A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Balu River, Ujwala Prabhu, boat, fishermen, nature, river, sunrise on Oct 16th, 2009
An early morning trip to Isapura village [23°49'37.72" N 90°29'19.09" E] near Dhaka today, with Ujwala. We left early [just after 6] and the light was beautiful while we were on the way, thought it would be gone by the time we reached our destination…. but luckily we got there well in time to watch [...]
Posted in Balu River, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Niraj, Ramesh, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu, boat, river on May 2nd, 2009
A farewell to friends, boat trip down the Balu River at sunset….. Â Â Â Â Â
Posted in AISD, Amani, Artist, Ashit, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Hindu, Mannat, Music, Ujwala Prabhu, art, ceremony on Jan 30th, 2009
Started out with a “Friday Afternoon Art Fair” at AIS-D… Â Â Â Â ….then to view an exhibition by 11 artists [which includes a couple of friends: Ujwalaand Ashit] who have put up their prints for all to view after a Print Making workshop – the exhibition is called “Mechanical Fantasy” at Britto… Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â [...]
Posted in Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Photography, Portrait, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, Strobist, Ujwala Prabhu, art, school, street photography on Nov 14th, 2008
Children from USTAV School Dhaka visit Radius Gallery to view the “Jhaal Muri” exhibition, and they all seem to have had a wonderful time. We asked them which pictures were their favourites – very diplomatically they said “ALL”! Apparently they then all sat on the floor and recited poetry and did a few dances, I [...]
Posted in Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Portrait, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu, art, rickshaw, street photography on Nov 9th, 2008
Jhaal Muri artwork on diaplay at Radius Center gallery, the exhibition opened on 8th November. Here is a catalog of the work by the artists, Kuhu, Rokeya, Smita and Ujwala. This is an incomplete listing, more to be added as soon as I get back to Dhaka and can photograph / upload the rest. KUHU [...]
Posted in Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Photography, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu, art, street photography on Nov 7th, 2008
The Hanging…. As terrible as that sounds, it is not that terrible at all! Except that it did take the mickey out of us getting the sequencing, spacing and positioning the way we wanted it to be. No compromizes. The artwork was hung and taken down 3 times before we got the right look we [...]
Posted in Artist, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Museum, Rokeya Sultana, Shilpakala Academy, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu, art, rain on Oct 24th, 2008
A lovely drizzly holiday day… just perfect for a drive out to the Institute of Fine Arts after a couple of drinks and a spicy hot South Indian lunch! Â …and then to enjoy the artwork displayed at one of the 3 venues [Shilpakala Academy] of the 13th Asian Arts Biennial being held at Dhaka. [...]
Posted in 3, Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Karwan Bazar, Kuhu, Photography, Portrait, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu, art, rickshaw, street photography on Oct 22nd, 2008
An Invitation to the exhibition ‘Jhaal Muri’ An Art & Photography Exhibition on Bangladesh Street Culture by Rokeya ~ Kuhu ~ Smita ~ Ujwala ~ Anil. 8th November 2008 at 7:00 PM Bay’s Galleria 5th Floor 57 Gulshan Avenue Dhaka Bangladesh His Excellency Mr. Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, will inaugurate [...]
Posted in Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Kanak Chakma, Nirmalendu Das, Photography, Portrait, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu, WIP, art, ceremony, talent on Jun 1st, 2008
Artist friend Rokeya Sultana [she is a Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts as well] asked me to photograph the 7 day Printmaking Workshop proceedings at the Institute of Fine Arts Dhaka University organized by The Bengal Foundation during 18th to 24th May 2008. Visiting Professors Nirmalendu Das and Pinaki Barua of Vishwa Bharati headed the the [...]
Posted in Artist, Dhaka, Kanak Chakma, Nirmalendu Das, Rokeya Sultana, Ujwala Prabhu, art, rain, storm on May 24th, 2008
At the Print-making Workshop – Insitute of Fine Arts, Dhaka Univ A few assorted images … Click the thuumbnails for a full photo. And it rained, a sudden storm that brought the temperature down. Every one went out into the outdoor corridors to enjoy the rain and cool breeze..and roasted peanuts [with spicy hot [...]
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