Show on climate change ends today
Anisur Rahman
A seven-day photography exhibition on climate change ends today at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka.
The show features 46 photographs by 32 photographers selected from a nationwide competition to observe World Environment Day.
The organisers also awarded three artistes for their images on climate change. Saiful Chowdhury won the first prize while Khaled Hasan and Saiful Haq Omi won 2nd and 3rd award respectively.
A panel of judges comprising Shahidul Alam, Shafiqul Alam Kiron and Enam Ul Haque selected the winners.
The show began on Thursday aiming at raising awareness about the causes and effects of climate change in Bangladesh.
The photos are the reflections of climate change, its destructive faces and the dangers that we are facing.
The crops and water resources that we use to sustain our communities are linked to our life, climate, economy and above all our existence.
But, the persons responsible for the dangers as an outcome of climate change have ignored the realities.
That is why the dangers are embracing human life. The photos at the show have presented all these facts and scenes.
The organisers said that cyclones, floods and droughts were a reminder of our ever-present vulnerability to climate system.
It is increasingly clear that our climate is changing. Whereas, in the past humans have learnt to cope with climate variability and change that’s natural in origin, we are now living in a climate of our own making, they said.
Transparency International Bangladesh chairman, Professor Muzaffer Ahmad, inaugurated the show and handed over awards among the winners.
Apart from the gallery exhibition, several mobile shows will also be organised in June on five rickshaw vans in Netrakona, Pabna, Gaibandha and Sirajganj, Drik gallery head of operations ASM Rezaur Rahman said.
Art competitions among school children will also be held in connection with the event, he said.
The exhibition will remain open from 3.00pm to 8.00pm.
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