A Photograph That Still Inspires Me

This is a photo I captured back in 2013. I gave it a simple name - “Poor but happy” - the term I learnt from my early-school books.

I forgot the name of the person. This man used to be a newspaper-seller aka hawker in Kamlapur Railway Station in Dhaka. This photo of his mesmerizing smile won few awards, a number of dinners at good places and a little cash prize, too. I shared a portion of the cash I received with the person.

During these quarantine days, I spent some time in going down the memory lane of my photography activities. I don’t do photography in that way now. However, this journey taught me to see things in multiple perspectives. I got to interact with people on the street and learnt about their lives. Probably the photographs I took on the street still makes me emotional and gives an urge to do something for the poor people. I haven’t done anything significant for these people yet but I want to, at some point of my life.

I wish I could know where the person is now!