LIVES ALONG THE WAY

  • Dates
    2024 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Daily Life, Street Photography, Documentary
  • Location Bangladesh

This series is a collection of moments I noticed while moving through everyday life; people at work, on the street, in their communities, and in passing moments that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Lives Along the Way

Lives Along the Way documents people and everyday encounters observed across Dhaka and Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The series focuses on ordinary moments of work, movement, performance, and daily life that often pass unnoticed.

The photographs are made through direct observation rather than staged situations. I am interested in how people occupy and move through their surroundings, and in the gestures, expressions, and circumstances that reveal something about their everyday experiences.

The project is an ongoing visual record of lives encountered in public spaces and during everyday journeys. Rather than presenting a single event or community, it brings together individual moments that reflect the wider rhythms of everyday life in Bangladesh.

© Ferdousi Jaman - A Living / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2024
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A Living / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2024

© Ferdousi Jaman - Ricshawala from Dhaka / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2025
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Ricshawala from Dhaka / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2025

© Ferdousi Jaman - Under the Stage Light / Rajshahi, Bangladesh / 2024
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Under the Stage Light / Rajshahi, Bangladesh / 2024

© Ferdousi Jaman - Reform / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2024
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Reform / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2024

© Ferdousi Jaman - A Little Color to Carry / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2024
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A Little Color to Carry / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2024

© Ferdousi Jaman - Carrying the Day / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2025
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Carrying the Day / Dhaka, Bangladesh / 2025

© Ferdousi Jaman - A Cow Cart / Rajshahi, Bangladesh / 2024
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A Cow Cart / Rajshahi, Bangladesh / 2024

© Ferdousi Jaman - Sweetness for a Living / Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Sweetness for a Living / Dhaka, Bangladesh

© Ferdousi Jaman - Bycycle / Rajshahi, Bangladesh / 2024
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Bycycle / Rajshahi, Bangladesh / 2024