Dhaka: Longitude Latitude launched photographer Abir Abdullah’s solo exhibition entitled ‘Knee Deep’ as a part of a four-month long art event with a partnership with Bay Developments in Banani on 5 July 2015.

The exhibition will continue until 14 July 2015.

To celebrate the very first opening of the LL art event, eminent singer Wakil Ahad performed in front of the public on 6 July at the venue.

There will be series of several different exhibitions by different artists during these four months under Longitude Latitude 6.

The art event will run until October 2015. The curator of Longitude Latitude is Shehzad Chowdhury.

In the exhibition Abir Abdullah brings striking portraits from the frontline of climate change in Bangladesh. Nature has never made it easy to live in Bangladesh.

Abir Abdullah is a documentary photographer. Abir photographs the people around, whose stories have moved him in some way. He has spent the last few years documenting communities in Bangladesh who have been most affected by climate change. Since 2005, Abir began documenting the dangers that plague Bangladesh’s manufacturing industry, covering a series of building collapses and fires.

His numerous awards include prestigious Mother Jones International Fund for Documentary Photography, Leica prize in the Vevey International Photography Awards, Alexia Foundation professional grant (2013), NPPA, Days Japan and Islamic Unity-Iran. Abir’s photo essays have been widely exhibited in Europe, South America, Asia and the US. 

The gallery will be open everyday from 2:00pm to 9:00pm.