Fragments of reality

In Blooming he brings in mauve and purple flower buds. The green at the back is out of focus so that the subject stands out boldly. Large fleshy leaves with pale borders, which looks like green widespread fans in the hot weather, next come into focus. Behind them are lichen and moss covered walls, with more green creepers on them. There is a contrast between the pale edge of the massive leaves and the background. The beauty of porgachhas, parasite creepers that live on other plants, is another subject. Here the photographer has brought in the beauty of something we normally despise, and the exotic golden-yellow of the blooms goes well with the green and the brown of the barks and branches of trees.

Recapturing nature presents roots and tree trunks of old trees seen against bits of steel. The attraction of every day objects are seen in cane ware furniture exhibited in such a way that the harmony of the geometrical design of the wicker ware is apparent. There is a circle in the middle, with neat lines projecting from them. Another photo has a pile of logs that have been cut and piled up for burning. Nahid feels that it is a pity to cut trees for making fire when today there are so many other ways of getting warmth, light and power. In this photograph too Nahid had played with light and shade. In Time he has brought in the barks and roots of banyan trees. Aging of nature again concentrates on the difference of texture of the barks of trees.

Nature inside a cage shows ferns thrusting their heads through iron bars. The effect of a watercolour wash appears in Cell where a pile of bamboo has been brought in. Geometrical patterns and shapes are brought into another depiction of a collection of bamboos, with variations of beige lines. Piled up pipes with collected rust and the broken glass bits used for protection on walls have been highlighted in the next two photos. Even collections of coloured cotton threads, as seen in a store, figure in Nahid's work. Haphazard is a tangle of telephone wire meshes.

'When people buy my compositions I feel greatly encouraged,' says Nahid about his display of 25 photos. Normally people hesitate to spend on even the works of well-known photographers and here they are eager to encourage a fresh face.