In quest of eternal moments
"As we use digital print the print quality in this exhibition is better. I did some black and white earlier but I think colour suits my subjects best. The best of painters like Renoir and Monet used colour, so colour suits me fine too. At one time black and white was the only medium for photographs. I drew my inspiration from Gordon Parks, Ansell Adams, Elphinson Eliot, Edward Weston, Ernest Hass and David Hamilton. How can you depict Jibonanondo Das's words 'Akash chorie ache neel hoeye, akashey akashey' without certain shades of blue?" questions Dr Noazesh.
His favourite photographs include the boatmen pulling the boat against the current. While the clouds move in the picture in one direction, the river moves in another. Another is a black and white composition with a flower vase and venetian blinds. This goes back to his youth and campus days as also does the photo where the father and son are seen through two balustrades. There is then a piece from the Wall series in which the focus is on the lichen covered wall with creepers hanging from them.
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A flower bud that is partially open also moves the viewer. Another photograph is an expanse of blue with the top of a coconut tree on the lower end and a bird flying high to the top right corner. This has been inspired by Jibonanondo Das's verse about nature and its vast expanse of the skies. In a photo montage we get the face of a woman encircling lines from ancient architecture. 'Chul tar kobey kar ondhokar bidhishar nishar' is the line that inspires this. There are pictures too to commemorate the Hiroshima disaster in Japan. There is a child depicted in one of the pictures as if bursting out of a coffin, saying "Let me live".
Dr Noazesh Ahmed has over 15 photo exhibitions to his credit. He has brought out eight photo albums, including Portrait of Bangladesh and On the Banks of Dhanshiri River. He has bagged three awards, including the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award, 1st National Photographic Exhibition.