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Posted in art, Artist, Fareha Zeba, Sonargaon on Dec 3rd, 2010
Friend Zeba had called one evening to say that she would be working with a group of artists / photographers / videographers [Mithu Sen & Samit Das - India, Iqra Tanveer Toor – Pakistan, Janananda Laksiri - Sri Lanka, Hu XiaoXiao - China, Paolo W. Tamburella - Italy, Amir Mobed - Iran, Allioum Moussa - [...]
Posted in art, Artist, Bangladesh, Portrait, Saidul Haque Juise, Sculptor on Nov 10th, 2010
Was looking for some old images when I came across the series of Juise that I did over several days at his home and studio in April of 2008. Have put together just a few photographs [from the 100's of Juise on file] as a profile of artist Juise. I hope that the persona of Juise [...]
Posted in art, Calcutta, India, Kolkata, Museum on Sep 11th, 2010
10th September 2010. A wonderful visit to Calcutta’s [Kolkata] Victoria Memorial. The artwork inside the museum was absolutely breathtaking – but no photography was allowed.
Posted in art, Artist, Embroidery, Surayia Rahman, tapestry on Jun 2nd, 2010
…is the artist’s exceptional talent. Surayia Rahman tapestry “The Polo Players” Click for a large view. and behind every Surayia tapestry “another story unfolds“. Click for a large view. Once the image loads, click in the center again to magnify. While photographing The Polo Players today I happened to stack the tapestry back-to-font to prevent [...]
Posted in art, Artist, Surayia Rahman on Jun 1st, 2010
A friend who has a very special collection of Surayia’s artwork gave me the opportunity to photograph a Surayia Rahman painting and several of her exquisite kantha tapestries. The crisscross lines in the painting are typical of Surayia’s work. Click for large view Their cat was a bit wary of me, but I was able to [...]
Posted in Amman Rashid, art, Artist, Exhibition on Mar 27th, 2010
“AADI” hand-crafted ornaments and jewelry by artist designer Amman Rashid from Bangladesh. click for larger view Amman uses copper, brass, silver, beads, semiprecious stones, old/antique bits, old coins, seeds, shells, jute, string, rope…. to create these unique pieces. His solo exhibition opened today at the Heritage Restaurant in Gulshan Dhaka. A couple of his close [...]
Posted in Amman Rashid, DIY, flash, lighting, Nikon, Photography, Strobist, Wireless on Mar 24th, 2010
Volunteered to shoot some hand-made jewelry for a catalog and as promotional material for a friend. Never have done “product photography” so this is a first. Made a DIY light-box with a cardboard carton, with 3 cutouts [one each on either side and one on top] with translucent white paper taped over the cutouts. Inner [...]