honorable mention
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan bangladesh
title
Wave
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entry description
As one of the major victims of the anthropogenic climate change, Bangladesh is experiencing variable climatic conditions. Bangladesh is a small, yet overpopulated country in Southeast Asia with largely an agro-based economy. Besides, climatic hazards like cyclone, flood, drought, soil salinity and river erosions are more frequent now a day. These two facts contribute to the increasing number of climate refugees who are forced to migrate to the cities, worsening the socio-economic problems. The barrages built across the rivers inside the border of India have resulted in both flooding and drying of the river beds in Bangladesh. Major rivers like Padma, Yamuna, Meghna, Brahmaputra and smaller rivers in the coastal region erode massively when the water level rise. Due to prolonged droughts the temperature is increasing every year at an alarming rate. Sadly, people can’t adapt to this rapidly changing climate and are on the brink of socio-economic insecurity. The waves whether present or absent, don’t bring any hope for these people. When they hit, they take away the valuable land and livings. When the waves are gone, nothing is left but parched, cracked river-beds.about the photographer
Mohammad Rakibul Hasan holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Photojournalism from Ateneo de Manila University and also graduated in Film & Video Production from UBS Film School at the University of Sydney. Hasan was nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass, UNICEF Photo of the Year, short-listed in the Ian Parry scholarship, Sony World Photography Awards in professional category, finalist in Contemporary Talents Competition 2014 organized by Foundation Francois Schneider and achieved several accolades in photography worldwide. His work has been published in numerous international magazines and also exhibited in several countries. He is currently studying Art History through an online program at the University of Oxford. Hasan is represented by Falcon Photo Agency.back to gallery