MOHDART
A visual field journal
On the streets of Dhaka, an ear cleaner works with improvised tools, steady hands and complete concentration. An intimate record of informal care and survival.
Steady Hands, Sharp Work
Documentary · Camera
A roadside practitioner works with intense care beside his seated client.
Lamp on His Brow
People · Camera
The ear-cleaner meets the camera square-on, headlamp lit, rickshaw fringes glittering behind him.
The Mobile Medicine Cabinet
Small coloured bottles travel in a hand-built case across a practitioner's lap.
The Street Ear-Doctor
Headlamp on, tools ready, a travelling ear-cleaner works his roadside chair in Dhaka — a trade nearly gone.
Focus of the Healer
A headlamp and a furrowed brow reveal the concentration of a street-side healer.