"A journey to the “self”" (by Shahria Sharmin) http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/32849 The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/46852/photo_2_small.JPG A journey to the “self” | Shahria Sharmin http://www.lightstalkers.org/Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311740/portrait_01_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311740'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311740 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311740 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311740/portrait_01_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311740'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311743/portrait_02_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311743'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311743 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311743 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311743/portrait_02_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311743'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311746/portrait_03_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311746'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311746 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311746 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311746/portrait_03_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311746'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311749/portrait_04_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311749'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311749 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311749 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311749/portrait_04_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311749'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311752/portrait_05_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311752'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311752 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311752 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311752/portrait_05_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311752'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311755/portrait_06_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311755'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311755 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311755 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311755/portrait_06_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311755'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311758/portrait_07_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311758'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311758 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311758 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311758/portrait_07_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311758'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311761/portrait_08_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311761'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311761 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311761 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311761/portrait_08_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311761'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311764/portrait_09_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311764'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311764 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311764 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311764/portrait_09_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311764'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311767/portrait_11_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311767'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311767 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311767 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311767/portrait_11_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311767'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311770/portrait_12_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311770'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311770 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311770 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1311770/portrait_12_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1311770'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin A journey to te "Self" <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1343025/shahria_sharmin_07_small.jpg' /><br />A journey to te "Self"<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343025'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343025 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:58:52 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343025 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1343025/shahria_sharmin_07_small.jpg' /><br />A journey to te "Self"<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343025'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1343022/shahria_sharmin_08_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343022'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343022 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:57:31 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343022 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1343022/shahria_sharmin_08_small.jpg' /><br />The image of adolescence in Bangladesh today. These are the faces of upper middle class teenagers aged 13 to 16. I wanted to capture the contemporary transition from childhood to adulthood. To show the parallel reality of both emotional and physical self discovery. Society is changing very fast, yet these faces tell the same global story of youth. Even I once doubted my own feelings and values in my odyssey to adulthood. These images also confirm my own past teenage dilemma. The teenage bewilderment that even affluence cannot erase. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1343022'>view full-size image</a> Shahria Sharmin