“I started documenting suffering and found beauty in ugliness; happiness in despair; and dreams in suffocation.”
This is Bangladeshi photojournalist G.M.B. Akash.
Earlier this week, Akash posted this picture from his book Survivors, and it went hugely viral on Facebook.
In just two days, it has amassed over 18,600 shares on Facebook.
The post, about a sweeper – Monu Lal – and how his daughter stood up for him in front of a suitor's family, has resonated with the readers since it has been uploaded.
Akash's book is a collection of the photos that he has taken in the past decade during his travels across the subcontinent.
"It focuses on the people at the bottom of societies – those who must struggle on a daily basis, simply to survive," he told BuzzFeed. "People who live on the margins of society have had a big impact on me and have served as an inspiration for the photographic work I do."
GMB Akash