Farah Mahbub
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).
Farah Mahbub
- Name
- Farah Mahbub
- Field
- Photography
- Born
- 1965
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
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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).
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Farah Mahbub (born 1965) is a photographer, of Pakistani nationality.
The photographer was educated at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. Activity centred on photography.
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• Name — Farah Mahbub • Birth Name — Farah Mahbub • Field — Photography
Biography
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.
Solo 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
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
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1965
Farah Mahbub was born on 10 April 1965.
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.
Awards
• 2007: Second Prize in Fine Art category, Px3, Prix de la Photographie, 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris, June/July 2007, for "Lifelines & Manuscripts 25."
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- 1.Interview with Farah Mahbub by Malin Fabbri – Alternative Photography.
- 2.PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris, winners of 2007 competition.
- 3.Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle.
- 4.Karachi Metblogs » Ethereal Ether Echoes.
- 5.Photography: A paean to Sufi thought. 31 March 2012.
- 6.Hussain, Sheherbano. Moving Image. Newsline. May 2002.
- 7.Artists' Voices: Body. Asia Art Archive.
- 8.PX3 2008 Winner – Celebrating Rumi One. PX3.
- 9.Husain, Mukhtar. "K'Architecture: An Exhibition (and a Book) April 2010". Nukta Art. 5. 2. 34–36. Dec 2010.
- 10.Ali, Salwat. Raising the Bar. Newsline. February 2009.
- 11.The family at the VM art galleryPakistan Today 24 April 2011
- 12.TheNews Weekly Magazine.
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