"The fish belong in the river – but the river is gone." A man who was once a fisherman stands in the remaining shallow water in Dhaka, Bangladesh – now selling plastic imitations of fish that can no longer be caught here.
It's a stark, visually striking scene – one that points to a wider reality where nature is replaced by replicas. The image captures the impact of urbanization, a theme central to Jubair Ahmed Arnob's series The Place Where I Used To Play, which visually narrates the changing landscape of Green Model Town – a process reshaping daily life and the suburban typography.
