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Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme work together across a range of sound, image, text, installation, and performance practices. Their practice ...

Belal Khaled

Belal Khaled is a Palestinian photographer and visual artist based in Doha. His practice centers on documenting conflict, displacement, and ...

Daniel Chatard

Daniel Chatard is a German-French documentary photographer and visual researcher based in Hamburg. His work explores power structures, collective identity, ...

Ernest Cole

Ernest Cole was a South African photographer known for his groundbreaking 1967 book “House of Bondage”. In the early 1960s, ...

Felipe Romero Beltrán

Felipe Romero Beltrán is a Colombian photographer based between Madrid, Spain, and Paris, France. His artistic endeavors are deeply rooted ...

Hoda Afshar

Hoda Afshar is a visual artist and documentary maker from Iran whose practice focuses on the intricate relationships between politics ...

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.