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Living Stone: A community losing Its Life.
by Khaled Hasan
The story which I emphasis on is about a hard work community of Jaflong, which is located on the north eastern part of Bangladesh. The Piyain River is the main feature and natural beauty of Jaflong which flows from India through Bangladesh. During the monsoon, the river currents wash down precious rocks and pebbles from India into Jaflong area. At dawn every day, more than a hundred little boats with laborers enter the Piyain River, buckets and spades in hand. This is one trade which has a geological limit. The stones that tumble down the riverbed from India are decreasing in volume and the laborers are already taking the risk of invading the no-man’s land along the Indo-Bangla border which is a contradictory political issue between Bangladesh and India. More than 5,000 men, women and child stone-laborers are engaged here. During my working from 2006 as many as 250 machines are engaged in crushing stone at Jaflong. The Bangladeshi government has failed to take any initiative to prevent the stone-crushing industry at Jaflong and the resulting high rate of erosion which is threatening to destroy the adjacent Khasia (indigenous people) villages within the next 5 years.
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Good subject! Fantastic photos! Awesome series…
Great work. Looks like Magnum Photo series. Wish you all the best.
Excellent work. Great photo Documentary.
Fantastic series, very good subject and great photos.
Great photgraphy!
Great Black and White work. Its a stunning documentary.
Good series of work. Amazing perspectives!
Unique Images.. Love the whole work.
The project is well done, but I don’t get how this work in just two days’ve got more than 500 votes, and just 8 person left a comment. I’ve gotta my doubts.
I disagree with Ethan. It not necessary to left a comment. Of course, I can understand your doubts, but I answered you that if you have good connection or network then you may hope this. I think its great work that Khaled done and he deserve it. I appreciate it.
500 votes in two days… its a photography competition not a networking one! Its good work (You’d have to blind not to get shots in such a dynamic country though!)but I agree… very suspicious so many votes… its left a stain on this set for me…
Excellent work!
Very good!
Very nice series, really good project!
Every single photo is amazing, u got my vote!
Its amazing work. I like it very much. It is an unique work that Khaled Hasan done. I think he has a good eye to see and in his documentary, I feel his closeness of his subject.
Outstanding Documentary. I wish I could do a Documentary like this. Its touched my heart.
Great pictures, but too many
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Great photo Documentary..
I love it.
Strong photo story. Sequence of the story is Great.
Good Story. Thanks to the Author.
Amazing work. I appreciate this work.
I like the feeling of B&W with this story.
General people take time to understand great works.its a matter of limitation of capacity to understand/interpret.thats why doubts comes to them.
Khaled’s gaze into a world of destruction and despair provokes us to think our relationship with our mother, the mother who nurtures us, who feeds us when we are into the wombs of our own kind; gives us space to contemplate, to feel the sublimity, to get lost, or to find paths into new journey. It is this mother that we are ruthlessly exploiting, killing it’s aroma without realizing that we are also part of its intricate soul. It is our mother earth. And Khaled has reminded us through his own words about that destructive nature within us which we need to come to term with, sit with its brutality and ask how long it will hold until it’s too late.
Good images Hasan! Thanks….
Great talent,super shots …that show the drama and tragedy of this people..
Will do my best to spread it around.
Congratulations
Excelent work, Khaled!!!
Quite impressive…
love the photo of the young girl on the boat.
good luck!
When I see your photos I thing more about theyre lifes and my life, because you have bring here very well…You are an artist with good visions. I wish you to continiou in this way or better(because the world go faster) but never forget to be original in your way.
I like very much your work and wish you all the best!
Thanks to everybody who likes and comments on my work. I also would like to thanks to The Viewbook to share this hard working Stone Mining communities struggling and their lifestyle in Jaflong, Bangladesh.
Just stunning!
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Awesome collection of photographs .. great point of views
Great work khaled….your photos are epic. best wishes for you and your work!
Beautiful, emotive, and strong Composition. You are really done a great B&W work. Well-done.
This Documentary pictures are stunning! Your inner eyes discovered the hardship of humanity. I congratulate Khaled to show this. I like the view of Khaled. thanks.
Great work. Just stunning me. I feel that Khaled is not only a good Photographer. He has a good sense about photography aesthetics and composition. Congratulation for this work.
Excellent images and great photography..The feeling is well captured ..Congrats …
excellent
that it true story, you are keen observer.
I see the documentary work exhibited in Washington D.C. in National Geographic Society. Its so amazing to see many images here. Its really a strong work and it must deserve an Award.
Strong…very strong indeed.
thx, you inspired me… i haven’t seen such a great series in years
This Documentary Photo series are really amazing. Its feel me that Khaled have a good eye to see and thanks Khaled to share with us. I like to see this work to win.
I would like to say a word for this work “Great”.
Excellent work. I salute the work. Just amazed me.
I wish this work to be win. B&W really feel the story so stunning.
Excellent photography! thank you for sharing your unique perspective. You may deserve to win.
Wonderfull work..
Excelent,excelent & also excelent work.
Khaled is a talented photographer and this project deserves all the attention it has received recently.
I am very much excited to see your work.As a Bangladeshi Photographer I wonna to go with you to see the point.Yor are really really tallent.
Thanks for sharing an excelient work. Wish it goes to be Awarded. Are you a Professional Photographer? Your works have a strong composition and give a massage that how you involve with these people. Best of luck.
thanks viewbook to share my Documentary here. also thanks everybody who see my works. Its important for me that many people know about Bangladesh but didn’t know about some stories of that people. so I want to try share my story from my little point of view.
Great story, great pictures, but WAY too heavy on the post-processing IMHO. It gives the series an artificial, digital look which I personally don’t think suits this kind of documentary work.
powerful