43-year-old Pakistani photographer, Maria Waseem, attributes her passion for documenting Pakistan’s heritage through photography as a “gift” from her mother.
While working at NCA as an architectural researcher on a book on the famed pre-partition architect, Bhai Ram Singh , Waseem’s interest in photography grew.“I got to visit all the British colonial period institutional buildings in Lahore which were designed by [Bhai Ram Singh] and are mostly located in the old parts of the city,” Waseem states, “With time, I developed an interest in photographing the lesser-known pre-partition structures like residential buildings, temples,, small mosques, etc.
“In my work, I try to document these places not as a story of stone and mortar, but the narrative of a people who see themselves reflected in these ruins, hence for them, these places are not dead structures, but as alive as the memory of their ancestors.”Speaking about her photography expeditions in Lahore and around Pakistan over the years, Waseem reveals that her excursions have often left her feeling quite emotional.
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