Plus, a transformed tradition, an attempt at utopia, sunset over a peace park, and wildlife returns to
|  | Saturday, August 27, 2022 | | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPHS BY ISMAIL FERDOUS | |
By Whitney Johnson, Director of Visual and Immersive Experiences
Countless selfies and photos of beach games and other activities, like horseback riding (above), are snapped at Cox’s Bazar every day, but photographer Ismail Ferdous knew his simple portraits with the sea and sand as settings would stand out, wrote Nina Strohlic in this month’s issue of National Geographic. “The things people overlook, I paid attention to,” he said, noting the tremendous variety of beachgoers at work and at play. Here, “you’ll meet people from 64 districts with 64 accents.”
Many Bangladeshis know Cox’s Bazar as a favorite tourist destination—and for Ferdous, who grew up in the capital city of Dhaka, it has personal meaning. One of his earliest memories is of riding a train to Cox’s Bazar for a family beach vacation. And more recently, as a photographer, he documented the Rohingya crisis. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar arrived in the Cox’s Bazar region starting in 2017. | | | |
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With these photographs (pictured above, two visitors at the beach) Ferdous wanted “to challenge the conventional visuals we expect coming from South Asia: yellow light, vibrant colors, contrasty mood.” He photographed in the winter months and in the middle of the day when the sunlight is most neutral. Under the bright, midday light, the popular vacation spot looks deceptively serene and relaxed.
Feeling inspired? Celebrate the end of summer by snapping some beach pictures of your own.
See the full story here—and other scenes of summer below.
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| | A sweet treat: A cotton candy vendor plies his fluffy wares at Cox’s Bazar, a roughly 60-mile stretch of beach on the southernmost tip of Bangladesh. | | | |
| Keeping watch: Lifeguards Monjur Hossain Rahu (left) and Sadek Hossain watch the water at Cox's Bazar, where Bangladeshis come to cool off from the boiling temperatures. See more.
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Keeping tradition alive: Photographer Tailyr Irvine captured Yikanee Sampson, a member of the Navajo Nation and a nurse at the Montezuma Creek Community Health Center in Utah, performing what’s known as a fancy dance for an online powwow (the above photo was featured on our Instagram). Native American singers, dancers, and vendors have started building “virtual powwows” online amid pandemic restrictions.
“Despite how much Indigenous people lost due to colonization, we still practice what we have left in our songs, dances, prayers, ceremonies, and much more,” says Indigenous model and activist Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, who was featured on the July 2022 cover of the magazine. “This embodies pride and keeping tradition alive.” Read more about how Indigenous peoples are reasserting control over their land, laws, and how they live.
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An attempt at utopia: More than 20 years ago, Jürgen Pluindrich (above) worked for three weeks in exchange for a house in the León Province of Spain. He lives in Matavenero, one of 90-some idealistic ecovillages that have settled in Spain's growing number of abandoned hamlets. "Almost all of them are doing it from the conviction that things have to be different in today's world," reports photographer Sanne Derks for Nat Geo. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL MELFORD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | Sunset over St. Mary: Glacier National Park (pictured above at Saint Mary Lake, Montana) was the world’s first International Peace Park, extending from the U.S. into Canada where it becomes Waterton Lakes National Park. With more than a million acres in northern Montana, the park is nicknamed the “Crown of the Continent.” See more stunning photos of Glacier’s boats and goats here.
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| This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard, Jen Tse, Heather Kim, Sydney Combs, and Allie Yang. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alec Egamov, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Have an idea for us? We’d love to hear from you at david.beard@natgeo.com. Thanks for reading! | | | |
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