This is a photo story that depicts the life of the people in Bangladesh who live with the diversity of issues of a transitional living environment caused by the impacts of climate change and acute economic growth.

Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change associated with not only occurring naturally,

but it is often caused by the imbalance of the natural environment and the progress of economic development.

Therefore, Bangladesh has diverse problems with climate change.

For example, many people often suffer tremendous damage by natural disasters such as intense floods and tropical cyclones in the rainy season

due to geographical and topographical factors, drought during the dry season due to precipitation deficit, and uneven rainfall areas.

Other issues are the loss of land due to river erosion and landslides caused by rising water levels, destruction of roads and other subsistence infrastructure,

health hazards caused by salt water carried by typhoons and floods entering soil and water resources, the decline of crops and seafood,

changes in ecosystems, and forest fires caused by rising temperatures.

Hence, many people who live in Bangladesh have been inflicted with severe and long-term burdens physically, mentally, or economically,

and they have remained left behind in the transition without the benefits of economic growth.

Nonetheless, they have lived peacefully with the changing rivers and lost land.

I attempt to express one of the aspects of the climate crisis through photographs that capture a peaceful and slow-tempo image and everyday life

in which there is anywhere instead of dramatic moments and disastrous scenes to visualize such people's lives that have gradually and slowly changed in daily life.

I aim to convey and encourage understanding of what is going on in places that are at the forefront of climate change,

how these effects are changing people's lives, and how those people are living in the transition through this photo story

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