Fig. 13.
The Instagram profile of an eighteen-year-old Bangladeshi student, revealing images recording one of his several visits to Jaflong, in northern Bangladesh. The river Piyain, which separates Bangladesh and the Indian state of Meghalaya, is a popular tourist destination for younger Bangladeshis, many of whom avail themselves of the services of one of the dozens of photographers who use printers on floating barges to produce images for their clients. Tourists sit on rocks in the middle of the river and exchange Whatsapp details with Indian tourists who flock from the Meghalaya side. Photography is deeply entangled in this fantasy of border-crossing and escape to a “beyond.” Photograph by Christopher Pinney.

The Instagram profile of an eighteen-year-old Bangladeshi student, revealing images recording one of his several visits to Jaflong, in northern Bangladesh. The river Piyain, which separates Bangladesh and the Indian state of Meghalaya, is a popular tourist destination for younger Bangladeshis, many of whom avail themselves of the services of one of the dozens of photographers who use printers on floating barges to produce images for their clients. Tourists sit on rocks in the middle of the river and exchange Whatsapp details with Indian tourists who flock from the Meghalaya side. Photography is deeply entangled in this fantasy of border-crossing and escape to a “beyond.” Photograph by Christopher Pinney.

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