Faded History of the Lost
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Photographer
Rahul Talukder
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Date of Photograph
2013
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Website
On April 24, 2013 the world witnessed the biggest garment factory accident in the history Rana Plaza, An eight story commercial building collapsed in Savar and killing more than 1100 people. In desperate attempt to find their loved ones, relatives of the workers started to paste “Missing” posters in the walls of nearby localities. Day by day these cheaply printed posters slowly deteriorated in suns and rains. The posters are a last cry for help, as the ghosts of the victims wouldn't even recognize themselves in these faded posters.
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Biography
Rahul Talukder is a documentary photographer born in Bangladesh in 1991. In 2011, he joined Pathshala to study documentary photography. Since then, he started working on different socio-political and cultural issues. His recent works illustrate the various issues related to the garment industry.
In 2014, he won World Press Photo Award in the Spot News story category. He has been awarded as the highly commended in Ian Parry Scholarship 2014, Runner up in the Alexia Foundation Student Grant 2015. He is also one of the winners of Sony World Photography Awards 2015 Professional category, Magnum Photos 30 Under 30 & 4th Lumix Foto Festival - Freelens Award . His works have appeared in New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Sunday Times and many others international media.
