.... any work of art that depicts beauty - be it poetry, music, painting or photography - is a representation of the divine concealed inside us.... All praise to Him alone, the creator of beauty within and in the infinite creations beyond… Here's to the countless moments of wonder, here's to the limitless… Hues Within.

Azure :: Gallery ::. Cyanotype prints. A process belonging to the early photographic contact printing techniques .
Cinnamon :: Gallery ::. Vandyke prints. One of the simplest and least expensive of the old image making techniques.
Drifting Winds :: Gallery ::. Gallery of images belonging to an era of splendid Muslim arts and culture in Persia - Iran.
11 Seconds to Fusion :: Gallery ::. A series of Polaroid Image Transfers.
18 Steps to Lucidity :: Gallery ::. Illusory images created by slide sandwiching .
Tonal Values :: Gallery ::. My favorite set of images from this section of the web site.
Elemental :: Gallery ::. South Africa's outstanding scenery and climate is a landscape photographer's paradise.

This section of the site in essence explores ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY PROCESSES. Three amongst them are shown here: Polaroid Image Transfers, Cyanotype Process, and the Van Dyke Process. Other works include conventional Color and Black & White Photography. These images are from Iran (1998) and South Africa (1995) and a few from my hometown (1988 onwards) Karachi, Pakistan.

REVIEWS ::.

"Fine art photography has its own niche albeit tiny but thought provoking and exhilarating."
::. DAWN - THE REVIEW February 10-16, 2000. Download Complete Review - 79 kbs

"Farah Mahbub's photographs combine elaborate technique with an intensely personal vision."
::. NEWSLINE March 2000. Download Complete Review - 75 kbs

"The article attempts to praise open the secret hidden within the exhibition's enigmatic imagery."
::. SOUTHASIA March 15, 2000. Download Complete Review - 76 kbs

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