In southeastern Bangladesh, life goes on under the expanding shadow of coal and gas-fired power plants.
Arin, a crab hunter, scours the banks of the Kohelia River, which has been filled by sand, clay and mud due the construction of a coal power plant and an industrial zone that is destroying the livelihoods of thousands of fisher folk.
A new and unique photo exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Noor Alam is being mounted at a gallery in Tokyo in November 2025. The photography captures how the daily lives of communities in the Matarbari region of southeastern Bangladesh — including fishing, farming, and family life by the sea — continue under the expanding shadow of coal and gas-fired power plants.
Through the lens of contemporary Bangladeshi so
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