Day 2: The chicken market in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area. This market is wholesale veggies, fruit, chicken, goats…. and probably some spices… not sure. Vendors crushing fresh sugarcane for thirsty workers, the sherbet-sellers doing brisk business, “paan” and cigarette vendors carrying trays of their wares slung from straps around their necks. A busy place. And [...]
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Switched my theme. Came back to taking street photos and enjoyed SoFoBoMo day-one to the hilt. The Fish Market at Karwan Bazar opens early morning everyday. A but slushy and smelly but the activity and atmosphere were just great for a early morning photo outing… The fish traders, buyers, helpers, hanger-ons, innocent bystanders, trucks, rickshaws, [...]
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Posted in Bangladesh, Buriganga, Dhaka, FLICKR, Heather Pillar, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Portrait, Ruins, Sadarghat, boat, pollution, rickshaw, river, 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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