Life in chiaroscuro

Jahanzaib Haque explores a world of light and dark with Stephan Andrew.

(Published in the Nov-Dec 2009 issue of Aurora)

There is one thing that even a layman can see in the pictures of young, up and coming, photographer, Stephan Andrew: life is not easy.

A recent solo exhibition titled, ‘Trial by Existence’ held at the Photospace Gallery in Karachi, gave the public a chance to experience and engage with Andrew’s work, focused as it is on the theme of every day reality and fleshed out by characters and objects depicting the vast spectrum of existence that defines Pakistani living.

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KESC’s mission improbable

Published in Aurora Magazine, July-August 09 issue)

Jahanzaib Haque

With the summer heat beating down on Karachi and load-shedding in full swing, hardly a day goes by without the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) receiving a scathing press report citing poor performance, incompetence, corruption or criminal negligence.

One can also safely say that hardly an hour goes by without at least a handful of enraged citizens cursing the KESC, using expletives too graphic to mention here. Yet, it is against this backdrop that KESC thought it wise to launch an image building campaign in the print media.

This brave (to put it mildly) proactive step to woo disenchanted Karachiites is the brainchild of the new management and marketing teams of Abraaj Capital, who have stepped in to begin the much touted but largely invisible process of change at KESC.

Women in Advertising Survey (2009)

(Data published in Aurora Magazine, May-June 2009)

Survey questionnaire sent to 109 agencies, of which 39 responded.

Upper tier includes account directors, group heads etc. | Middle tier includes managers, planners etc. | Lower tier includes copywriters, admin staff etc.

Breakup of women by department.

Art from the KGS era (PT 4)

One of my Favorites. I was watching my friend playing 'Snake' on the mobile. Popped a host of images into my head, but this was the clearest by far.