A two-week solo photography exhibition titled ‘Novembre à Paris’ by photographer Sumon Yusuf will begin today at the La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka in the capita’s Dhanmondi. Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France to Bangladesh will attend the inaugural ceremony as chief guest, while Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman will be present as special guest and photojournalist of European Pressphoto Agency Abir Abdullah as the guest of honor. Every artistic heart around the world yearns for Paris to imbibe the inspiration it exudes, to taste the taste that has been moulded by the doyens for thousands of years. In an artist residency programme, photographer Sumon Yusuf was in Paris in November 2015. He was mesmerised by the city of love and started photographing the poetic humaneness of Paris.
But on Friday, November 13 last year, a series of heinous terrorist attacks left 130 innocents dead and over 368 injured. For Yusuf, a city brimming with love and warmth all of a sudden transformed into a place of blood, tears and sadness.
In the face of such inhuman and extreme cruelty, Yusuf’s photographs became the context he could hold onto: he decided to capture life.
After the inaugural ceremony, the exhibition will be open to all until November  15 and can be visited according to the following schedule— Monday to Thursday from 3 pm to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday (9 am to 12 noon and 5 pm to 8 pm; closed on Sunday.

Where: AFD, 26 Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi
When: Inauguration 5:15pm, today