Category Archive for 'pollution'

Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk – Dhaka Bangladesh – continued

Posted in Bangladesh, boat, Buriganga, Dhaka, FLICKR, Heather Pillar, Heritage, Museum, Photography, pollution, Portrait, rickshaw, river, Ruins, Sadarghat, street photography on Aug 24th, 2008

First batch of 20 images from yesterday’s photowalk : click the thumbnails for a larger version.                      Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk, Dhaka Bangladesh, 23rd August 2008 led by David Mckee. A great morning, met a lot of new people and many very good photographers. The Walk was interesting especially to go out to an area of [...]

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Fishy business

Posted in Bangladesh, boat, Dhaka, Fish, fishermen, lake, pollution on Jun 25th, 2008

Fishing in the, now polluted, Baridhara/Gulshan lakes – these fishermen continue to make a lively-hood from fish caught here.  The “lakes” are pretty filthy and polluted with all the muck from the city flowing directly into these lakes. At one time, not more than 10 years ago, these “lakes” were connected and further connected to [...]

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