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Dhaka - Memories or Lost (Hardcover)
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Dhaka - Memories or Lost (Hardcover)
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Upon setting foot in Dhaka, with its beautifully landscaped gardens
adorning ancient mosques and monuments, it becomes clear that this
is a city steeped in history. One of the oldest settlements in
Bangladesh, it is today among the largest cities in the world, and
rapid, often unplanned, urbanisation has vastly outpaced
sustainability, threatening the historic buildings and communities
that make up the city's cultural soul. But, despite bursting at the
seams, Dhaka's six centuries of history are still visible if we
look carefully in the shadows of the tall buildings, in the spaces
between the speeding cars. Dhaka-based architect Kashef Chowdhury's
camera captures a record of the capital city of the local character
that may soon be lost due to urban development. In Chowdhury's
photographs, a woman hangs sheets of polythene to dry and resell, a
blind man sings mystic love songs. Other photographs reflect
Dhaka's state of social and cultural flux, like an image of weary
night-shift workers returning from a wholesale market in the late
morning or of the barely visible lights of a pick-up truck
concealed to prevent theft. Chowdhury is one of South Asia's most
renowned architects, and Dhaka: Memories or Lost constitutes his
deeply personal tribute to the city.
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