Farhat Basir Khan
Farhat Basir Khan is an Indian photographer. He has made contributions to photography and media studies in India, both as an academic as well as an industry professional. Khan has also served as the Professor of Media & Communication at the AJK Mass Communication and Research Centre where he officiates as the director of the centre in absence of the director He uses media formats like walk in multimedia installation for symposium.
Farhat Basir Khan
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- Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Occupation
- Academic, photographer
- Born
- Farhat Basir Khan was born on 1 January 1957. · Gorakhpur.
- Nationality
- India
- Education
- Aligarh Muslim University
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Farhat Basir Khan is an Indian photographer. He has made contributions to photography and media studies in India, both as an academic as well as an industry professional. Khan has also served as the Professor of Media & Communication at the AJK Mass Communication and Research Centre where he officiates as the director of the centre in absence of the director He uses media formats like walk in multimedia installation for symposium.
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Farhat Basir Khan was a journalist, photographer and photojournalist, of Indian nationality. The journalist was born in Gorakhpur. Farhat Basir Khan was educated at Aligarh Muslim University.
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Biography
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He has served as a member of many previous juries such as International CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, Delhi; Fuji Film Super Six, Film Photography and Animation Festivals at IIT Kanpur and Delhi; and for the last several years at the International Broadcast Convention for Content Creation, Management & Delivery in Netherlands, Amsterdam. Khan produced the fifty-year commemorative audio-visual for UNICEF India as well as WHO SEAR. And contributes regularly to several electronic, print and web media.
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• Birthplace — Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India • Other Names — F. B. Khan • Occupation — Academic, photographer • Years Active — 1975–present
Academic career
Academic career
Khan joined the AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre, where he heads the Photography, Multimedia & Audiovisual sections and holds the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Chair.
Contribution to Cinema, Media and Academics
Contribution to Cinema, Media and Academics
During his career as an academic he has taught Shah Rukh Khan, Roshan Abbas, Barkha Dutt, Kabir Khan, Loveleen Tandan, Aseem Mishra and Saurabh Narang.
Commercial Work
Commercial Work
He has contributed to various international projects such as the One World programme for UNICEF delegates on Unspooling the Documentary Process and for institutes such as MIT, Russian Film School and Harvard Business School. Khan was chosen to make an Audio Visual for Commemoration of 50 years for both UNICEF and WHO from amongst all the Professional Photographers around the world.
Research on the Female Gaze
Research on the Female Gaze
Based on his study of curated work of various female photographers, Khan attributes the female gaze to anything that has been photographed by a woman which according to him is actually breaking the stereotypical view created by "male-constructed" photographs that have shown women in a certain light throughout the history of visual arts.
Campaign for Soldiers "Chitthi Aayi Hai"
Campaign for Soldiers "Chitthi Aayi Hai"
In an attempt to encourage and inculcate letter-writing habit among youngsters, Khan conceived and curated a multimedia project #ChitthiAayiHai, where people photographed themselves and got it printed on a postcard, which they posted with a personalised message to their loved ones and soldiers.
Documenting Reality: Metaphors of Life
Documenting Reality: Metaphors of Life
Khan delivered a lecture in Lucknow at the Lalit Kala Academy, talking about the importance of sound effects, the direction of light, and relation with characters to take a good picture. He used the examples from works of Vincent van Gogh, Andrey Tarkovsky and Alfred Hitchcock to explain the importance of image and its perception in relation with other mediums.
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Farhat Basir Khan was born at Gorakhpur.
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Sony World Photography Awards, Cannes
He brought to India the World Photography Award – Student Focus at the Palais des Festival in Cannes, defeating finalists from all the other continents. It was won by the team he was leading, consisting of two of his students at AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia in 2009. In 2010, the team led by him were the Asia finalists. The award brought the focus of World Photography on India and AJK Mass Communication and Research Centre.
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- 1.Innovative photography.
- 2.Abrar, Dr. Rahat. Alumni of AMU. Directory of Journalists from AMU. AMU University.
- 3.Khan, FB. Faculty of MCRC. AJK MCRC, JMI (www.ajkmcrc.org).
- 4.Khan, FB. Faculty MCRC. AJK MCRC, JMI (www.ajkmcrc.org).
- 5.Officiating Director at AJK MCRC. The Hindu. 5 February 2011.
- 6.Prof. Farhat Basir Khan.
- 7.Prof. Farhat Basir Khan- Illustrated Lecture on Documenting Reality Lalit Kala Akademi Lucknow. 18th Feb.Friday.
- 8.media education.
- 9.Press Trust of India. Prof Farhat Basir Khan – Illustrated Lecture on Documenting Reality Lalit Kala Akademi.
- 10.supersix.
- 11.50 year commemorative AV, UNICEF.
- 12.Indi Career. Prof. Farhat Basir Khan.
- 13.Raihan, Dr. Hamid. Prof. Farhat Basir Khan Rewarded. AMU NEWS. December 2019.
- 14.Sharma, Parul. Another Proud Moment for Jamia Institute. The Hindu. 11 March 2009.
- 15.Prof. Farhat Basir Khan.
- 16.Indi Career (www.indicareer.com). Prof. Farhat Basir Khan.
- 17.Sahil, Afroz Alam. Double Whammy – JAI HO. This time it's Sony World Photography Award at Cannes. Suchna Express.
- 18.Press Trust of India. Farhat Basir Khan – Illustrated Lecture on Documenting Reality Lalit Kala Akademi Lucknow.
- 19.2 Jamia Students, Prof bag photo awards at Cannes. The Tribune. 8 April 2010.
- 20.Sharma, Parul. Another Proud Moment for Jamia. The Hindu. 11 March 2009.
- 21.Khan, Atif. From her perspective. The Hindu. 4 January 2017.
- 22.Khan, Atif. Postcards for posterity. The Hindu. 2 November 2016.
- 23.'Light, sound and context together make a picture'. The Times of India. 19 February 2011.
- 24.Prof Farhat Basir Khan from Mass Communication and Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia delivered a lecture on 'documenting reality: metaphors of life'. The Times of India. 18 February 2011.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Khan, Farhat Basir. The Game of Votes. SAGE India. 2019. 9789353286927.
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