23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Here dreams fly in the wind

Seema and her friends come to work with the garbage of Anandabazar in Chittagong as usual. Due to poverty, she came here to support her family by earning some money (4 to 6 dollars) every day during her school days! She wanted to study and become a social worker but her wish remained unfulfilled due to extreme poverty where it was difficult for them to earn their daily food. The story is almost the same for her other friends working in this dumpyard. here everyday dreams and desires fly away like birds in the polluted air of the dumpyard hills

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Chattagram (BD), Bangladesh
Camera: X-T30
Copyright: © MD Shamim ul Islam