Katherine Kiviat

Location: New York, New York

Katherine Kiviat, born and raised in New York City, is an award winning documentary photographer and photojournalist who has covered diverse subjects, including American Gypsies, Indian sex workers, the first free presidential elections in Afghanistan, the Palestinian elections that brought Hamas to power and the internal refugees from the fighting in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

In 2007, Kiviat published her first book Women Of Courage: Intimate Stories from Afghanistan with International T.V Journalist, Scott Heidler. For almost three years, she based herself in Kabul, where she taught photojournalism to Afghan women and girls and focused her photography on the changing role of Afghan women.

website: http://www.katherinekiviat.com
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  • Saira Liaquat, 22yrs, burn victim and survivor, holding an old photograph of herself before she was burned with acid by her husband. Photographed at Saira's parents' home in Lahore, Pakistan on February 7, 2009. Saira is presently working as beautician at the Depilex beauty salon in Lahore, Pakistan. There are presently over 300 cases of burn victims registered in Pakistan. Most victims are between the ages of 14 - 25 years old. Motives vary, but are most frequently obsession, jealousy, suspected infidelity, husband wanting to re-marry, sexual non-cooperation. The face and genitalia are the areas most generally targeted, those guaranteeing complete disfiguration.
  • Sabira Manzoor, 31 year old burn victim and survivor, in one of the spare bedrooms she stays in at the Depilex beauty salon in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 17, 2008. Sabira was burned 15 years ago by her husband who lit her on fire with kerosine oil. After 30 surgeries, Sabira is doing much better and is presently working at the Smile Again beauty salon in Lahore, Pakistan and the Depilex Salon in Islamabad, Pakistan as a beautician. There are presently over 300 cases of burn victims in Pakistan. Most victims are between the ages of 14 - 25 years old. Motives vary, but are most frequently obsession, jealousy, suspected infidelity, husband wanting to re-marry, sexual non-cooperation. The face and genitalia are the areas most generally targeted, those guaranteeing complete disfiguration.
  • Bir Baba, (right) with his son Tarek(left), a Pakistani refugee who fled his village in Bajaur when he received a threat from the Taliban saying they would kill him if he did not leave. Bir Baba was the Malek, (tribal chief) of his village and is now the leader of a Pakistani refugee community which he set up on the edge of Islamabad, Pakistan. There are now 70 -80 undocumented refugee families living in this community. Photographed on May 17, 2009, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Saida, 8 yrs old, from Maiman Agency, is one of the thousands of undocumented refugees who were forced to leave their homes due to intense fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistan military. She is now living in a housing compound in Islamabad, Pakistan run by refugee, Bir Baba from Bajour who set up these houses for incoming refugees from Bajour, Swat, Buner, and the tribal agency areas. There are now 70 - 80 familes living on this compound. The families prefer to rent out these houses as they provide more privacy for their family, in particular, their women who are often filmed and photographed inside the refugee camps. May 17, 2009 in Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Said Wahid holding his newborn grandson, Sahil under his tent at the Swabi IDP camp in Swabi, Pakistan. Sahil was born 3 days ago, just a few days after this refugee family had fled Swat and moved to the IDP camp for safety. Photographed in Swabi, Pakistan on May 20, 2009. There are now 1.5 million displaced people in Pakistan's North West.
  • Pakistani refugees inside a refugee community set up on the edge of Islamabad, Pakistan. This refugee community that they are living in now was set up by refugee, Bir Baba, from Bajaur, who was forced to leave his home when the Taliban threated to kill him if he did not leave his village. There are now 70 -80 undocumented refugee families living in the community. May 17, 2009.
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  • Morning service at St. Thomas Church in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 2, 2008. Christians make up only 1.5% of the population of Pakistan, a country which is 97% Muslim. Christians living in Pakistan face serious problems, including unequal employment and education opportunities, and poor housing facilities. Many are scared go by their Christian names or to wear physical symbols of their faith in fear that they will be charged with blashemy for defaming Islam.
  • Christian Pakistani women doing their laundry inside the France Colony, one of the 9 Christian colonies in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 27, 2009. Christians make up only 1.5% of the population of Pakistan, a country which is 97% Muslim. Christians living in Pakistan face serious problems, including unequal employment and education opportunities, and poor housing facilities. Many are scared go by their Christian names or to wear physical symbols of their faith in fear that they will be charged with blashemy for defaming Islam.
  • Pakistani man inside a Christian Church in the Old City and Red Light district of Lahore, Pakistan on December 2, 2008.
  • Exterior shot of a Pakistani Christian Church at night in the Heera Mandi (red-light district) of Lahore, Pakistan on August 31, 2008.
  • The Colony, a very popular bar/ restaurant in Jerusalem, Israel. Photographed on May 10, 2007.
  • Scene from the St. Josep Boqueria open air market in Barcelona, Spain on September 10, 2007.
  • Sex Workers at night inside the Old City and Red Light district of Lahore, Pakistan on December 20, 2008.
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  • Display of knives used for Ashura at a shop in the Old City of Lahore, Pakistan on December 20, 2008. Shiite Muslims men whip their backs with these knives in a display of devotion at religious rituals during Ashura, the holy month of Moharram, to mark the martydrom of seventh century saint Imam Hussain, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, at Karbala in modern-day Iraq in 680 AD.
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  • Young muslim men walk through the compound of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan on December 20, 2008. The Badshahi mosque was founded by Muhyi-Uddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir, the 6th Mughal emperor of India and was completed in 1673 AD. It is now one of the main tourist attractions in Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Scene from what used to be the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel following an overnight suicide bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan on September 21, 2008. A huge truck bomb exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on the evening September 20, killing at least 53 people and wounding at least 266.
  • Young Pakistani boy gazing up at the Lollywood film posters outside a Lollywood cinema in the Old City of Lahore, Pakistan on August 31, 2008.
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  • Local Jordanian man sitting outside a food shop in Wadi Rum, Jordan on December 28, 2007.
  • Kelly Slater on West Beach in Tel Aviv Jaffa, Israel on October 20, 2007.
  • Israeli Surfers and fans gather around Kelly Slater and Makua Rothman on the way back from the Surfer's Circle in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 19, 2007.