Photographic exhibition at PNCA on Pakistan Day

Islamabad: An exhibition of photographs by Muhammad Azhar Hafeez will be inaugurated at the Pakistan Council of the Arts (PNCA) on March 23rd at 4.30pm.

A prolific photographer, Muhammad Azhar Hafeez was born in Faisalabad in 1971. He had his first degree in graphic design, specializing in photography as a major subject from National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan in 1993. Since graduation, a camera remains on his shoulder and he has captured stunning images of different themes and scenes. He doesn’t restrict himself to capturing the scenes of Pakistani culture but also got an opportunity to photograph the gigantic life and landscape of the Xinjiang province of China.

“When you’re born into a culture which is as engaging, rich and diverse as ours, it’s not easy to step back and observe it from a distance. Everything here is rooted in the celebration of being a part. And because most of us are so busy participating or ‘living it’, we usually don’t have time to showcase the overwhelming wealth of art, craft, colours, music, poetry, people, fashion, food, architecture and rituals of Pakistan. Not that we don’t have the will or skill to do so, but it’s just more fun joining in than experiencing it from behind the camera,” he says. “But because we love sharing, there’s a part that compels us to share the awe-inspiring architecture, spectacular sceneries and unforgettable faces of Pakistan with the rest of the world.