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+ - Entry no.: V1 CC23 1994 AC0 000 Y 013 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Kevin Bubriski Copyright info: All rights reserved by Aramco Americas Date Photo Taken: 1994 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 3072x2048 Source: AramcoWorld Notes: Painted on a metal backboard and attached to the back of a rickshaw; there's another with yellow background on the upper side Subjects: Bird, Nature, Peacock Bibliographical Reference/s: Kirkpatrick, Joanna and Kevin Bubriski. “Transports of Delight: Ricksha Art Of Bangladesh.” Aramco World 45, no. 1 (1994): 32-35. Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC14 2012 AC0 000 N 003 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Rajesh Pamnani Copyright info: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Date Photo Taken: October 9, 2012 Location: Amla Para, Dhaka, Dhaka Resolution info: 1024x680 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pamnani/8100084992/in/album-72157631799088264/ Notes: Inspired by a unknown Bangladeshi film; the background is referring to a fire explosion; painted/printed on the metal backboard and attached on the back of the rickshaw Subjects: Action, Gun, Man, Woman, Film, Earrings, Fire Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC18 1981 AC0 000 Y 007 Title: Untitled Artist: Unknown Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Tom Learmonth Copyright info: Copyright Tom Learmonth 1981; https://www.tomlearmonth.com/ Date Photo Taken: 1981 Location: Rajshahi, Bangladesh (Probably) Resolution info: 5270x3538 Source: The photographer's personal collection Notes: Painted on a metal backboard and attached to the back of a rickshaw; inspired by a unknown film; the background is rather clean; faces of woman is drawn on circular shaped frame and attached to different parts of the metal frame Subjects: Film, Action, Woman, Smoking, Train, Gun, Sexualized Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC12 2019 AC0 000 N 009 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Johan Smits Copyright info: All Rights Reserved by Johan Smits and Travel Begins at 40 (https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/) Date Photo Taken: 2019 Location: Unspecified location, Bangladesh Resolution info: 1024x682 Source: https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ ; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from Travel Begins at 40 Notes: Uses of fence suggest its a controlled environment; the background, trees, birds, sun, mountains, is probably inspired from African landscape Subjects: Tiger, Bird, Mountain, Forest, Jungle, Tree, Flower, Water, Sun, Animal, Fence, Sunset Bibliographical Reference/s: Smits, Johan. "Bangladesh Rickshaw Art : Photo Journey." Travel Begins at 40, November 6, 2019. https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC25 1998 AC0 000 Y 010 Title: Untitled Artist: Unknown Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Joanna Kirkpatrick Copyright info: Courtesy of the John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art Date Photo Taken: 1998 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: N/A Source: John C. and Susan L. Huntington Photographic Archive of Buddhist and Asian Art; https://huntingtonarchive.org/ Notes: Two backboards at the bottom, depicting the same scene but different writings; the upper part, on the hood, is done by a different Subjects: Bird, Water, Boat, Ship, House, Tree, Sky, Train, Brick Kiln Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC4 2008 AC4 000 Y 005 Title: Untitled Artist: Ripon Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Anduze traveller Copyright info: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Date Photo Taken: February 15, 2008 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 3504x2336 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anduze-traveller/2284940019/in/album-1032642/ Notes: Digitally printed; the artist credit is given on the top-middle as "রিপন আর্ট" (Ripon Art); on the left, it says "শামীম প্রিন্টার্স" (Shamim Printers); both of these writings are not handwritten; design on the entire body and frame is less than usual; probably a damsel in distress scene taken form Tarzan; The hairstyle and earring of the woman suggest that it is probably taken from the Bangladeshi film Boner Raja Tarzan, an adaptation of Tarzan; the lion's head is shaped into a humanoid form Subjects: Woman, distress, jungle, lion, animal, bird, crocodile, water, forest, sun, grass, film, water Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC21 1960s AC0 000 N 001 Title: Untitled Artist: Unknown Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Roger Gwynn Copyright info: All rights reserved by Roger Gwynn Date Photo Taken: c. 1960s Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: N/A Source: The photographer's personal collection Notes: Painted on a metal backboard and attached on the back of a rickshaw; the artist's name is written at the bottom but mostly covered by the metal frame; shadows and highlights are giving the body and the attire a realistic form Subjects: Woman, Flower, Tree, Architecture, Building Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC13 2011 AC0 000 N 005 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Audrey Scott & Daniel Noll Copyright info: All Rights Reserved by Audrey Scott & Daniel Noll, Uncornered Market (https://uncorneredmarket.com/) Date Photo Taken: March 30, 2011 Location: Rajshahi, Bangladesh Resolution info: 1024x768 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/uncorneredmarket/5581285035/ ; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from the photographers Notes: Almost identical works in two different places; one on the metal back of the rickshaw body, and the other on is on the metal backboard attached at the bottom Subjects: Action, Film, Gun, Woman, Man, Jewelry, Dance Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC12 2019 AC0 000 N 012 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Johan Smits Copyright info: All Rights Reserved by Johan Smits and Travel Begins at 40 (https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/) Date Photo Taken: 2019 Location: Unspecified location, Bangladesh Resolution info: 1024x576 Source: https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ ; This photo is used in this archive with permission taken from Travel Begins at 40 Notes: Painted on the metallic back of an electric rickshaw; the frame of the rickshaw is painted by a different person Subjects: Bird, Tree, Road, Bridge, Mountain, Hill, Water Bibliographical Reference/s: Smits, Johan. "Bangladesh Rickshaw Art : Photo Journey." Travel Begins at 40, November 6, 2019. https://www.travelbeginsat40.com/2019/11/bangladesh-rickshaw-art-photo-journey/ Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC6 2009 AC4 000 Y 002 Title: Untitled Artist: Ripon Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Abhilash Medhi Copyright info: The Advocacy Project; Abhilash Medhi; Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Date Photo Taken: September 8, 2009 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 2663x1998 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/advocacy_project/3919230008/ Notes: Inspired from Bangladeshi film; on top of the backboard, it reads "আল্লাহ ভরসা" (Allah is trustworthy); on both sides, on the heart-shaped frames, it reads "mother"; makeup on the eyes of the woman is noticeable; blood dripping from the knife and fiery on its back are suggesting that the moment is taken right after an action/violent scene. Subjects: Film, Man, Woman, Blood, Earrings, Flower, Bird, Mother Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC33 2020 AC0 000 N 002 Title: Untitled Artist: Illegible Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Mohammad Asif Hossain Copyright info: All rights reserved by Mohammad Asif Hossain Date Photo Taken: 2020 Location: Rajshahi Resolution info: N/A Source: The photographer's personal collection Notes: Painted on the metal back of an electric rickshaw Subjects: House, Village, Tree, Sun, River, Boat, Water Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC4 2008 AC0 000 Y 001 Title: Untitled Artist: Anonymous Year of creation: Unknown Photographer: Anduze Traveller Copyright info: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Date Photo Taken: January 20, 2008 Location: Banani Model Town, Dhaka, Bangladesh Resolution info: 3504x2336 Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anduze-traveller/2206363544/ ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/anduze-traveller/2206363548/ Notes: The metal backboard is significantly faded or washed up than the works done on the rickshaw body; the background used in the backboard is rather plain, as the primary focus was given on the subjects or the faces; the painting styles incorporated in the body and backboard are noticeably different; colorful birds and flowers can be noticed on the rickshaw body and frame Subjects: Gun, Film, bird, lotus, flower, Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next