by Anwar Akhtar
“The work is powerful and highlights an ethnically mixed, religiously tolerant and diverse Pakistan.” PHOTO/Mehmood Qureshi
‘Pakistan Through a Lens’ currently at the Redbridge Museum showcases a Pakistan rarely highlighted by the mainstream media. But it is a Pakistan that is thankfully being highlighted by an increasing interest in the photography coming out of Pakistan and its neighbours, as seen in the recent ‘Three Dreams’ exhibit in Whitechapel.
Kudos to Sadia Malik, a young student and a human dynamo who has single-handedly put this exhibition together, from liaising with the photographers and curating the show, to booking the venue and the many other tasks involved.
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