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On the occasion of World Environment Day 2022, Drik Picture Library has organised a photography exhibition titled ‘Trunk Call’ at its gallery. The exhibition features Photographer Habibul Haque’s thoughtful journey amidst nature.
The inauguration of the exhibition took place on June 5 at Drik Gallery, Panthapath, and will continue to come to an end on June 14. The Exhibition will remain open for all from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm every day.
The exhibition features 34 photographs of trees and chopped tree trunks, photographs over 20 years by Habibul Haque.
Artist Habibul Haque’s thinking regarding the exhibition, “The exhibition is based on trunks. Usually, we all click and see beautiful pictures of trees but those don’t touch our hearts that much. I wanted to go close to the trunks and roots of the trees. From that point of view, I wanted to portray the pain and personality factors of the trees. Different types of silhouettes can be seen on trunks. I wanted to portray those too. The thought was, as we are facing the effect of climate change, the trees also wanted to give a message through their trees. I felt like trees wanted to say that they have the same rights on this planet as humans have. Trees are the ancient ones of this planet and are here since the earth’s beginning. Human is developing which is fine but trees have the right to live too. Human needs to try keep trees alongside human development. As the earth is going through an environmental crisis period trees can be the best way to overcome this crisis. I wanted to give this message to the audience through this exhibition.”
“The exhibition is getting a huge response from the audience as it’s a slightly different exhibition of nature. I didn’t exhibit any glamorous pictures in this exhibition. I love nature and trees. Therefore, I wanted to capture their sadness through my lens”, he added.
Working with Drik for most of his 25 years of career, Habibul Haque has passionately journeyed amidst nature since his youth exploring the relationship between humans and the environment.
The exhibition features, fleeting silhouettes of magical creatures scurrying along the trunks of chopped trees, desolate graveyards of mangroves by the shores of the Bay, the wound of earth uncovered by scorched orchards on Jummoland, and viridescent foliage sprouting on dead logs announcing eternal life.
The photographs of trees in the show were taken in several locations around Bangladesh, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Patuakhali, Kuakata, and Habiganj.
