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Ritual Inhabitual

Tito Gonzalez Garcia and Florencia Grisanti are both Paris-based and co-founded the collective Ritual Inhabitual in 2013. The collective is ...

Salma Abedin Prithi

Salma Abedin Prithi is a Bangladeshi photographer and visual artist whose practice explores memory, social violence, and the psychological weight ...

Samaa Emad

Samaa Emad is a visual artist based in Gaza whose work explores the intersections of art, identity, and humanity. Her ...

Samar Abu Elouf

Samar Abu Elouf is an award-winning Palestinian photojournalist based in Gaza. Her work documents events where she lives, focusing on ...

Sheida Soleimani

Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian-American artist, educator, and activist based in Providence, Rhode Island. The daughter of political refugees who ...

Sumi Anjuman

Sumi Anjuman’s artistic practice emerges from Bangladesh’s conservative Muslim landscape, shaped by personal encounters with gendered trauma and the unspoken ...

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.