A city is not just a geographical location. It is a rendezvous for the sense of life and a place of race for livelihood. With witnessing many ancient events and being rich in many landscapes, Dhaka city is a perfect place for a photography tour. And this is why the foreign photographers as well as the locals flock to this ancient city.
This feature has been compiled with some of the best places in Dhaka for those who want to capture the beauties of their beloved city in their frame.
Top 7 places in Dhaka for photography tours
Lalbagh Fort
The construction of the historical monument Lalbagh Fort presents a magnificent combination of Black Basalt Stone, marble stone, and colorful tiles. No other monument in Bangladesh features such uniqueness. Pori Bibi’s tomb, the court hall, and the royal mosque of about five hundred years old seemed to come alive in the flash of the camera shutter. Photographers often come to this fort in Dhaka’s Lalbagh to capture a piece of royal and ancient architecture in memory.
The entry fee is BDT 10 for domestic visitors and BDT 100 for foreign visitors.
Lalbagh Fort is open from 10 am to 6 pm in summer and from 9 am to 5 pm in winter. It is closed on all public holidays including Sundays. Lalbagh fort can be reached by rickshaw from Gulistan, Shahbagh, or the front of Curzon Hall in Dhaka.
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque
Located in Paltan, the heart of Dhaka, this beautiful mosque is a favorite place for photo collage makers. The photographer’s gaze was fixed on the two small domes on the north and south entrances of the eight-story building. The archway at the entrance to the mosque, the open courtyard, and the mihrab of the main prayer room surrounded by wide balconies on three sides make the building very photogenic. There is a garden built in Mughal style all over the vast area inside the mosque build in 1968.
Many local and foreign tourists come every day to visit this 10th largest mosque in the world in terms of capacity.
Dhaka University
Monuments, sculptures, and rejuvenated highways containing important chapters of Bangladesh’s independence; all can be found together in the places adjacent to this educational institution. After passing the flower shops in Shahbag, local and foreign photographers joined the photo walk with the students of this university.
Curzon Hall, the Art Building, the Business Administration Building, and the Fine Arts Institution become artistic through their lenses. The teacher-student-center, Sohrawardy Udyan, Modhur Canteen, etc places start telling their own stories even in an amateur shoot of a photographer.
Even a random tourist becomes a photographer with a low-resolution smartphone while visiting the university campus.
Hatirjheel
The project was opened to the public on January 2, 2013. Hatirjheel connects Magbazar areas, Karwan Bazar, Tejgaon, Rampura, Badda, Mouchak, Farmgate, and Gulshan in Dhaka. In addition to facilitating transportation, it has given the residents of Dhaka a place to breathe in the open air amid the noisiest areas. And these expressions are captured on camera by hobbyists and professional photographers.
From the two-story flyovers on either side of the lake, photo lovers can take portraits as well as landscape pictures. They can even enjoy taking shots of the moving objects passing below the flyover using slow shutter speeds.
The scenic beauty of Hatirjheel at night creates a more dramatic ambient for taking pictures that day. The entire aerial view of Hatirjheel can be brought inside the frame from Picasso Rooftop Restaurant in Gulshan.
The Kamalapur Railway Station in Motijheel, Dhaka, inaugurated on April 27, 1968, is the natural whereabouts of photographers. This is a great place for those who choose a spiral railroad or train as their main subject for photography.
Moreover, there is no alternative to this railway junction for making photo albums with the art of geometric shapes. The rhythmic arrangement of the delicate and arched shells suggests that many umbrellas are protecting the terminal from rain.
The whole establishment consists of a total of 36 squares. A total of 49 columns stand on a roof with 36 narrow concrete domes. Each column of 59 feet high extends four branches and holds the roof.
Sadarghat launch terminal
Sadarghat, built on the banks of the river Buriganga, has become much older in this 21st century, but its importance and popularity have not diminished a bit.
The noise of people of different professions found altogether in one place is like beads of different colors tied in one thread. There is an enchanting chance to capture the elegant Ahsan Manzil in the frame by floating in a boat. The big boats carrying the sand hit the horizon, beating the speed of pressing the shutter-release button.
The photographer’s eyes behind the lens might get tired of seeing the busyness of the reddish launch dock until dusk. Even then, no one could resist the urge to take pictures of the beautiful Buriganga in the light of the launches in the dark of night.
National Parliament House
The National Parliament House of Bangladesh, designed by Louis Kahn was built on January 28, 1982. This structure is located in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka.
The building, which is surrounded by an artificial lake, looks like a building floating on water. What is more? The fascinating green grass lawn enhances the aesthetics of this landscape. Presidential Square is decorated with eucalyptus trees to the north of the parliament building. The architecture of the parliament building features special uniqueness from other modern buildings in Bangladesh.
From the outside, anyone can enjoy the beauty of the National Parliament House. But in case of visiting inside, permission has to be taken from the Secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat.
Takeaways
These best places in Dhaka for photography tours are getting popular all over the world through photographers. The recent development of Smartphones and the innovation of photographic technology are encouraging people of all ages to do photography. A picture can tell a thousand stories and send messages in a diverse way. And here is the success of the photographer and the art of photography.
Source: United News of Bangladesh