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    Notebook riting about my travels to capture forgotten places and question the surrounding circumstances, reasons and repercussions. Through my stories I hope to provide a voice for the people I have documented and to expose the situations in which they find them

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    EAST GABGACHHI, BANGLADESH - August 2011. Shazeda Khatun (18) studying the Koran in her home in East Gabgacchi. She has been living on this char for 6 months after her family was forced to migrate when their home was eroded. The char island is extremely low lying and is susceptible to flooding during the monsoon season. by: matthewsstuart Views[319] DAK BANGLA, SHAGHATA, BANGLADESH - August 2011. Workers submerge Jute crop using the water to break down and separate the fibres. These will then be dried and bundled up to take to the bazaar tosell to the wholesalers. by: matthewsstuart Views[486] DAKKIN PATIL BARI, BANGLADESH - August 2011. Children make there way down to the embankment to lower their nets into the fast flowing currents.The Monsoon season’s raging waters brings withit increased levels of fish. by: matthewsstuart Views[259] DAKKIN PATIL BARI, BANGLADESH - August 2011. In the last fortnight the Jamuna River has swollen from heavy monsoon rainfall causing severe flooding on the char islands. Women on Dakkin Patil Bariare forced to wade through the waterlogged land. by: matthewsstuart Views[204] TENGRAKANDI, BANGLADESH - August 2011. The remains of a raised plinth, 10 families havebeen forced to migrate in the last few days afterthe Jamuna River reached their doorstep. by: matthewsstuart Views[245]
     

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    I began my career assisting photographers and interning at NOOR Images before heading off to pursue my own personal photo stories. I am driven to document forgotten places and question the surrounding circumstances, reasons and repercussions of the communities ... Read more >
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