Arts, Culture And People Through The Lens Of Photographer Ghada Khunji

Women Power Podcast with Wafa Alobaidat

In this episode, Ghada Khunji takes us on her journey as a photographer of the people, cultures and places she’s lived and how that has imbibed in her style of photography and the many stories it tells. She shares what it takes to be an artist that explores her deepest contemplations and not focusing on the monetizing aspect of this profession but actually giving faces and voices to the underprivileged people. She talks about why she feels her work is a reflection of who she is and anything from painting, to physics, to building bridges, airplanes and art is multifaceted. Episode is out now!
Ghada Khunji is a photographer and started her career in the early nineties as a freelance photographer in the fashion industry in New York City.
Khunji’s photographs are known for documenting both landscapes and people from all over the world and the inherent dignity of the human element. In her latest work she focuses the lens on herself by exploring her innermost feelings, thoughts and identity as a
woman.
Khunji is the recipient of a significant number of awards, including the Lucie Discovery
of the Year (dubbed, The Oscars of Photography), American Photo Magazine’s Image of the Year Award, as well as the Golden Lights Award for Travel. She has exhibited widely in the US and Europe and in recent years, in London, Spain, Italy, France and throughout the Middle East.
In 2018, she exhibited at Sotheby’s in London as part of a group show inspired by Kahlil
Gibrans, The Prophet. Simultaneously she was in an ongoing show, I AM, under the
patronage of Queen Rania which debuted in Jordan. She also exhibited at The American University in Washington D.C. as part of a group show organized by Tribe photo magazine.
This past November, she presented a new work of art for an exhibition hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain, celebrating the International Day of Islamic Art at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.