Kismet Dreams

• Photographer
  Shazia Khan
• Agency / Studio
  Shaz Production
• Technical Info
  Nikon D 850
• Photo Date
  March 2020
• Website
  http://www.shaz.dk/

The battered women I meet at Dastak a Womens shelterhome are not shaggy and ruined but - on the contrary - strong and free. In the Islamic world dreams can have a prophetic meaning and be crucial to the choices one makes in one's life. I met a number of strong women with some violent but life-affirming stories and they told me about the dreams they had had and what landmark significance it had for their lives They tell of strong fateful dreams, and I recognize that. I have very strong dreams since my childhood, and when I was a child, I used my dreams as a a safe place from my violent mother.

• Biography
  Shazia Khan was born in Denmark. She is a trained commercial photographer and storyteller. Lately her focus has been on stories from Mexcio, Pakistan and Denmark.Her work ranges from feature portrait stories to more abstract photoseries. Her work has been shown at numerous exhibitions and been published by the largest Danish newspaper, Al Jazeera and in books and magazines. In 2020 she was awarded Honorable Mentions in the International Photo Competition PX3 in Paris, and in Tokyo Photo Awards. In 2023 she was awarded Silver in the International Photo Competition PX3 in Paris.
• Awards
  Honorable Mentions in the International Photo Competition PX3 in Paris, and in Tokyo Photo Awards.