This photo is credited to famous photographer Fayyaz Ahmed.
According to Fayyaz’s notes, he found this subject at the tomb of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Clifton, Karachi. When he asked for the photo permission, the subject replied:
“Whatever you wish”.
I saw this photo for the first time a few days ago but I keep coming back to it again and again. There is something about this guy’s eyes.
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I am a face reader!!
all I can say he is a dangerous person!!
this guy is psycho!!!
he can rip ANY 1 OFF!!!
this guys memory is amazing!!
he is into black magic master of disguise!!
he can give u shivers if he looks into your eyes
u can get scared majority can!!!
looks like he is catching you with his eyes. too freaky
The portrait is drawing intensity from the black and white scheme and the posture of the subject. There is no intensity in his eyes. They are glazed over. He might not even be able to focus on the cameraman in this state.
I hope no one chooses this as the face of Pakistan. It is disgusting. You want a face for Pakistan, portrait a laborer. We can do without the fringe looser describing us to the world.
Sorry Owais:
hum haeN mushtaq aur woh bezaar
yaa ilaahi ye maajra kia hai
NG tracked down the girl (now a lady) and it was covered in their documentary aired some time back.
I tend to agree with Roshan. These eyes may be reflective of recent drug intake but hide the story of the time before that intake started. We should not right off these people out of hand as charsis and bhangis. Afterall these are part of us and in many cases victims of the society and, like others, not victims of their own faults.