G.M.B. Akash Quotes

• No one has the right to judge you, because no one really knows what you have been through. They might have heard the stories, but they didn't feel what you felt in your heart.

  G.M.B. Akash

  Heart, Judging, Stories

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• I see the beauty of people and the human soul in the pictures I take. And though the circumstances of some of the people I portray may be grim, back-breaking, depraved, the people themselves are always remarkable characters and souls

  G.M.B. Akash

  Character, People, Soul

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• I am in an endless journey towards an infinite route, only to find a real world of humanity. This thirst is eternal. I will keep walking, touching every faces I drop through my lens. I will show the world - those unknown stories of sufferings. If a single hand comes to give them a shade that is the real honor of my sweat

  G.M.B. Akash

  Real, Journey, Sweat

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• Today, I count myself blessed to have become a photographer. To be able to articulate the experiences of the voiceless, to bring their identity to the forefront, gives meaning and purpose to my own life.

  G.M.B. Akash

  Blessed, Giving, Identity

  G. M. B. Akash, Reena Abraham (2006). “First Light: The Photography of G.M.B. Akash”

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• Barefooted workers would take apart, bit by bit, the dying ships with their bare hands, shipyard in Gaddani, Pakistan. On their shoulders, workers bore great metal plates to their destination. People complain about their crappy lives working in an air conditioned work place, imagine having this as your only option in life.

  G.M.B. Akash

  Air, Hands, People

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