Tag: Abir Abdullah
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Rebuilding Lives After a Factory Collapse in Bangladesh – NYTimes.com
Rebuilding Lives After a Factory Collapse in Bangladesh An hour after the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Abir Abdullah got to the scene unsure where to begin taking pictures. More than a thousand people had died and hundreds more were trapped alive in the rubble. Injured workers were screaming and crying all…
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Creating Cultural Understanding Through Stories (6 Photos)
Link: Creating Cultural Understanding Through Stories (6 Photos) | PDN Photo of the Day “Eyes on the World,” a collection moving, provocative, inspiring photographs from the Alexia Foundation’s archive is currently on display at 25CPW Gallery in New York City through June 23. The exhibit includes “Keg Stand Queens,” a project on binge-drinking among college-aged…
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Abir Abdullah’s Photographs of Tragedy in Bangladesh
Death Trap: Tragedy in Bangladesh via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/05/slide-show-abir-abdullahs-photographs-of-tragedy-in-bangladesh.html#slide_ss_0=1 In 2005, Abir Abdullah began documenting the dangers that plague Bangladesh’s manufacturing industry, covering a series of building collapses and fires, including last week’s horrific Rana Plaza building collapse, the death toll from which passed a staggering four hundred people on Thursday.
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Abir Abdullah, Sara Naomi Lewkowicz Win Alexia Foundation Grants
Link: Abir Abdullah, Sara Naomi Lewkowicz Win Alexia Foundation Grants Abir Abdullah of Bangladesh has won the $15,000 professional award in the Alexia Foundation grant competition, organizers announced this morning.
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Abir Abdullah’s Photographs of Fires in Bangladesh
‘Death Traps’ in Dhaka Seeking to show how vulnerable an ostensibly up-and-coming modern metropolis is, Abir Abdullah has been chasing the fires that plague Dhaka, Bangladesh. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/death-traps-in-dhaka/?pagewanted=all A patriot might not readily describe his native city as a “death trap” and a beautiful place in the same breath, but for the Bangladeshi…
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100 Eyes magazine – Bangladesh x Bangladesh
100 Eyes magazine Bangladesh x Bangladesh: This issue is over 200 pages and features work by Bangladeshi photographers Munem Wasif, Abir Abdullah, Tanvir Ahmed, Shahidul Alam, Monirul Alam, Murtada Bulbul, Saiful Huq Omi, Azidur Rahim Peu, Shehzad Noorani, Mohammad Kibria Palash, and Khaled Hassan.