Nadeem Omar
This photographs from F.E. Chaudhry depicts Chacha’s ability to turn a news story into a human story.

A narrative photograph of the Punjabi victims of the 1950 flood in the wake of which nearly three thousands perished. Their villages and homes submerged, a family has taken refuge in a railway bogey, which serves as a […]

Nadeem Omar
This set of photographs from F.E. Chaudhry depict the news journalist side of Chacha’s portfolio.

In February 1961, Queen Elizabeth II, toured India, Iran, Nepal and Pakistan on her first ever tour of countries outside Europe. She arrived in Pakistan on 11th February, and was received at the airport by Govenor, Nawab Kalabagh Khan. As […]

Nadeem Omar
Much like the last photograph in our series on the F.E. Chaudhry Collection, this photograph is also about women at work. But in a different way.

This photograph, taken in Lahore probably in the 1960s, brings to light many Pakistani realities; some of which have changed, and some not.

Nadeem Omar
In this, the first in our series of photographs from the F.E. Chaudhry Collection, we want to feature this remarkable photograph taken on a Lahore street-side, probably in the 1950s.

A group of four young women unabashedly sitting in a row on a road side in Lahore, picking each other’s heads for lice and so […]

Nadeem Omar and Adil Najam

The recent award of the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography to a photojournalist of Pakistani origins provides us a moment of reflection on the legacy of great Pakistani photojournalists. One name that embodies this rich legacy more than any other is F.E. Choudhry.
With this post we launch a series in […]