A photographic essay of A J Ghani is being showcased as part of the Urban Youth Festival going on at the Goethe Institut. On November 4, an artist talk was held based on the ongoing exhibition titled Portraits of Politics.
Ghani shared his journey and thoughts as a photographer briefly and talked more about his photographs, references, and sources.
When referring to Bangladesh’s glorified historical movement Ghani said: “Previously, people signified the Language Movement as a symbol of politics, but now, they relate politics with horror, violence and aggression.”
Ghani further shares his research find on people’s opinion about politics: “While browsing the internet and surveying the youth of the country, I came up with a number of objects and incidents that people usually relate to politics.”
According to Ghani, most people talked about cocktail attacks and the Ramu incident when asked them to say something about politics. He considers this dimension as a destructive aspect for politics and he also noticed that people did not like to respond to political talks and was keen on talking about something else whenever the subject was mentioned.
“The young generation should come forward and try to bring a change in the political scenario of the country.”
Director of Goethe institute Judith Mirschberger, renowned photojournalists and Ghani’s mentors of Pathshala South Asian Media Institut were present there.
