Knitted Beliefs – Inside Narayanpura – Pakistan’s Biggest Minorities Compound BY Salman Alam Khan MENTORS: MATHIEU PALLEY & SHAH ZAMAN BALOCH PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT The men of the locality help in setting up all the arrangements, while the ladies gather days prior to the event to sing songs and enjoy the festivities. […]
From the Metro Bus; Uncommon Stories of the Common People BY FAIZAN AHMAD MENTORS: DIDIER RUEF & SHAH ZAMAN BALOCH PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT This project is an effort at listening and highlighting such stories coming from the diverse passengers of Metro Bus, Lahore. Many of the passengers are visiting Lahore after a
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Five Pounds in My Pocket BY Shaista Chishti MENTORS: Wendy Marijnissen PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT In April 2001, nine per cent of all 1.6 million British Muslims and 16 per cent of Britain’s entire Pakistani population of 658,000 were found to be in the city of Birmingham. In 2001, nearly one in ten
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Conversations in Transit BY Maryam Altaf MENTOR: Asim Rafiqui PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT re people tired of not being able to find jobs that will give them enough to sustain themselves and grow in their career? Is that what’s leading people towards these easy and quick money making services? How convenient is it
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Shadow Lives BY NIDA MEHBOOB MENTORS: WENDY MARIJNISSEN PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT Other than the major riots numerous people get killed in different parts of the country on the daily basis because of religious hatred.In 2010 one of the violent attack on mosques of Ahmadis by Tehrik.e.Taliban Pakistan killed 99 people. The Ahmadi
The Past that Couldn’t be BY Ramis Abbas MENTORS: Mahesh Shantaram & Shah Zaman Baloch PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT In the 1980s, however, student unions were banned in Pakistan by the Zia regime. Perhaps it was expected by the government that such a legislation would put an end to all sorts of political
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Industry of Dissolving Portraits BY FAIZAN ADIL MENTORS: ASIM RAFIQUI, WENDY MARIJNISSEN, MATTIEU PALEY & SHAH ZAMAN BALOCH PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT According to World Health Organization,” 5.6% population of Pakistan is above 60 years of age while 47% elderly men and 24% women are forced to work to earn their livelihood while
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The Walled Street Journal BY EMA ANIS MENTORS: ASIM RAFIQUI PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT Gated communities have emerged as new spaces of neo-liberalism, taking away key responsibilities of the state and handing them over to those who can afford through private means, consequently creating a further classist society and a mindset that encourages
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Scavenging for Wealth BY Aziz Changezi MENTOR: Didie Ruef PAKISTAN PHOTO FESTIVAL FELLOWSHIP 2017 PROJECT The city of Karachi is one of the biggest metropolis of the world, with its huge population producing thousands of tons of waste every day. On the margins of this city, live an underclass society of people who sift through
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