Biography
Faizan Adil is a Lahore-based Pakistani visual researcher and contemporary documentary photographer. He has been working as a freelance photographer since 2013. He teaches photography and media studies as a visiting lecturer at a university and college.
Education
MA in Photography
2018 - 2020
University of Hertfordshire
Musselburgh, Scotland.
BA(Hons) in Journalism
2011 - 2015
Beaconhouse National University
Lahore, Pakistan
Book
Lahore Neoliberal Estate Penumbra
2023
Photobook: Online open source book
ISBN: 9789692370806
Research
Image Ambiguity in Contemporary Era - 2022
Published in: The Book of Selected Readings 2023, “Connecting & Sharing: Envisioning the Future of Visual Literacy”, International Visual Literacy Association (Editor’s Choice Award)
https://ivla.org/image-ambiguity-in-contemporary-era/
Editor's Choice Award Paper
Wait & See - (2023 - 2025)
Book by by Belgian photographer Cedric Gerbehaye
Role: Archival data gatherer and visual data researcher
Fellowship & Residency
Pakistan Photo Festival Fellowship - 2017
Six-month program, Lahore
Project: ‘Industry of Dissolving Portraits’ – an in-depth look at nursing homes of Lahore
Tasweerghar Annual Art Residency – 2018
One-week program, Lahore
Project: ‘Sonder Seclusion’ on fine art scam
Photographic Exhibition
Lahore Neoliberal Estate Penumbra – 2023
Art Next, Lahore
Solo Exhibition
"Exploring the Extraordinary in Photography" – 2023
COMO Museum of Art, Lahore
Perception of Remorse – 2023
Lakir Art Gallery, Lahore
International Visual Literacy Association – 2022
“Connecting and Sharing: Envisioning the Futures of Visual Literacy”, online
International Visual Literacy Association – 2021
“Seeing Across Disciplines: An International Online Juried Art Exhibition”, online
Concrete House VR Exhibition – 2021
Online Exhibition
MNEMOSPHERE ATLAS - 2024
Online Exhibition
The Keyboard 1/5 – 2019
Zahoor ul Akhlaq Gallery, NCA (Lahore)
MNEMOSPHERE ATLAS - 2019
Online Exhibition
Inquest Insight 3 – 2018
Bangladesh
Pakistan Photo Festival – 2018
Kalma Chowk Metro Station (Lahore)
Tasweerghar Annual Art Residency – 2018
Lahore
Perspective of Pakistan – 2015
Gulberg Galleria, Lahore
Photography publication
Bracken– 2025
USA
Aedra Fine Arts – 2025
USA
Rattle – 2024
USA
Loosen Art Mag: EXPERIMENTA THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY – 2022
Italy
Waxing and Waning – 2019
Nashville, USA
Parsimonia Revista Magazine – 2018
Mexico
Genre: Urban Arts – 2018
USA
Edify Fiction – 2018
USA
Bright Sleep Magazine – 2018
USA
The Woven Tale Press, Vol VI # 7 – 2018
Glassworks Magazine – 2018
USA
Tenth Street Miscellany – 2018
USA
The Esthetic Apostle – 2018
USA
Memoir Magazine – 2018
USA
Verity La – 2018
Australia
Consumnes River Journal – 2018
USA
The Ear – 2018
USA
Open Arts Forum – 2018
Digging Press – 2017
USA
Gulf Stream Magazine – 2017
USA
Noble/Gas Quarterly Magazine – 2017
Phase Music Magazine – 2017
Pakistan
Work Experience
2023 - Present: Visiting Faculty
LACAS (A-Levels)
Course: Digital Media and Design
2023 - 2024: Visiting Faculty
Punjab University (Communication Department)
Course: Creative Photography
2017 - 2022: Visiting Lecturer
Beaconhouse National University (Razia Hasan School of Architecture)
Courses: Architectural Photography & Media Interpretation
2021 – 2022: Social Media Consultant
Beaconhouse National University (Razia Hasan School of Architecture)
2018 till Present: Assistant Director
Pakistan Photo Festival
Responsibilities: Collaborating with international photographers, overseeing fellowship logistics, mentoring photography fellows, conducting workshops, and managing social media platforms.
2015 till present: Freelance multimedia artist
Clients: Amnesty International (South Asia), United Nations, US Consulate General Lahore, Justice Project Pakistan, Kit and Kaboodle, Gaucho’s, Café Barbera, House Ltd., Polly & Other Stories, Trigram Design Studio, Organi Soul, Giramondo’s, Radius Loop, Stallions by Jay, Slumabad, Darson Industries, Gharial.