Curatorial Team

Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh

In her practice yasmine eid-sabbagh explores potentials of human agency by engaging in experimental, collective work processes. These include (counter-)archiving ...

Tanvi Mishra

Tanvi Mishra works with images as a photo editor, curator, writer and educator. Her areas of interest include rights and ...

Shohrab Jahan

Shohrab Jahan (b. 1987) is a curator, artist, and educator. Jahan has curated community-driven, site-responsive, and publication-based projects, including the ...

Sarker Protick

Sarker Protick works through photography and moving images, charting two intersecting courses. One remains rooted in his hometown of Dhaka, ...

Munem Wasif

Munem Wasif is an artist, curator, and educator based in Dhaka. His work investigates themes of memory, place, and identity, ...

Laleh Bergman Hossain

Laleh is a London-based writer and researcher working on photography and visual culture in relation to the Middle East and South ...

About Us

Chobi Mela, the first festival of photography in Asia, is one of the most exciting ventures that Drik and Pathshala has initiated. The first Chobi Mela – International Festival of Photography was held in December 2000 – January 2001. It is the most demographically inclusive photo festival in the world and is held every two years in Dhaka.