The year 2020 was a long, difficult, and reflective journey for homo sapiens.
Globally, the effects of the pandemic, economic recession, lockdowns, and restrictions have plunged human lives and conditions into the extremity of everything. This year has taken much away from all of us. Some of us have lost loved ones, some of us have lost livelihoods, some of us have lost the freedom of movement, some of us have given up the freedom, and some of us have lost a little bit of everything.
Human resilience is evidence that survival is possible. Even in the face of the biggest challenges. Human ingenuity is limitless when it comes to saving fellow human health. The impossible seems to be possible. The COVID-19 vaccine is almost rolled out in many parts of the world. We have seen beyond the daily routine of life. We have seen how being locked up feels. We have seen how the worldwide flow of people and trade stops. We have seen how empty our holy and scared places become. We now wish to get over with this. We now feel that we can bring normal back to our lives and cherish it. When all of this craziness is over, we wish to become humble and enjoy our little lives with travel and adventures.
By taking this opportunity, at the end of this year, I want to share the photographs captured during 2020. In some parts of the world, people always value life and soul over the material. Despite the pandemic, harsh economic burden, and extensive lockdowns, we have overcome fear. Fought with false and negative information. To celebrate little, I am sharing my work. These photographs are a reflection of this year from the perspective of my lens and the little freedom that I had to capture these photographs.
I wish you all a happy new year, happy and healthy 2021.
Frere Hall is a historical and colonial legacy of the British period, completed in 1865. This building now serves as an exhibition, tourism spot, and library at the center of Karachi, the metropolitan city of Pakistan.In February 2020, Lahooti Melo was held at Jamshoro, Sindh. In this picture, I tried to capture the energy that passed from modern and folk Sufi musicians toward the audience. That was a decisive moment when the masses raised their hands in the air and enjoyed the concert with zeal during the final signing concert. Gorakh Hill Station is the highest tourist spot in the province of Sindh. It is famous for its mountain range, Khirthar, as well as its scenic views. The cool and chilly weather of Gorakh Hill Station attracts thousands of tourists each year. Captured in May 2020.During the lockdown restrictions, I visited the Delta region of Thatta, Pakistan. I spent some time with the fishing community, and here I post the photographs which show their daily life routine and work pattern..This water tributary is known as chahnd, the leftover or once-used water in farms and in cultivation. This tributary will merge into the sea at the end. A sign of winter is reflected in the softness of the sun. As this sun was setting, birds came around to catch the last meal of the day in the wastewater creek. This is year as we moved toward new normal, isolation and physical distancing, I made breakthrough into new style of photography. I started to shoot photograph of birds. Birding is rewarding activity. These are best shots that I ve got in 2020.This photo is captured in December 2020 at Trajan’s Column in Rome, Italy.Street views of the Florence, Italy.Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence before the Christmas eve. This place used to attract huge crowds before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country of Italy. Now only handful of people visit.
Kashif Rustamani 