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Exhibitions

But a Wound that Fights

We are its salt and its water. We are its wound, but a wound that fights. Sister, there are tears ...

If the Land Could Speak

“Green wood, a cracked pot – How shall I cook rice? Mother Bonobibi, Tell me what to do?” – Munshi ...

The Romantic Documentarian

Amanul Huq stands among the pioneers of creative photography in Bangladesh. From childhood, image-making drew him in—first as lines on ...

Rights of Passage

What compels the journey against the established cartographic order, whether for political dissidents or asylum seekers? Can lives lived, and ...

(un)learning Palestine, embodying solidarity

We made this for you, the reader, to pick up a thread—any thread—and feel it pull you into a vast, ...

The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and The Enigmatic Meaning of Their Dreams

For over twenty years, Alessandra Sanguinetti has been documenting the lives of two cousins, Guillermina and Belinda, in rural Argentina. ...

Women in the July Uprising: Essential Then—Why Erased Now?

Women were at the heart of the July Uprising—powerful enough to shift the country’s imagination of what resistance could be. ...

The Reassuring Hand Gestures of Big Men, Small Men, All Men

Bani Abidi’s works span video, photography and drawing. They look at the fragile construction of the nation-state and the everyday ...

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.