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A day of pleasurable failure. Yesterday was the heaviest night of rain that I’ve seen in Bangladesh. The streets were in a deep flood. Most of the short shooting night was spent carrying an umbrella around and trying to shoot one handed in the dark. Not much to write home about. 85 photos.
- I leave on the the 20th, so it was great to see Dhaka in its element: water. People were soaked, ecstatic, oblivious, intense. I was wading through feet deep water for most of the night and pulled out of my original plan to go to Old Dhaka. That’s disappointing, but I’ll see if I get a chance today.
- Got to cover some topics that I hadn’t really been able to with the night shots, such as water, buses etc. I wish I had more time to really do justice to the night here. It is so suggestive, so rich. I’m going to miss it.
- Technically, things were pretty terrible as I had terrible shooting position because of the umbrella and rain, and attendant chaos. There were some pictures in the selection that were part of the main shooting. It’s important to explore pictures around the project you are currently doing. The thing about photography is that opportunities don’t stop, and they are everywhere. That’s a trite but true thing to say.
Why tonight will be better
- If there is a tomorrow here, I really need to make it out to Sadhargat to at least see what’s going on in terms of light there. I’m thinking that it’s great. Some water, or boat stuff would be interesting too.
- Let’s hope it doesn’t rain. I wasn’t really able to take advantage of it last night photographically, and I don’t think I have the time (or the health, I’m sick again) to figure out methods to be productive in the rain.
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