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University with this proverb.

‘Nostalgia Dhanmondi’ journeys through Dhanmondi’s timeless alleys

Dhanmondi has always had a cultural identity of its own – be it the grand two-storeyed family bungalows, the sounds of rehearsals at Chhayanaut, the majestic Eidgah Masjid, or the playfields that kids flocked to. Even with the sprawling high-rise buildings, Dhanmondi, its lake, and its street stalls still maintain its rustic charm.

‘Nodi Nebe!’ –An appeal to save the rivers of Bangladesh

The decline in river water and how we are losing our natural resource has been beautifully portrayed through “Nodi Nebe!” –a photography exhibition by Kakoli Prodhan. This is a plea to save rivers, as they have life too.  

#Events / Ongkur: Farhana Satu’s photography exhibition opens at the Asiatic Centre, Banani

If you had magical powers, what would you want to be? This question is likely to come up quite often in conversations with children. However, it takes on a new dimension when asked to children diagnosed with cancer. What does a little person struggling with such big problems dream of? This was the question that photographer Farhana Satu posed to her subjects, from which was born her latest exhibition, Ongkur.

Thank God It’s Friday: Weekend of art and music

If you want to do something other than have an outing at yet another restaurant, have a look at these upcoming events, and make plans to have an even better time.

Nat’l Museum to hold photo exhibition on Rohingya tomorrow

A day-long photo exhibition themed 'Rohingya: the stateless refugees in Bangladesh' is to be held at the lobby of Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka.

July 6, 2024
July 6, 2024

‘Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2024’ exhibition kicks off in Dhaka

In the wake of two triumphant editions, the third edition of the exhibition of the principal local event celebrating the practice of photojournalism in the country, the “Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2024”, lifted its curtains yesterday. While the exhibition is taking place on the second floor, the inaugural event took place in the house-full eighth-floor gallery of the capital's DrikPath Bhobon.

June 30, 2024
June 30, 2024

A visual ode to ‘Shesher Kabita’ reimagines Tagore’s novel at Shilpakala

Amit Raye had an eye for the unaccustomed, Labanya was not going to be limited by customs. With Parambrata Chatterjee’s eyes speaking volumes as Amit, and Dr Sreya Sen in Labanya’s free-spiritedness, Rabindranath Tagore’s characters from “Shesher Kabita” have come alive in the photostory exhibition, titled “Shesher Kobita a photostory by Bowner Dighi”, underway at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

May 6, 2024
May 6, 2024

Through the lens of history

A picture is worth a thousand words. It won’t be a cliché to describe the photographs displayed at “The Rise of A Nation” exhibition in Zainul Gallery of Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University with this proverb.

January 2, 2024
January 2, 2024

‘Nostalgia Dhanmondi’ journeys through Dhanmondi’s timeless alleys

Dhanmondi has always had a cultural identity of its own – be it the grand two-storeyed family bungalows, the sounds of rehearsals at Chhayanaut, the majestic Eidgah Masjid, or the playfields that kids flocked to. Even with the sprawling high-rise buildings, Dhanmondi, its lake, and its street stalls still maintain its rustic charm.

February 25, 2023
February 25, 2023

‘Nodi Nebe!’ –An appeal to save the rivers of Bangladesh

The decline in river water and how we are losing our natural resource has been beautifully portrayed through “Nodi Nebe!” –a photography exhibition by Kakoli Prodhan. This is a plea to save rivers, as they have life too.  

November 27, 2022
November 27, 2022

Ongkur: Farhana Satu’s photography exhibition opens at the Asiatic Centre, Banani

If you had magical powers, what would you want to be? This question is likely to come up quite often in conversations with children. However, it takes on a new dimension when asked to children diagnosed with cancer. What does a little person struggling with such big problems dream of? This was the question that photographer Farhana Satu posed to her subjects, from which was born her latest exhibition, Ongkur.

August 25, 2022
August 25, 2022

Thank God It’s Friday: Weekend of art and music

If you want to do something other than have an outing at yet another restaurant, have a look at these upcoming events, and make plans to have an even better time.

January 4, 2018
January 4, 2018

Nat’l Museum to hold photo exhibition on Rohingya tomorrow

A day-long photo exhibition themed 'Rohingya: the stateless refugees in Bangladesh' is to be held at the lobby of Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka.