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Drik galleryBDNature's Fury - Tsunami in Sri Lanka and the Earthquakes in Iran and Pakistan26 Dec 2005 – 8 Jan 2006Drik galleryBDTales from a Globalizing World23 Sep – 30 Nov 2005Drik galleryBDRaghu RaiExposure: Portrait of A Corporate Crime 15 Dec – 23 Dec 2004What I saw was to change my life. It was an unprecedented scene of chaos. What startled me most was the silence of death. Thousands of people had already died, thousands more than died in the 11September attack on the World Trade Centre. I vowed then and there to continue my work, to do all I could to show the world what happens to people when corporations are not held liable for their operations, when they are allowed to cut costs and safety standards when they operate abroad.” – Raghu Rai … more Drik galleryBDInternational touring exhibition: Borders and Beyondwww.pro-helvetia.ch/borders1 Jun – 21 Jun 2004International touring exhibition: Borders and Beyond 01 to 21 June, 2004 at Drik Gallery The border is a place of anticipation, longing, and looking to another country – but also a zone of intensified surveillance with its own officials, police presence and military forces. The exhibition Borders and Beyond shows political, historical and social aspects of borders. Ten photographers from Denmark, England, Mexico, Palestine, Russia, South Africa and Switzerland selected for this project direct… more Drik galleryBDWORLD PRESS PHOTO - 20037 Jan – 1 Feb 2004Much is made of the figures, but this is not a numbers game. While the sheer volume of photographs is daunting, it is still in the end a qualitative choice. How does one weigh one photograph against another? What makes one compelling image more special than another? What criteria do juries use to determine which one is best? The parameters for the World Press Photo of the year are known: a photograph showing outstanding visual qualities and representing a news situation of global importance. Ne… more |
