Lahore is heart

Awais Yaqub

Lahore is the most historic and most known and most visited city of Pakistan. It is about 5 hours drive for Islamabad the capital of Pakistan. It is near to the Indian border and is provincial capital of Punjab. People are extremely lively and are known for their hospitality. City is also known for it's food. It is Hollywood of Pakistan and known as LollyWood. Full of culture and life all around is something to see.

I was there only for 6 hours and was only able to see and shoot few things. Sky was totaly washed out and city was covered with haze.

Here is 1st part shot around "Food street" and "Data Derbar" it is grave of a saint and place is quite famous among "Brailve Muslims"

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Street Barbar shop

This is "food street" if you love food this place is for you i love food there







These are shot on traffic signal through glass

this was shot from car better composition was ruind because of Backfocus :cry


Some high flyers around the tomb. Tombs are usually favourit place of these people









Inside tomb this guy rubs oil on hands of devoties and pray for them.







Distribution of food among poors in the tomb




Grave


People would sit around the grave for blessings














then i went to Lahore fort light was pthetic i will post those later

People say

"Who havn't seen Lahore he is not born yet"

In times of festivals like Spring festivals and religious festivals this city is real place to see.

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Jimbojack

Great photos!

Next time I go to South Asia, I'm planing on visiting North India/Pakistan, Specifically Kashmir, Karakoram, go down to Karachi and cross into Iran. Hopefully I'll be able to do it this or next year. Your pictures make me want to pack my bags and go now

Tee Why

Nice series.
I like the barber shot the best. What a lively place.

gluwater

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Excellent, I love them all but I really like the two above.

Awais Yaqub

Thank you all

schmoo

I always love a good thread by Awais

I love the mixture of happiness and sadness, of dust and of color in this series. This is by all means a truly mixed city (as all cities are) with all kinds of people, emotions, and faces.

Thank you!

seastack

Wonderful! Wonderful! Such a great series, I always look forward to your posts Awais. My favorite by far is the street barber shot ... the portraits are wonderful and add to richness of the whole series as always ... but the barber shop is life. The juxtaposition of old world with the western advertising and influence in the background is a bonus.

If I may ask a (somewhat) related question on your thread here ... this photo of President Musharraf on the Magnum blog, taken by one of my favorite photojournalists, has a portrait in the President's office on the wall.

Do you know who is in the portrait? Does this have historical significance in the scheme of things?

thanks again Awais!

tom

Seefutlung

Super ... this series tells a story, fills the viewer with more questions than answers and ends with the viewer begging for more ...

Great Job Awais.

Gary

PS- Next time you go to Lahore ... let me know I'd love to shoot this city.
G

Awais Yaqub

seastack wrote:

Wonderful! Wonderful! Such a great series, I always look forward to your posts Awais. My favorite by far is the street barber shot ... the portraits are wonderful and add to richness of the whole series as always ... but the barber shop is life. The juxtaposition of old world with the western advertising and influence in the background is a bonus.

If I may ask a (somewhat) related question on your thread here ... this photo of President Musharraf on the Magnum blog, taken by one of my favorite photojournalists, has a portrait in the President's office on the wall.

Do you know who is in the portrait? Does this have historical significance in the scheme of things?

thanks again Awais!

tom

Thanks Tom he is Mohammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan.
I am glas you enjoyed the photos the barber shop was right in middle of Pakistan's largest camera market

Awais Yaqub

Seefutlung wrote:

Super ... this series tells a story, fills the viewer with more questions than answers and ends with the viewer begging for more ...

Great Job Awais.

Gary

PS- Next time you go to Lahore ... let me know I'd love to shoot this city.
G

Thanks Gary if you want to come on coming spring festival ? this place is worth visitng on spring festival

When ever you decide let me know really want to shoot with you

explorish

very cool series. thanks for showing us your country. i prefer this way to any tourist agency advertisements

OsirisPhoto

Exceptional!

I love this one, made me chuckle.

Awais Yaqub

Hyperbaric wrote:

Exceptional!

I love this one, made me chuckle.

thanks the girl on the shirt is famous indian actress Kareena Kapoor. It is really un natural to see a guy wearing a picture shirt in religious place in Muslim countries

swintonphoto

Awais, your images always move me. These ones are especially stunning. As always - wonderful.

Awais Yaqub

swintonphoto wrote:

Awais, your images always move me. These ones are especially stunning. As always - wonderful.

Thank you Sir

Seefutlung

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks Gary if you want to come on coming spring festival ? this place is worth visitng on spring festival

When ever you decide let me know really want to shoot with you

That would be fun ... both for the images and the trouble ...

Gary

Awais Yaqub

Seefutlung wrote:

That would be fun ... both for the images and the trouble ...

Gary

Lahore is very safe place to visit for anyone

ChrisJ

Wow, I'm jealous. That kind of international travel is off the books for our family for a few years.

Great shots, as always, Awais. What amazing colors and characters.

spechtal

Great shots Awais. Your threads are always wonderful to look at and learn from.

Antonio Correia

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Lahore is very safe place to visit for anyone

Mind if I join you ?
May be, may be ...

Awais: your pictures man ... lust


One American, one Portuguese and you ...

Antonio Correia

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks Gary if you want to come on coming spring festival ? this place is worth visitng on spring festival

When ever you decide let me know really want to shoot with you

and when is that Spring festival ?

Seefutlung

Antonio Correia wrote:

and when is that Spring festival ?

Antonio ... you are a wild man!

leaforte

Awais You are a true photographer. Thanks for sharing.

Yuri Pautov

Great photographs, my friend!
What machine are you using now?
Yuri

gus

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Mate i love it...fantastic !!

Awais Yaqub

Yuri Pautov wrote:

Great photographs, my friend!
What machine are you using now?
Yuri

Thanks all

Yuri this time i have EOS 400D + kit lens and 50mm 1.8 clap

Antonio Correia

Seefutlung wrote:

Antonio ... you are a wild man!

I have been talking with my wife about this and she told me that it may be rather dangerous because there are many different people around.

And very dangerous for Americans. Not for Portuguese as they are not important.

We have been looking for travels in group to this part of the World and some are very interesting. Cultural travels. VERY interesting indeed.

It's different to travel in group or just by yourself ...

Awais Yaqub

Antonio Correia wrote:

Not for Portuguese as they are not important.

Spring festival is in Spring March April a lot of Americans go to Lahore. Infect they travel more in Pakistan then we do

Seefutlung

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks all

Yuri this time i have EOS 400D + kit lens and 50mm 1.8 clap

I am glad you are using a dSLR ... has the new camera improved you photos?

Gary

Awais Yaqub

Seefutlung wrote:

I am glad you are using a dSLR ... has the new camera improved you photos?

Gary

Hi Gary well i think apart from fine picture quality and DOF nothing has changes in my photos.

Stagehand

great colors...I like your portraits very much. did great stuff with what you say is grey light.

I wonder, how do you approach people to take their portrait? Do you ask permission?