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, KarachiThe family at the VM art galleryPakistan Today 24 April 2011 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."
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INCOGNITO ...the weird and wonderful world of Photography Communication Design Faculty, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi