Drik in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dhaka, have pleasure in inviting you to the opening of the World Press Photo 12 exhibition at Drik Gallery, on Thursday, 26 April 2012, 5.30 pm. After the launch in Amsterdam on the 20th April 2012, this is the first public viewing of the exhibition, which will also be launched in Poland, Spain, Portugal and Italy in April 2012.

The exhibition honours the prizewinners of World Press Photo?s 55th Photo Contest.

The exhibition will be on at Drik Gallery till 18 May 2012, everyday from 3-8 pm.
Drik Gallery
House 58, Road 15A (New)
Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh
Tel: 880-2-9120125, 8112954, 8123412
Email: office@drik.net
 
Programme
5:30        Welcome Address by Shahidul Alam, Managing Director, Drik
5:40        Address by H.M. Ambassador Alphons Hennekens, Kingdom of the Netherlands
5:50        Address by Femke van der Valk, Coordinator Exhibitions, World Press Photo
6:00        Address by Nurul Kabir, Editor, New Age, Guest of Honour
6:10        Vote of Thanks by Abir Abdullah, The Jury Member, World Press Photo 2011
About World Press Photo
World Press Photo is an independent, nonprofit organisation based in Amsterdam, committed to supporting and advancing high standards in photojournalism and documentary photography worldwide.
Each year, an independent international jury, consisting of nineteen members, judges the entries in nine different categories, submitted by photojournalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines from all corners of the world. This year?s competition attracted 5,247 photographers from 124 countries. In total 101,254 images were entered in the contest.
The annual exhibition is shown this year at about 100 venues all over the world. This year?s exhibition contains over 160 photographs. It is an annual public showcase for photojournalism comprising the year?s winning photo, together with award-winning images from each of the nine contest categories.
About Drik
Drik is a distinctive multimedia organisation that has made challenging social inequality its central driving force. Established in Bangladesh in 1989, Drik has successfully partnered with national and international organisations using the power of the visual medium to educate, inform and draw powerful emotional responses to influence public opinion. The Picture Library, the Photography, Publications, Audio-Visual and Gallery departments work in synergy to carry out the work of the company. It?s ability and influence is strengthened by its initiatives, the Pathshala South Asian Media Academy, DrikICT, Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography and the Majority World Photo Agency.
Drik Gallery was opened in August 1993 with the first showing of World Press Photo in Bangladesh. There is a story behind the scenes. Bangladesh was in the midst of a massive democratic movement in the late eighties. On the streets, through curfews and through tear gas, Drik was documenting events in their entirety. Throughout this period, the major galleries, either state owned or belonging to foreign embassies, were not prepared to exhibit Drik?s work, since it was ?political?. Drik knew it had to build its own gallery. The first ever staging of World Press provided the perfect opportunity. Drik gathered its resources and built what is now, one of the finest galleries in South Asia and the largest private gallery in Bangladesh.