Ayesha Khan’s work targets the representation and, more specifically, misrepresentation of Muslim women within media and wider UK society.

Half-Welsh and half-Pakistani, Ayesha studied photography at the University of South Wales and quickly found a need to address the lack of positivity of Muslim women choosing to wear traditional dress and seek out confident and assertive women for her own projects.

Her ‘Standing Up’ series was shown as part of the 2019 Diffusion festival in Cardiff in the Phrame Collective exhibition (of which she is a member) and also in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.

Our thanks to photographer, musician and artist Ani Saunders for agreeing to speak to Ayesha for this recording. Follow her on Twitter @ani_glass

You can view a range of Ayesha's work on her website mwmuslimwomen4.wixsite.com/projects
And her feed on Instagram @mwmuslimwomen

Images © Ayesha Khan and used on Ffoton with permission
Banner/Portrait image © Arran Davies

Comment

Photography is clearly in the blood of the Collier clan. We were delighted when Tim Collier (our first featured conversation on Ffoton back in 2015) offered to have a sit-down chat with his daughter Nia Haf and reflect on her photography travels since graduating from Falmouth University in 2013.

Currently making a photographic record of her travels in Australia, Nia's keen interest in areas of Humanitarian Aid and Charities appear an ideal fit for her Press and Editorial Photography degree. Enjoy.