Last updated: 7 November 2026
Umaima Tanweer Khan is a photographer and visual artist based in Lahore, Pakistan. With no formal background in photography, she began with an iPhone 5 street photograph in Lahore’s Old City that was selected for the THAAP International Photography Exhibition and won a Gold Medal in Malaysia. She went on to study Visual Arts at the National College of Arts, Lahore (From Lahore With Love).
Like fellow Lahore photographers Nida Mehboob and Hanan Khaleeq, Khan’s work documents the city she calls home, from its pre-partition architecture to the artisans keeping its crafts alive.
Biography
Umaima Tanweer Khan is a photographer and visual artist based in Lahore, Pakistan. She had no formal background in photography and began with an iPhone 5, photographing the streets of Lahore's Old City. One of her early street photographs was selected for the THAAP International Photography Exhibition and won a Gold Medal in Malaysia, a moment that changed the course of her life. She went on to study Visual Arts at the National College of Arts, Lahore, after earlier degrees in Mathematics and Accounting and Finance. Her photographs document Lahore's Old City, its pre-partition architecture and the artisans keeping its crafts alive, and she has said she wants to document more of Pakistan's disappearing crafts and the communities that sustain them.
Education
- Visual Arts, National College of Arts, Lahore
Life Events
- 2025 – Published “Roots of Grief”, a photo series about trees being cut down at Nasir Bagh, Lahore.
- 2026 – Profiled by From Lahore With Love for her work documenting Lahore's heritage and disappearing crafts.
Work Experience
Khan's photographs have been exhibited internationally and featured by Sony Middle East and Canon Asia, and her work has been recognised by National Geographic Your Shot. She has won multiple Gold Medals at the All Pakistan Photo Contest and received Dawn's Photographer of the Year award. With the Citizen Archive of Pakistan and the Government of Punjab, she helped digitise the Lahore Museum's collection, photographing thousands of historic artefacts. In November 2025 she published 'Roots of Grief', a photo series about trees being cut down at Nasir Bagh, Lahore.
Achievements
- Gold Medal, THAAP International Photography Exhibition (Malaysia). Multiple Gold Medals, All Pakistan Photo Contest. Dawn Photographer of the Year. Featured by Sony Middle East and Canon Asia
- recognised by National Geographic Your Shot
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