Friday, March 6, 2009

Fazal Sheikh




Fazal Sheikh is an artist-activist who uses photography to create a sustained portrait of different communities around the world, addressing their beliefs and traditions, as well as their political and economic problems. By establishing a context of respect and understanding, his photographs demand we learn more about the people in them and about the circumstances in which they live.

The images above are from Moksha , if you can stomach it , go take a look at his award winning Ladli.  Images & text from here.

7 comments:

  1. OMG. is all I can say. I had a look at ladli...Its just gut-wrenchingly sad...

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  2. Hey Pavs...I'm back!
    Loving this series. Has a beautiful surreal quality to them even though it is meant to depict real circumstances. Beautiful.
    Vindy

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  3. black and white pictures render a powerful note to the stark reality portrayed here.

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  4. Wonderful powerful photographs, I spent a long time studying Fazal's site, thank you for bringing him to my attention. x

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  5. Wonderful and heartbreaking images in ladli.I really am confused waht to write about fazal sheikh.the images are apt and the ideas really get transferred to the reader.Good work.thanks for introducing Fazal sheikh to us.

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  6. Beautiful! I love Fazal's photographs.

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