samsul alam helal

Photographer
Hijra.
Biography: Â Samsul Alam Helal is a freelance photographer based in Dhaka Bangladesh. He is 3rd Year student of Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute. Helal has participated in various international workshops conducted by renowned artist such as Philip... MORE
Public Story
Hijra.
Copyright samsul alam helal 2024
Updated Jun 2011
Topics Bangladesh, Color, Community, Conceptual, Dhaka, Discrimination/Minority, Documentary, Faith, Family, Fine Art, Forest, Friends + Family, hijra, Hope, Human Rights, Isolation, Photography, Portraiture, Racism, Sexuality, Transgender

In one of the habitats of the hijra ( colloquial for a transgender) communities in the mega mix of a city that is Dhaka, in a shayampur slum to be precise, the mascara, eye lashes, and the dazzling sarees, salwars and dopattas seem to vie with one another to neutralize the gaze of the onlooker, The Camera homes in on the unfolding drama, which is nothing short of a razzmatazz that reads like a narrative consisting of exotic hiero-glyphics as the protagonist represented make merry dancing and singing for an absent audience, or as an end in itself.

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