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{{short description|Indian photographer (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Farhat Basir Khan
| image = Farhat Basir Khan.jpg
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| caption = Khan in 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Gorakhpur]], Uttar Pradesh

| nationality = [[Indian]]
| other_names = Khan, F. B. Khan
| occupation = [[Academic photographer]]
| years_active = 1975 –
| known_for =
| notable_works =
}}

'''Farhat Basir Khan''' (born 2 August 1957) is an [[Indian]] [[photographer]]. He has made contributions to photography and [[media studies]] in India, both as an academic as well as an industry professional.<ref>{{cite web|title= Innovative photography|url=http://www.teacherguide.info/mentor_tet.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Abrar|first=Dr. Rahat|title=Alumni of AMU|url=http://www.amualumni.8m.com/JurnDir4.htm|work=Directory of Journalists from AMU|publisher=AMU University|accessdate=14 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207023425/http://amualumni.8m.com/JurnDir4.htm|archive-date=7 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Khan|first=FB|title=Faculty of MCRC|url=http://ajkmcrc.org/FacultyReadMore.aspx?FacId=2|publisher=AJK MCRC, JMI (www.ajkmcrc.org)|accessdate=14 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302133937/http://ajkmcrc.org/FacultyReadMore.aspx?FacId=2|archive-date=2 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Khan|first=FB|title=Faculty MCRC|url=http://ajkmcrc.org/FacultyReadMore.aspx?FacId=2|publisher=AJK MCRC, JMI (www.ajkmcrc.org)|accessdate=14 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302133937/http://ajkmcrc.org/FacultyReadMore.aspx?FacId=2|archive-date=2 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Khan has also served as the Professor of Media & Communication at the AJK Mass Communication and Research Centre where he officiates as the director of the centre in absence of the director<ref>{{cite news|title=Officiating Director at AJK MCRC|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1157157.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu|date=5 February 2011}}</ref>

He uses new [[Media (arts)|media]] formats like walk in [[multimedia]] installation for [[symposium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Farhat Basir Khan|url=http://www.indicareer.com/entrance-exams/AJK-MCRC/jamia-milia-faculty-6.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Farhat Basir Khan- Illustrated Lecture on Documenting Reality Lalit Kala Akademi Lucknow. 18th Feb.Friday|url=http://www.moviemazaa.com/node/671007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=media education|url=http://www.presstrust.com/node/671007}}</ref>

He has served as a member of many previous juries such as International CMS Vatavaran Film Festival, Delhi; Fuji Film Super Six, Film Photography and Animation Festivals at [[IIT Kanpur]] and [[IIT Delhi|Delhi]]; and for the last several years at the International Broadcast Convention for Content Creation, Management & Delivery in [[Netherlands]], Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof Farhat Basir Khan – Illustrated Lecture on Documenting Reality Lalit Kala Akademi|url=http://www.presstrust.com/node/671007|publisher=Press Trust of India|accessdate=14 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=supersix|url=http://www.jindalphoto.com/supersix2007/supersix.htm|access-date=18 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724030326/http://www.jindalphoto.com/supersix2007/supersix.htm|archive-date=24 July 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Khan produced the fifty-year commemorative audio-visual for [[UNICEF]] India as well as [[World Health Organization|WHO]] SEAR. and contributes regularly to several [[electronic media|electronic]], [[Print media|print]] and [[World Wide Web|web media]].<ref>{{cite web|title=50 year commemorative AV, UNICEF |url=http://www.presstrust.com/node/671007}}</ref>

== Academic career ==

Khan joined the [[AJK, Mass Communication Research Centre]], where he heads the Photography, [[Multimedia]] & [[Audiovisual]] sections and holds the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Chair.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Farhat Basir Khan|url=http://www.indicareer.com/entrance-exams/AJK-MCRC/jamia-milia-faculty-6.html|publisher=Indi Career|accessdate=14 March 2011}}</ref>

