Farheen Fatima (b.1994) is a self-taught photographer and visual artist based out of Chandigarh, India. In her work, she engages in a narrative that is themed around nostalgia and the complexities that govern human longing for tenderness. While doing so, she has employed her lens as a meditative tool to find her own voice. The intimate nature of her images depicts her personal relationship with nature.
Her work has been exhibited across continents in countries from Spain, Malaysia, Germany, and the United States including India at India Art Fair in New Delhi and UAE at the Sharjah Art Foundation.
She holds a Master in History of Art from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, and is the recipient of The Toto Photography Award, 2022. Her work has been shortlisted for Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards Portrait Prize, 2022.
Farheen has been featured by Apple, Getty Images Reportage, and VSCO. Her work has been published in Better Photography India, Vogue India, Verve India, Grazia India, The Bengaluru Review, Homegrown India.
Apart from exhibits, Farheen has co-authored a poetry book “Private Maps” published by Human/Kind Press, Wilmington, United States.