On Saturday 4th July 2015, Longitude Latitude launched its 6th edition in partnership with Bay Developments in Banani. This 4-months long art event, Longitude Latitude, kicks off with photographer Abir Abdullah’s solo exhibition Knee Deep. The exhibition will continue until 14th July 2015.
There will be series of several different exhibitions by different during these four months under Longitude Latitude 6. The art event will run until October 2015.
About Longitude Latitude:
Longitude Latitude is an periodical art event that returns to a different venue every time. The core philosophy of this exhibition is “any space is a good space to interact with art.” Shehzad Chowdhury, along with his team of organisers, have been curating this event since 2003. This year they are partnering with Bay Development at Plot 96, Road 11, Banani. They plan to have performances, art exhibitions and musical events the next 4 months at this venue. A group of talented international and local artists are queued up to enchant the public. It promises to be a delight for the incurably curious.
About the exhibition:
Abir Abdullah brings striking portraits from the front line of climate change in Bangladesh. Nature has never made it easy to live in Bangladesh. The country is situated in the low-lying Ganges delta, formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers. It is a country swamped by annual floods, with a coast battered by cyclones and tornadoes. In low-lying areas it is not unusual to be knee-deep in water during the flood season. While there is yet to be sufficient in-depth studies linking global warming to the flooding in these areas, the pictures tell you what climate change can do to Bangladesh. A country where many people have never driven a car, run an air-conditioner or done much at all to increase carbon emissions, could well end up fighting climate change on the front line.
About the artist:
Multiple award-winning documentary photographer Abir Abdullah was born in Bagerhat, Bangladesh. He has a Masters degree in Marketing from the University of Dhaka and a Diploma in Photojournalism from Pathshala South Asian Media Academy, and has worked with Drik Picture Library from 1997 to 2005. Currently, Abdullah is working at the European Pressphoto Agency as the Bangladesh correspondent. He has spent the last few years documenting communities in Bangladesh most affected by climate change. Since 2005, Abir began documenting the dangers that plague Bangladesh’s manufacturing industry, covering a series of building collapses and fires.