Globe-Trotting Advice from Travel Photographer Farhad Rahman
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Farhad Rahman’s (@md_farhad_rahman) work lives at the intersection of travel and photography, but that doesn’t mean he’s churning out simple photographic souvenirs. “Tourists always have preconceptions about places, which definitely detracts from actual experiences,” the 31-year-old says. “I missed many things upon first visiting new places because I was driven by preconceptions and didn’t experiment.” Farhad’s images focus on lesser-explored territories.
Aside from his travel photography, which encompasses the US, Cambodia, Singapore, India and beyond, he captures his home country of Bangladesh with incredible warmth and intimacy. “If you ask anyone living in the West about Bangladesh, you’ll find that they think of poverty, and natural and manmade disasters, because that’s how it’s been represented,” he says. “But as a local, I’m always amazed by the natural beauty of the rivers, forests, mountains and the sea. I avoid popular touristic spaces so I can better connect with such natural beauty, as well as with the locals, who are amazing and very friendly.”
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