Meet the Artist: Nadia Ahmed

The striking cover photography of Inkwell (R)evolution features the work of Nadia Ahmed. In the photo a crowd of protestors and on-lookers are framed by stretching city buildings. The photo is meant to capture the themes of the issue, the immediacy of these "contradictory times," and evoke the literary and artistic sentiments within the journal that reflect on the "joys and tribulations of living in the 21st century," as editor-in-chief Saskia Solomon put it.


Nadia shared her thoughts on the photo, saying:


"I took this photo at an anti-Trump rally in New York last year and submitted it for this issue's (R)evolution theme not only because it captures protesters, but also because of the young girl on her father's shoulders and the middle-aged man taking a photo of the crowd with his phone, just like I was doing. In the centre are two people taking selfies right in the middle of the crowd of people. I wanted to capture the variety of ages in attendance as well as what protesting in the age of technology looks like and how people there were relating to one another. The switch from being an active protester to a passive photographer was particularly striking for me at this rally."

PublishED is pleased to showcase the entire photograph here.





Nadia is a Comparative Literature MSc student who enjoys discussing ideas in literature with her peers. Before Edinburgh, Nadia lived in New York City where she worked as the Media and Design Editor for the New York Writers Workshop.

For any inquiries, please email her at ns7.ahmed@gmail.com




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