Drik Picture Library, Bangladesh is an independent media organisation that was established in 1989. Its major areas of expertise are advocacy and awareness campaigns, production of communication materials and training. Drik is able to provide one-stop cost effective multimedia services through its seven departments – Drik Images, Photography, Publication, Audiovisual, DrikNEWS, Gallery & Event Management and Research & Public Campaign
Drik (the Sanskrit word for vision) Picture Library Limited was founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh by a small group of people who wanted to give photographers in developing countries a platform on which they could display their own images of the world they lived in. Moved to act in light of the fact that “Most of the images of the developing world are taken by white non-indigenous photographers, either in-country staff of the above organisations or commissioned professional photographers sent in-country,” Drik’s
Drik, Bangladesh is today an award winning organisation that has made excellence in client services along with challenging social inequality, its twin objectives. As an independent media organisation it has balanced its social goals with a high level of professionalism, ensuring high quality of services at competitive terms, a balance it has maintained over its near 30 year history.