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Dhaka--Memories or Lost by Philip Ursprung (2017, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherScheidegger Und Albert Spiess A&G, Verlag

ISBN-103858817872

ISBN-139783858817877

eBay Product ID (ePID)228963756

Product Key Features

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDhaka--Memories or Lost

SubjectSubjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial, General, Asia / India & South Asia

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorPhilip Ursprung

Subject AreaTravel, Photography, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight19.2 Oz

Item Length12.5 in

Item Width9.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-429371

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal779.9954922

SynopsisUpon setting foot in Dhaka, it becomes clear that this is a city steeped in history. One of the oldest settlements in Bangladesh, it is today among the largest cities in the world, and rapid, often unplanned, urbanization has vastly outpaced sustainability, threatening the historic buildings and communities that make up the city's cultural soul. But, despite bursting at the seams, Dhaka's six centuries of history are still visible if we are to look carefully in the shadows of the tall buildings, in the spaces between the speeding cars. Dhaka-based Kashef Chowdhury's camera captures a record of the capital city--of the local character that may soon be lost due to urban development. In Chowdhury's photographs, a woman hangs sheets of polythene to dry and resell, a blind man sings mystic love songs. Other photographs reflect Dhaka's state of social and cultural flux, like an image of weary night-shift workers returning from work in a wholesale market in the late morning or of the barely visible side lights of a truck concealed to prevent theft. Chowdhury is one of South Asia's most renowned architects, and Dhaka: Memories or Lost constitutes his deeply personal tribute to the city.

LC Classification NumberTR659

Text byUrsprung, Philip