A brick production plant on the outskirts of Dhaka, an area whose swampy landscape is slowly being drained and filled in with topsoil, 2012
Child labor is common throughout Bangladesh, including at this brick production plant, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Baked bricks being unloaded from a kiln, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Recently formed bricks drying in the sun, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Workers at the brick production plant, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Laborers of all ages work at the brick factory, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
A transportation hub in central Dhaka, one of the world’s most densely populated cities, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A bicycle mechanic at a livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
Rice fields cover the agrarian Savar region, an area known for its snake charmers, 2012
A tailor in Savar, 2012
A vendor in Savar, 2012
A bicycle garbage collector in central Dhaka, 2012
A field of tea plants in Srimongal, the heart of the Bangladeshi tea industry, 2012
Dhaka’s boat- and ferry-filled riverfront, 2012
Central Dhaka, 2012
Srimongal Train Station, 2012
A courtyard in central Dhaka’s Hindu neighborhood, 2012
Painam Nagar, a crumbling village of mansions built between 1895-1905, formerly owned by wealthy Hindu merchants. They fled the country for India after partition, although some stayed behind. During the 1964 anti-Hindu riots that led to the Indo-Pakistan War, the remaining tenants left. Many buildings are abandoned except the ones inhabited by squatters, 2012
Painam Nagar’s main street, 2012
Painam Nagar’s ornate mansions are now a tourist attraction, 2012
A Painam Nagar mansion, 2012
The Taj Mahal Bangladesh, in the outskirts of Dhaka, is a scaled copy of India’s famed Taj Mahal in Agra, 2012
The Taj Mahal Bangladesh was built by Ahsanullah Moni, a wealthy Bangladeshi filmmaker in 2008 for $56 million, to give the Bangladeshi people a glimpse of India’s famed monument, 2012
A brick production plant on the outskirts of Dhaka, an area whose swampy landscape is slowly being drained and filled in with topsoil, 2012
Child labor is common throughout Bangladesh, including at this brick production plant, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Baked bricks being unloaded from a kiln, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Recently formed bricks drying in the sun, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Workers at the brick production plant, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
Laborers of all ages work at the brick factory, outskirts of Dhaka, 2012
A transportation hub in central Dhaka, one of the world’s most densely populated cities, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A bicycle mechanic at a livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
A rickshaw driver at his livery in a Dhaka slum, 2012
Rice fields cover the agrarian Savar region, an area known for its snake charmers, 2012
A tailor in Savar, 2012
A vendor in Savar, 2012
A bicycle garbage collector in central Dhaka, 2012
A field of tea plants in Srimongal, the heart of the Bangladeshi tea industry, 2012
Dhaka’s boat- and ferry-filled riverfront, 2012
Central Dhaka, 2012
Srimongal Train Station, 2012
A courtyard in central Dhaka’s Hindu neighborhood, 2012
Painam Nagar, a crumbling village of mansions built between 1895-1905, formerly owned by wealthy Hindu merchants. They fled the country for India after partition, although some stayed behind. During the 1964 anti-Hindu riots that led to the Indo-Pakistan War, the remaining tenants left. Many buildings are abandoned except the ones inhabited by squatters, 2012
Painam Nagar’s main street, 2012
Painam Nagar’s ornate mansions are now a tourist attraction, 2012
A Painam Nagar mansion, 2012
The Taj Mahal Bangladesh, in the outskirts of Dhaka, is a scaled copy of India’s famed Taj Mahal in Agra, 2012
The Taj Mahal Bangladesh was built by Ahsanullah Moni, a wealthy Bangladeshi filmmaker in 2008 for $56 million, to give the Bangladeshi people a glimpse of India’s famed monument, 2012