RICKSHAW (Bangladesh) :
Rickshaw Art, a way of life.
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SYNOPSIS :
R I C K S H A W : (n) or Ricksha, a small two-wheeled passenger vehicle drawn by one or two
men, used in parts of Asia. Also called trishaw (with three wheels). From the Japanese word
‘jinrikisha’, meaning “people’s vehicle”. Also called “Trishaw”: a similar vehicle with three
wheels, propelled by a man pedalling as on a tricycle. See ‘Autorickshaw’.
Even if the rickshaw is a means of transportation widely present all over Asia, it has in the
case of Bangladesh an unique esthetic approach: the colors and decorations of the rickshaw
there are indeed making of this rickshaw the most beautiful one in Asia, but also the most
complex one: since about forty years, the rickshaw in Bangladesh saw its patterns, paintings
and drawings evolving and changing. Politic expression of a burgeoning country or witness of
changing habits, the rickshaw in Bangladesh was creating painters, style schools and fashions.
Some of them are even exhibited and recognized worldwide.
But the rickshaw is also the social witness of the country. Drivers fleeing from the poorest
northern regions and pouring in the cities, large rickshaw owners renting them full price,
workshops in Old Dhaka where rickshaws are assembled without electric tool, endless traffic
jams in the narrow streets of the capital, the rickshaw finally appears to be the best excuse
to talk about a country; Bangladesh, in his own image: colorful, fiery and chaotic.
ABOUT PIERRE TORSET - PHOTOGRAPHE IN POITIERS :
Based in Poitiers, the photographer Pierre Torset is sharing his time between some documentary photography and photo-journalism by offering picture stories and reportage to the Press and Edition sector (magazine, newspapers, agencies) in both social and tourism issues. He is also working as a local photographer in France, mainly by doing corporate pictures in France and in Poitiers (hometown).
You can find more about his work in the Stories Index or in the Visitors Page for a quick overview of his work, by clicking here > Photographe Poitiers (choose English Version, then VISITORS Page). More external links about his work in the Contact Page.
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