Photo by Léon Torres
Nida Mehboob is a photographer & filmmaker based in Lahore, Pakistan. She graduated as a pharmacist but left the field and started photography. Since then she has been doing documentary projects including few short films. She has received her diploma in photography from Pathshala Southasian Media Institute in 2019. She is currently finishing her master studies in documentary fillmmaking at Aalto University, Helsinki.
Fellowships & Residencies
Pakistan Photo Festival Fellowship, 2017
Angkor Photo Festival Workshop, 2017
Film Talents - Voices from Pakistan and Afghanistan by Prince Claus Fund and Goethe-Institut, 2018
Honorable Mention at Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award, 2018 & 2019
Magnum Foundation Social Justice Photography grant & fellowship, 2019
Ethnocine Feminist Residency Haverford, PA, 2020
Akademie of Arts Residency, Berlin 2021
Group Shows
Exhibition of Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award Winners, 2019
Inland Stories - An exhibition by International Photography Program at Drik Gallery Bangladesh, 2018
Growing Like a Tree - A collective exhibition curated by Sohrab Hura at Ishara Art Foundation, 2021
Off Limits - A group show at Chobi Mela, 2021
Control - A group show curated by Vincent Hasselbach, 2021
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