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People of Sylhet

People of Sylhet. February 2009. In Sylhet. I spent most of February 2009 in Sylhet, with the NGO Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, which I had helped set up in 1980. People around the FIVDB campus became used to my walks, twice a day, in the surrounding villages and forests.

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People of Sylhet

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  1. People of Sylhet February 2009

  2. In Sylhet I spent most of February 2009 in Sylhet, with the NGO Friends in Village Development Bangladesh, which I had helped set up in 1980. People around the FIVDB campus became used to my walks, twice a day, in the surrounding villages and forests. There is no common theme except the dignity of the poor. I arranged the photos in pairs, to ease orientation in realms that may be foreign to many, and still are to me. Aldo Benini Dhaka, 11 March 2009

  3. Lives under supervision A madrasa lesson, a glimpse over the wall

  4. Adolescent girls One holding on to her childhood, the other surveying the prospects before her

  5. Struggling with the elements Melting the tar, fishing out the pond

  6. Struggling with the burden Bookshelves appear out of nowhere in the forest Walking to the construction site

  7. Boss and worker The village entrepreneur who got the bid for the tarmac road The woman who sweeps the road before the pouring

  8. Farm and factory He bid on the price of cauliflower The ceramic tile packers

  9. Getting us food and drink Tea for the poor man Justice in peanuts

  10. Disappearing in the forest At dusk, returning to invisible Begging the trees for sustenance

  11. The beauty of this woman, above her destitution and desolation, stunned me.If only I were gifted enough to tell the stories that she and the others carry about them.Thank you for paying attention.

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