See the Picture Wall of Lahore Fort at Nairang

Tahir Javed took 200 pictures and transferred them on to archival paper.

LAHORE:

A 49-photograph exhibition titled Wall of Lahore by artist Tahir Javed will run until January 24 at the Nairang Art Gallery.

Featuring photos of the famous Picture Wall of the Lahore Fort, the exhibit opened on Thursday evening.

Javed graduated as a product designer from the National College of Arts in 1967. Besides photography, he likes to paint with water colours. He has participated in several international photography events.

Javed, 65, told The Express Tribune that he had taken more than 200 pictures a month ago and had then transferred them on to archival paper (with a shelf life of over 80 years). The photos were then mounted on wooden frames.

Javed said he had decided to photograph the Picture Wall because it is his favourite part of the Lahore Fort. “No other spot at the fort gets my attention as much as the Picture Wall. I enjoy looking at it for hours. It documents the Mughal history in such detail. I took the prints and decided to give them a glazed effect so they look like the original,” he said.

The work is priced between Rs49,000 and Rs125,000.

The opening was co-hosted by Javed and Nayyar Ali Dada, the owner of the gallery. Dada said Javed and he were also planning on documenting other historical monuments across Lahore.  On Javed’s list are the Buddhu Ka Awa (brick kiln) on GT Road, Wazir Khan Mosque, Dai Anga’s tomb and Mariyam Zamani Begum Mosque near the Lahore Fort.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19^th, 2013.