PHOTOGRAPHER'S BIO
Zaheer Chaudhry is a Pakistani photographer and
visual artist based between Lahore, Pakistan, and Dubai, UAE. With more than
twenty-five years of photographic practice, his work explores observation,
memory, environment and place through conceptual and environmental photography.
His photographic interests centre on overlooked landscapes,
everyday environments, roadside spaces, architectural traces, light, shadow,
reflection, texture and traces of human presence. Walking, travel and field
observation form an integral part of his practice, which has developed an
evolving archive of more than 300,000 photographs.
Chaudhry approaches photography as a method of inquiry
rather than simply documentation. His photographs often become points of
departure for further visual exploration through digital works, painting,
immersive experiences, mixed media and installation. He is particularly
interested in how cropping, scale, printing, material and context can transform
an observed fragment into a new visual experience.
He studied Fine Arts and Geography at Government College
University (GCU), Lahore, completing his Intermediate in 1999, and
graduated in Fine Arts Foundation and Design from the National College of
Arts (NCA), Lahore, in 2004.
His photographic work has been presented in solo and group
exhibitions in Pakistan and internationally, including Listen To Her at
PNCA, Islamabad (2024), Living The Moment in Gilgit (2023), Fly On
The Wall at PNCA, Islamabad (2024), Photo Place, Vermont, USA
(2024), and Beyond DNA 2 at Studio RM, Tanzara Art Gallery, Islamabad
(2025).
His photographic recognition includes the Niggah Award
for Creative Photography (2026), Your Choice / National Geographic
Magazine Editor Award (2018) for Street Photography and Creative
Photography, Pakistan's First Photojournalism Awards (2012) in the
Independent Photographer category, and a National Geographic Hong Kong
Photography Awards nomination in Creative Photography.
His first photographic coffee-table book, Beyond the
Valley(s), was published by ORCO in March 2026. His photographic work and
projects have also been featured by BBC Urdu, Voice of America, Dawn, The
News, Geo News, Pakistan Television, Samaa TV, and Express Tribune.
Through photography, Chaudhry continues to explore how
ordinary places become carriers of memory, perception and visual knowledge.
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