Joy Saha is a Photographer and Visual Journalist who specializes in capturing compelling human and environmental stories through the lens. His work has been featured in over 100 world’s leading news outlets, including The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Wall Street Journal, TIME, National Geographic, GEO, Stern, Der Spiegel, Amnesty International, and The Daily Telegraph of London. With a profound interest in Documentary photography, Joy is passionate about exploring the diverse aspects of human life and depicting the pressing environmental challenges of our time. He uses photography as a powerful storytelling tool to shift perspectives and inspire action. His projects highlight daily life, vulnerable communities, and the impacts of climate change, emphasizing the urgency of global solidarity. He is on an endless journey of portraying human struggles and environmental impacts to evoke empathy and drive meaningful change.
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Pineapple Parade
Plastic Bottle Recycling
Heavy Lifting
Homeless
Devastating Flood
Catch of the Day
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Farmers parade bicycles laden with pineapples in the town of Madhupur. The use of bicycles reduces transportation costs for the farmers. The harvested pineapples are loaded in bicycles and pushed all the way through a forest to the biggest pineapple market in Bangladesh.
A woman worker sorts used plastic bottles in a recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She helps to prevent the bottles from being discarded, sent to landfill, where they can take 1,000 years to biodegrade, or incinerated, which produces toxic fumes.
Labourers in Dhaka, Bangladesh carry piles of bricks weighing more than 15 kg on their heads in a brick kiln. They earn less than 1 USD after carrying 1,000 bricks. Long working hours under the sun, massive accumulation of dust, and the risk of falling from the trucks are their major problems.
Boatmen sleep on anchored boats on the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They keep boating in the river from morning till evening and at the end of the day they go to sleep on their floating boats because their house is on the boats, they have no separate residence in the city.
In Kurigram, Bangladesh, a mother wades through deep floodwaters, clutching her son tightly. The severe flooding has submerged their home, leaving them and thousands of others to navigate the relentless deluge. Pure drinking water is scarce and the risk of disease is high during floods.
Hundreds of fishermen catch fish with bamboo made traps in knee-deep water as they take part in a century-old traditional fishing festival during a foggy winter morning in Pabna, Bangladesh. It draws visitors from far and wide while Fishermen showcase their skills amidst breathtaking natural beauty.