Anas Saleem is a freelance photographer based in Faisalabad, Pakistan. He founded Everyday Pakistan, a visual storytelling platform with over 2 million followers, to challenge stereotypes and promote cultural understanding by showcasing everyday life in Pakistan.
Anas serves on the advisory board of The Everyday Projects, supporting initiatives for inclusivity and cross-cultural communication.He studied Photojournalism at Kent State University through the Global Ugrad Pakistan Fellowship and was a Cultural Ambassador of Pakistan in America.Anas' work has been published in Global Voices, HuffPost, Express News, Hindustan Times, Advox, Youth Ki Awaaz, and Dunya News. He has been featured in Quartz, Gulf News, DW, Indian Express, Dawn, DNA India, Asian Photography Magazine, Firstpost, Scroll, Dawn News (Urdu), Daily Jang, SUCH TV, TNIE, Pakistan Today, and The Wire.
GC University Faisalabad BS in Mass Communication (2023)
Kent State University Ohio - International Exchange Student (2022)
ianassaleem@gmail.com
+92 323 6098384
Instagram/anaspk
Selected Press
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Project
Everyday Pakistan
Everyday Pakistan is helping its viewers form a balanced view about Pakistan and its people, as opposed to the echo chambers that the media has become, which is propagating biased perspective of the country. For decades, Pakistan has been visually documented through the eyes of foreign photographers. This has created a long legacy of stereotypical images. ‘Everyday Pakistan’ is providing a platform to the native photographers to tell their own stories. As a result, it has had a tremendous impact in bridging the gap between cultures, and creating a space for dialogue and understanding.
Award
My project Everyday Pakistan won the Social Media For Empowerment Awards 2019 on 2nd August, 2019 in Delhi, India under the Citizen Journalism and Media category for visually breaking stereotypes and bridging cultural gaps. The awards were co-organized by Digital Empowerment Foundation (India) & Facebook.
