This series was made in ‘Puran Dhaka’, which translates, to ‘Old Dhaka’. The ancestral connection between the Artist and Puran Dhaka goes back several hundred years. Wandering around this energetic part of the city Nafis encounters the rawness and intensity of life. The manifestations of the images are inspired by the stories the Artist heard as a child from his grandmother, the poetries he read, the families living there, the artist’s time growing up there, the smell of the foods, and reflecting theenergy inthat time and space.
