Twenty-five years ago, the founders of Drik photo agency had a vision: ‘to bring positive change through the professional and effective use of multimedia communication’. As they celebrate their quarter-century, Shahidul Alam recalls the early days, and offers some iconic photographs from their files.
Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.
Tsvangirayi Mukwashi offers an unusual view of Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe.
Theodore Kaye photographs Tajikistan's national sport, Buzkashi.
Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.
Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World
Miguel Araoz Cartagena looks to the stars.
Tibetan calm and karma, photographed by Zhuang Wubin.
Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World
Mohamed Sulaiman Labat from Western Sahara shares the significance of his calligraphy.
Chinese artist Sun Ji blends past and present Shanghai in his photo collages.
Diego Martinez’s camera captures the beauty and intensity of a Brazilian festival.
GMB Akash photographs children being children at a dump yard in Bangladesh.
Motlhalefi Mahlabe photographs slums in a South African township.
Khaled Hasan captures life working in Bangladesh’s brickfields.
A Bangladeshi boy is inspired by a French footballer in Shahadat Parvez’s photograph.
A haunting and sensitive glimpse into a Malaysian orphanage by photographer Abdul Rahman Roslan.
A queue for gas, captured by Senegalese photographer Djibril Sy.