When his mother was posted in Mymensingh, his father, Proshanto would go there too accompanied by Prottoy. A couple of years back, the child playing with his father's camera, took a promising picture of the people in Mymensingh. It had good composition sense and pleased the father. After that he was given an auto Yashika camera with which Prottoy took pictures of the countryside. His father chose the topic of the potters (pals) and he used five reels on that subject. This is the background of the exhibition.

"Many people in our family are into art like me and his uncle Kalidas Karmakar. My father, when he retired, drew many pictures while our mother did 'nakshikantha'. When I paint at night, Prottoy sits at my side and works with paintbrush and paints," says Proshanto, an acclaimed photographer and artist himself.

Laurent Jalicous, Deputy Director of Alliance Francaise adds, "It appears that art runs in the vein of the Karmakar family. We had Kalidas's exhibition a few days back and now we present Prottoy in the library. With a little help from the father and good framing, the pictures are amazing."

One of the pictures present a family of potters surrounded by pottery pieces.

The children wear shorts, except for the girl at the back, and their legs are covered with dust. The mother is surrounded by clay utensils. Another photograph shows an old woman surrounded by upturned utensils almost as large as herself. Children studying in the village home also make an interesting composition. So does the picture of the mother combing the daughter's and that of another female potter putting the finishing touches to her work.