A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Heritage, Hindu, Ruins, Sonargaon, Stein Naevdal, mist, sunrise, temple on Nov 22nd, 2009
22nd Nov 09. Morning trip to Sonargaon village with Stein. We intended to get there well before 7am so that we could scout out a vantage point to watch and photograph the sunrise. A slight delay, but we still got there in time to watch the sky turn magenta at pre-dawn to a grey pink [...]
Posted in Balu River, Peacock, Photography, Stein Naevdal, boat, river, sunrise on Nov 21st, 2009
A photo trip with good friend Stein Naevdal up the Balu River aboard the Peacock - a traditional Bangladeshi motorized sailboat boat – on 20th November early morning just as the sun was rising. We got to Tolna [coordinates: 23°51'1.00" N 90°28'24.26"E] just before 7 AM in time to see the Peacock pulling up to the small [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Portrait, Stein Naevdal, Wenche Gjemdal, farewell on Jun 7th, 2008
Dear friends, Adios. Till we meet again! We still have to do that 5AM photo trip, Stein . . . .
Posted in Artist, Dhaka, Sculptor, Stein Naevdal, Ujwala Prabhu, art on May 23rd, 2008
22nd May 2008 – A walk about at the Art College / Institute of Fine Arts at Dhaka University… with Stein Naevdal. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Posted in Bangladesh, Buriganga, Destruction, Heather Pillar, Heritage, Hindu, Ruins, Sadarghat, Sonargaon, Stein Naevdal, mosque, river, temple on Apr 26th, 2008
A trip to Sonargaon, around 30 KM from Dhaka city…. the ancient Capital now in ruins. Like a ghost town, the homeless living in abandoned buildings. Buildings that were probably majestic and stately at one time, now crumbling in neglect, robbed of their ornate carved doors and windows, full of rubbish and the homeless… pathetic [...]
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