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"Life In The Cage", Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan (1984)

Life In The Cage

Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan (1984)

Confinement during lockdown within a shared home reveals emotional strain, interdependence, and adaptation among family members.

With contributions from: Alasdair Foster, Talking Pictures (project nomination). Suggest an Edit

Life In The Cage

Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan (1984)

Confinement during lockdown within a shared home reveals emotional strain, interdependence, and adaptation among family members.

With contributions from: Alasdair Foster, Talking Pictures (project nomination). Suggest an Edit

Self-portrait. For a time, it seemed that I could no longer be worldly, it would have been better if there was no family, ...

Portrait of my wife, Negar Sultana. I am a photographer, and Negar is studying economics; we have two kids. Here, I’m tryi...

Daily family life during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. 2020

I have two kids, and two of my younger brothers also have children. During this time, the kids are restless and out of con...

Self-portrait. I’m trying to discover the mystery of life and peace by embracing a dead fish. 2020

There is no sleep in the eyes of the children during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown days, they become restless to play and go ...

Daily Nighttime in the month of Ramadan during Coronavirus pandemic lockdown days, we are waiting for Sehri. 2020

Daily family life during COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown days. 2020

Caring for kids is hard work. For the first time, I realized how much work my wife does caring for the children. I’ve also...

Here, I’m trying to understand our relationship during Coronavirus pandemic. We’re moving away from each other and not enj...

Portrait of my three and a half-year-old eldest child Hossain, here I tried to show the reality of children during COVID-1...

My youngest child Imran, 22 months old, was ill several times during the lockdown, with flu symptoms and shortness of brea...

After fasting all day, the whole family is having Iftar during Ramadan. Three brothers — me, Arman, and Ataul — and our fa...

I like and enjoy smoking very much. That day I had no money and all shops were closed. I found one last cigarette and took...

I’ve had heart disease since 2015, now also high blood pressure. I was feeling weak. My aunt had my brother check my BP — ...

My two younger brothers and I lived together as a joint family, but during the Corona pandemic we were separated. Now we f...

Negar is trying to touch the raindrop. After many days of intense heat, it started raining a little. My wife ran to the ro...

During the hard lockdown, I had a broken leg and caught the virus. My wife’s aunt, who lives with us, was also infected. O...

On the roof, my wife Negar is holding our 22-month-old child Imran during the cyclone warning. He was sick, but we took hi...

After many days of heat, it finally rained a little. My wife Negar ran to the roof and Hossain and I followed. 2020

Once, Hossain was badly injured in his face. To stop bleeding, we tried to massage Hexisol on the wound and then he starte...

I found out about the first two film-negatives of my life, I started photography in 2004 and for the first four years I us...

Imran with his angel on the roof of our home, as if he wants to fly to heaven. I tried to document the daily life of my ch...

My three-and-a-half-year-old eldest child Hossain is running inside home, as if he has found the door of heaven. 2020

During the hard lockdown in Bangladesh, my broken leg had not healed and I was infected with coronavirus. My wife’s aunt w...

Negar is cutting Hossain’s nails. Suddenly, unfortunately, Hossain is in pain and starts crying loudly. 2020

Enjoying the last afternoon’s light with Imran, he asked me where is the Sun? During the pandemic, I tried to spend more t...

Hugs with children after Eid prayers. I saw in the picture that my wife wasn’t looking for the kids to hug, she was waitin...

My wife, my life. Negar is crying in solitude. She cared for us day and night while we were both infected. Her strength ca...

We are celebrating the birthday of my youngest son Imran during the Covid-19 pandemic. 2020

Imran cries to go out while Hussein looks outside, frustrated. Our housebound children grew restless and suffered mental a...

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Popy (8) collects garbage with her stepmother in a dump yard. She always brings her doll despite scolding. Migrated from B...

Mohammad Shahnewaz Khan (1984)

Child labor in South Asia, with scenes of daily work and brief respite, amid poverty, climate disruption, and limited access to education.

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