Drik picture library was set up in 1989 with the vision that photographers and writers from the developing world would be given a chance to portray their people and their cultures through their own eyes.

This website is dedicated to celebrating one of Bangladesh's unique popular arts, the paintings and decorations on the three-wheeled cycle ricksha

Between the end of the Bangladesh liberation war with Pakistan in 1971 and up to 1998, as the population of Dhaka expanded there developed an increasing demand for the exceedingly affordable ricksha transportation. Thus, opportunities for work as makers (mistris) and artists also increased. Competition and the desire for prestige among the owners (maliks) of fleets of rickshas spurred a proliferation since the early seventies in variety and sumptuousness of decoration.

Collection of photographs of Bangladesh past and present