Story of Strength: Brick Workers in Bangladesh
Bangladesh | Wednesday, October 6, 2010 | 5 photos
At a gathering last year my extended family kept asking why I need to travel the globe; I realized that these inquiries were precisely why connecting cultures from opposite sides of the globe was so important. As the first member of my family to travel overseas, the photographs and stories I shared were culturally enlightening to people who had only heard of the countries in news clip. As a citizen diplomat to both my local community and to global communities, I realized the role I could play in bridging cultures together and weaving common threads of humanity into a universal quilt of understanding.
As an architect and community organizer by training, I love studying new environments, building relationships and documenting the lives of those I encounter in an organic manner. I never want to stop exploring, sharing and revealing the realities of the world, and believe that I have the passion, work ethic, and creative perspective to excel in photography with opportunity and exposure. By winning the World Nomad Competition, Jason Edward’s mentership will help me make my photography an even more powerful tool for storytelling, as well as allow me to help document and preserve the changing landscape of Bhutan.
"Story of Strength: Bengali Brick Workers"
Jessore, Bangladesh
December 2009
As you ride on a cycle-rickshaw through rural Bengali villages, you cannot peer into the distance without seeing a brick factory poetically punctuating the landscape. There are 6,000 registered brick workers, but many more illegal laborers--including the out-of-school children who were working beside their parents when I visited their factory. Despite the health and safety dangers that lurk, I wanted to capture the strength and human spirit of the Bengali people so that anyone could relate to their story.
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