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Bangladesh Daily Life

152 images Created 18 Jan 2010

Daily life images in black and white from Bangladesh. Images were taken during 1994 and 1995 while working for a rural development NGO in the northern district of Dinajpur. Photos show rural and urban daily life scenes, street photography and portraits of poor farmers and labourers.
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - A Bengali boatman rows his boat carrying stones and rubble through a river arm in the Ganges Delta. ..jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - A young boy collects muscles from a river which will later be cooked and eaten by his family...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KURULIA SEP94 - A boy sits on his boat and leans on a pole stuck in the water...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - An old beggar poses for a portrait in the glowing sun...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - Hindu women boil rice under palmtrees that shelter them from the harsh sunlight...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KURULIA SEP94 - A Bengali boy sits on an old boat carrying a petrol lamp at dusk. Boats are the only means of transport in the swamps of the Ganges River Delta...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KURULIA SEP94 - A Bengali man stalks his old boat at dusk. Boats are the only means of transport in the swamps of the Ganges River Delta...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KURULIA SEP94 - A Bengali man stalks his old boat at dusk. Boats are the only means of transport in the swamps of the Ganges River Delta...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - A Bengali man stands on his boat carrying firewood. Boats are the only means of transport in the swamped Ganges River Delta...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - A man suffering from skin leprosis cuts bamboo in his yard...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BARISAL DISTRICT KATTAMBARI SEP94 - A Bengali woman dries paddy grains by spreading them on the ground and walking through them, thus providing circulation and higher exposure to the burning sunlight. On the left are sticks wrapped with cow-dung, used as fuel for cooking...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BOGRA DISTRICT BOGRA DEC94 - A young Muslim girl smiles as she poses for a photograph, the first ever taken of her...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH BOGRA DISTRICT BOGRA DEC94 - A womens' group initiated by the Bangladeshi NGO TMSS during their regular weekly meeting...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COMILLA DISTRICT COMILLA MAR94 - A young Muslim girl poses for a photo...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COMILLA DISTRICTJAMUNA RIVER MAR94 - People relax aboard a ferry crossing the Jamuna River...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COMILLA DISTRICT COMILLA MAR94 - An old man driving a rikshaw poses for a photo...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT UKHIA JUL94 - A Chakma mother holds her child after a hurricane hit the area and destroyed most dwellings of this buddhist tribe. About 15,000 people were reported dead after this natural calamity which occurs on an annual basis...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISICT RAMU OCT94 - A Muslim boy holds a cap in front of his mouth...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT MATERBARI JUL94 - A man stands on an eroded embankment on the island of Materbari. Yearly occurrences of hurricanes make this island extremely vulnerable to natural disasters...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISICT RAMU OCT94 - A Muslim boy carries rice straw on his head. It is used as cattle fodder and fuel for cooking...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT COX'S BAZAAR JUL94 - Men walk along a provisional pier in the port of Cox's Bazaar...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT UKHIA FEB95 - Children from the buddhist Chakma tribe shelter from the sun in a bamboo hut...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1995
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT UKHIA FEB95 - Children from the buddhist Chakma tribe shelter from the sun in a bamboo hut...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1995
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT COX'S BAZAAR JUL94 - Two girls fish for shrimps in the port of Cox's Bazaar during the low tide...The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics estimates the total working child population between 5 and 17 years old to be at 7.9 million...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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  • BANGLADESH COX'S BAZAAR DISTRICT UKHIA JUL94 - A man from the buddhist Chakma tribe carries goods from the market...jre/Photo by Jiri Rezac..© Jiri Rezac 1994
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