{"product_id":"rupert-grey-homage-to-bangladesh-a-memoir-of-a-time-and-a-place","title":"Rupert Grey: Homage to Bangladesh - A Memoir of a Time and a Place","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e24.16 x 0.69 x 27.94 cm | 128 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eUnicorn Press | 2023 | 9781911397397\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBangladesh has been shunned by tourists from the moment it was created in 1971. Henry Kissinger described it as a basketcase. Poverty and humanitarian disasters defined Bangladesh in the ensuing decades. When Rupert Grey arrived in Dhaka in 1992, a sign announced that arrivals were ‘Welcome to Bangladesh before the tourists get here’. They still haven’t. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrey first came to Bangladesh as a London lawyer armed with three FM2 cameras. Many journeys and 30 years later he is a photographer armed with a useful legal background. The catalysts were Chobi Mela, the festival of photography, and its founder Shahidul Alam, an acclaimed photographer, human rights activist and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazine’s Person of the Year in 2018. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book charts Grey’s love affair with Bangladesh, including an epic transcontinental journey through India to Chobi Mela in a vintage Rolls-Royce, later portrayed in the award-winning film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRomantic Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. His photographs, mostly taken on film, speak powerfully of the cultural vitality and energy which Kissinger missed, and which inspired Grey’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHomage to Bangladesh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a libel and copyright lawyer Rupert has represented national papers, politicians, bankers, celebrities and explorers. He serves on the board of a number of front-line charities in the arts, education, photography and marine exploration. He has travelled on foot and horseback, by dug-out canoe, dog sledge, camel, elephant, bush-plane and Land Rover to the wild places of the earth. His photographs have been exhibited in several countries including Bangladesh, and his articles have been widely published.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395216294146,"sku":"BK-UNI-RGHTB-001-K","price":17.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_2820_8a5a9f57-1ee8-42de-8d6a-c7b215d7e1f0.jpg?v=1777986935","url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/products\/rupert-grey-homage-to-bangladesh-a-memoir-of-a-time-and-a-place","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}