== Contribution to Cinema, Media and Academics ==

During his career as an academic he has taught [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Roshan Abbas]], [[Barkha Dutt]], [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]], [[Loveleen Tandan]], Aseem Mishra and Saurabh Narang.<ref>{{cite web|last=Raihan|first=Dr. Hamid|title=Prof. Farhat Basir Khan Rewarded|url=http://www.amunewsandviews.com/2009/03/prof-farhat-basir-khan-awarded.html|publisher=AMU NEWS|accessdate=14 March 2011}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Parul|title=Another Proud Moment for Jamia Institute|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031156440400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061459/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031156440400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|accessdate=14 March 2011|location=Chennai, India|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Farhat Basir Khan|url=http://www.moviemazaa.com/node/671007 }}</ref>

=== Commercial Work ===

He has contributed to various international projects such as the One World programme for UNICEF delegates on Unspooling the Documentary Process and for institutes such as [[MIT]], Russian Film School and [[Harvard Business School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Farhat Basir Khan|url=http://www.indicareer.com/entrance-exams/AJK-MCRC/jamia-milia-faculty-6.html|publisher=Indi Career (www.indicareer.com)|accessdate=14 March 2011}}</ref>
Khan was chosen to make an Audio Visual for Commemoration of 50 years for both UNICEF and WHO from amongst all the Professional Photographers around the world.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sahil|first=Afroz Alam|title=Double Whammy – JAI HO|url=http://suchnaexpress.blogspot.com/2009/03/double-whammy-jai-ho-jamia-millia.html|work=This time it's Sony World Photography Award at Cannes|publisher=Suchna Express|accessdate=14 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Farhat Basir Khan – Illustrated Lecture on Documenting Reality Lalit Kala Akademi Lucknow|url=http://www.presstrust.com/node/671007|publisher=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

==== Sony World Photography Awards, Cannes ====

He brought to India the World Photography Award – Student Focus at the Palais des Festival in [[Cannes]], defeating finalists from all the other continents. It was won by the team he was leading, consisting of two of his students at AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia in 2009. In 2010, the team led by him were the Asia finalists.
The award brought the focus of World Photography on India and AJK Mass Communication and Research Centre.<ref>{{cite news|title=2 Jamia Students, Prof bag photo awards at Cannes|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090509/delhi.htm#10|accessdate=14 March 2011|newspaper=The Tribune|date=8 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Parul|title=Another Proud Moment for Jamia|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031156440400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629061459/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/11/stories/2009031156440400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|accessdate=14 March 2011|location=Chennai, India|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 March 2009}}</ref>

==== Research on the Female Gaze ====

Based on his study of curated work of various female photographers, Khan attributes the female gaze to anything that has been photographed by a woman which according to him is actually breaking the stereotypical view created by "male-constructed" photographs that have shown women in a certain light throughout the history of visual arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=From her perspective|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/From-her-perspective/article16988924.ece|work=The Hindu|accessdate=30 March 2017}}</ref>

=== Campaign for Soldiers "Chitthi Aayi Hai" ===

In an attempt to encourage and inculcate letter-writing habit among youngsters, Khan conceived and curated a multimedia project #ChitthiAayiHai, where people photographed themselves and got it printed on a postcard, which they posted with a personalised message to their loved ones and soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Postcards-for-posterity/article16087644.ece|title=Postcards for posterity|first=Atif|last=Khan|date=2 November 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

=== Documenting Reality: Metaphors of Life ===

Khan delivered a lecture in [[Lucknow]] at the Lalit Kala Academy, talking about the importance of sound effects, the direction of light, and relation with characters to take a good picture. He used the examples from works of [[Vincent van Gogh]], [[Andrey Tarkovsky]] and [[Alfred Hitchcock]] to explain the importance of image and its perception in relation with other mediums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Light-sound-and-context-together-make-a-picture/articleshow/7524791.cms|title='Light, sound and context together make a picture'|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/Prof-Farhat-Basir-Khan-from-Mass-Communication-and-Research-Centre-Jamia-Milia-Islamia-delivered-a-lecture-on-documenting-reality-metaphors-of-life-/articleshow/7523638.cms|title=Prof Farhat Basir Khan from Mass Communication and Research Centre, Jamia Milia Islamia delivered a lecture on 'documenting reality: metaphors of life'|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

* {{cite book |first1=Farhat Basir |last1=Khan |author-mask1=0 |title=[[The Game of Votes]] |year=2019 |publisher=[[Sage Publishing|SAGE India]] |location=India |isbn=9789353286927}}

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Muskit Gergous at 13:57, 21 February 2023