Saturday, 26th September 2009
A Dead River
by Sumon Yusuf
Once a mighty river, now merely a canal! On the bank of the river Turag, Dhaka was once built. The merchants would carry their goods in big boats or ships and sell them in the markets of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The riverbank was the heart of all the business. Now victim of all sorts of abuse, the river is dying slowly but surely.
Equipment: Nikon D70, 18-135mm zoom
Sumon Yusuf
Sumon Yusuf was born in 1980 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His passion for photography began with a periodical published in Dhaka in 2001. A Minolta 300X Camera was his first tool to begin Photography. Sumon saw what he describes as "a childish and curious expression in people's faces" which attracted him to advance in the world of photography. He completed a three month basic course on photography in "Centre for Asian Arts and Culture" in Dhaka in 2002. He also completed a Diploma on Photography from "South Asian Institute of Photography", Pathshala, in 2005. After that he worked as a freelance photographer for the last three years. His major client is "Save The Children (Australia)" "James P.Grant School Of Public Health, Brac University" "Standard Chartered Bank" "Grameen Phone" "Bangla Cat" "Inter Speed" Bench Mark" etc. In 2006 he worked with some Bengali leading newspapers the Daily Porthom-Alo and the Daily Samakal. Recently making a photo essay on indigenous "Shaotal" community and indigenous "Murong" people in Bandarban hill-tracts district of Bangladesh.
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A Dead River by Sumon Yusuf was photo of the day on Saturday, 26th September 2009. It is tagged Bangladesh, Pollution. You can leave a comment below.
18 Comments
mike
You captured it well.
Anurag
This is a splendid shot, both artistically and journalistically.
Su
What a social commentary this shot is, congrats.
Jonathan
Looks like shot from the bridge in Ashulia. Well done, Sumon!
Pauline Jones
This is a difficult one because those factories represent jobs and people who are not starving. Maybe the people weren’t starving before the factories were built but how could it be possible to reverse this?
Jonathan
@Pauline…difficult one, indeed. People were starving before those factories were built; they’re still starving. The added color is that some of them are now also suffering from the ill-effects of the poison that those smoke stacks spew out.
Syed Hamde Ali
Sumon, a good shot and well done, as my friend Jonathan has already said. But Jonathan, you might have pointed out to Pauline that those are not really factories in the sense she means, but merely brick works, which are not labour-intensive.Not many jobs, but a whole lot of pollution.
wanda krack
Well-executed in black and white!
Grete
Incredible and impress your journalistic document. Excellent composition and B&W shot. The social content is touching!!! Congrats Sumon!
Adam
Great shot. Very sad.
Renee
great b/w excellent shot!
Don Stilton
B&W is most appropriate for this shot. The lack of color dramatically enhances the photojournalistic story. Great job.
Marie Dunphy Harding
You’ve done justice to this very personal image, thank you.
Marta Hendrikx
A wasteland for sure….the black and white tells the story. Congratulations!
shoobie
incredible shot…i really feel the power of it. what a horrible race we are
Sumon Yusuf
oh! Thanks all of my friend for your finest and delicious comments.
Deborah Flowers
This is very sad…the pollution does appear to be extremely high. Your capture of this is photojournalism at it’s finest.
md. sifat Ahmmed
we are responsible for it?