Vibrant greens and swirling yellows, film stars, birds and architecture: Bangladesh's bicycle rickshaw drivers have for decades used their transport as a unique moving canvas of urban folk art.Abdul Motaleb, another rickshaw driver, said people admired the art but still used modern transport including the packed metro system.
The years from 2000 to 2010 posed the most significant challenges for rickshaw artists like Monir. Many succumbed to economic pressures. Undeterred, Monir persevered through the digital shift that left traditional artists struggling to survive.