its high time to share the photographs captured in the year 2019
During the year 2019, I have made to the less visited and explored places of Pakistan, where one find diverse ecology, rich culture, beauty of nature, exotic tradition and rituals. These places are known to be extremes in geography such as the Khirthar mountains, the white desert and the complex cities. During those visits, I was fortunate enough to collect the wisdom and photograph of the folks dwelling in these places. It gave me space to understand and share connection of human, environment and cultures.
Among 100’s of photographs, I have chosen 14 best photographs for my friends and readers.
Native Baloch in Khirthar mountains sitting in a casual way, waiting for one of the riders to arrive. This picture I captured during my 3-day tour to the ridge of Khirthar mountain. Widest aperture open during clear nights over the mountains of Khirthar, Sindh Tourist at famous Ayoubia National park, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Mallah fisherman of Indus River, Jamshoro, Sindh Paka Qila – Hyderabad’s 18th-century-built old fort and its present situationA child looks out in amazement and curiosity at a railway junction Darvesh at Shah Bilawal Noorani shrine near Lahoot Lamakan, BalochistanCrepuscular rays and pasture landscape near Jamshoro region of Kohistan, Sindh Friday prayers performed at remote and barren desert Achro Thar, in SindhStruggle of young girls during the fetching of water from a dug well, at Achro Thar, SindhSpectators lined up to watch one of the oldest sports of the Indus (modern-day Sindh) at Khipro, SindhGods in the desert of Achro Thar, Sindh –A traditional setting for the musical night on the occasion of a wedding ceremony in Islamkot, Tharparkar, Sindh Mehndi Ceremony at Wedding in Tharparkar – a traditional and cultural practice of applying Mehndi on the hand of the groom at the night of the wedding
Kashif Rustamani 