- Source: Farah Mahbub (photographer)
Farah Mahbub (born April 10, 1965) aka Farah Jee is a Pakistani fine art photographer and a photography professor teaching at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan. Mahbub was awarded second prize in the fine art category at Px3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris).
Biography
Mahbub graduated from PECHS College Karachi with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987. She has been working as a professional photographer since 1988, doing fine art photography for personal self-expression and freelancing for publications. She has taught photography at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture since 1997.
Publications with contributions by Mahbub
Chobi Mela IV. International Festival of Photography, Bangladesh, 2006.
Blue Print to Cyanotypes: Exploring Historical Alternative Photographic Processes. Stockholm, Sweden, 2006. By Malin Fabbri and Gary Fabbri.
Px3 Annual Book. 2007.
Journeys of the Spirit – Pakistan Art in the New Millennium. Salwat Ali. Pakistan, 2008.
Mazaar, Bazaar, Design and Visual Culture in Pakistan. Edited and designed by Saima Zaidi. 2009.
K’ Architecture. Edited by Arshad Faruqui and Amean J.. Black Olive Publication and the Institute of Architects of Pakistan, 2010.
Kam Sukhan, 9 Years of Kiran Fine Jewellery. Pakistan: Markings, 2013.
Exhibitions
= Solo exhibitions
=November 2005: Ethereal Ether Echoes, V.M Art Gallery, Karachi
March 2012: Baraka Silsila.e.Nisbat, V.M Art Gallery, Karachi
= Group exhibitions
=February 2002: An Idea of Perfection, (PNCA) Pakistan National Council of the Arts Al-Hamra Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
2006: Artists’ Voices: Calligraphy, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Co-curated by Sheherbano Hussain and Amin Gulgee.
2006: Artists’ Voices: Body, Amin Gulgee Gallery, Karachi, Pakistan. Co-curated by Sheherbano Hussain and Amin Gulgee.
June–July 2007: Px3, Prix de la Photographie, 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris
29–31 May 2009: K'architecture, Karachi Expo Center, Karachi | IVS Gallery Karachi
9 December 2009: Images: There and Then, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi
18–30 April 2011, The Family, VM Art Gallery, Karachi
21 May – 8 June 2013: Kam Sukhan, IVS Gallery, Karachi
Awards
2007: Second Prize in Fine Art category, Px3, Prix de la Photographie, 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris, June/July 2007, for “Lifelines & Manuscripts 25.”
References
External links
Official website
INCOGNITO ...the weird and wonderful world of Photography
Communication Design Faculty, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi
PX3 2007 Honorable Mentions