New Age | Cellular exhibition of rebellion images begins

A two-day cell exhibition of the 2024 July mass rebellion images started within the capital Dhaka on Monday with the exhibition travelling town areas the place the autocratic Awami League regime had confronted important resistance in the course of the rebellion.

On the opening day, the exhibition titled ‘Photography during the mass uprising — July photography: witnesses to history and tools in fight’ on 5 rickshaw vans travelled Dhaka University, Shahbagh, Farmgate, Mirpur and Mohammadpur Beri Bandh space.

Organised by Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, the exhibition was inaugurated by the institute’s founder Shahidul Alam by way of an occasion within the Shoparjito Shadhinota sculpture space on the Dhaka University campus.

The exhibition displaying about 40 images of 14 photographers will journey Hatirjheel, Badda, Rampura, Jatrabari and Demra right this moment.

The images depict the student-led mass rebellion which stemmed from the anti-discrimination scholar motion and the joint crackdown by activists of the then ruling occasion Awami League and police on the protesters throughout the nation, which resulted in heavy causalities.

At the opening ceremony, photographer and activist Jannatul Mawa, and photojournalists Ashraful Alom, KM Asad and Jibon Ahmed, amongst others, shared their expertise about masking the mass rebellion. The ceremony was moderated by photographer and activist Taslima Akter.

Renowned curator ASM Rezaur Rahman, photographer, curator and instructor Munem Wasif and Pathshala images head Tanvir Murad Topu, amongst others, attended the opening ceremony.

Shahidul Alam stated that the artists and writers portrayed the rebellion staying in protected locations, however photographers labored on the streets risking their lives in the course of the rebellion to seize each particulars of the occasion.

‘A lot of programmes are being held to mark the anniversary of July mass uprising, but auditoriums and galleries are not suitable for mass people who were the key characters of the uprising,’ Shahidul Alam stated, including that the cell exhibition would create interplay with mass folks at their very own locations the place they constructed mass resistance in opposition to the ousted regime.

Jannatul Mawa stated that the collective trauma of the July mass killing was nonetheless alive amongst folks.

‘Many of the photographs taken by the brave photographers might not have published in newspapers because of the media house owners’ affiliation with the ousted regime, however these images are nonetheless within the photographers’ assortment, which individuals now can watch at completely different exhibitions and publications,’ stated Jannatul.

Ashraful Alom stated that photographers labored onerous throughout completely different actions and pure crises with dangers, however the wrestle of photographers nonetheless remained the identical after the rebellion.