Pakistan

A countrythat's alive.

You hear about Pakistan in headlines. I show it to you in pictures: cities being built, roads on the move, cafés full of people, landscapes that take your breath away. This is the country I've seen since 2018.

Sunset over the towers
New residential neighbourhoods
On the metro
Café latte
Hunza valley in autumn
A palace-like building after the rain
Motorway at sunset
Wood-fired pizza
Sunset over the towers
New residential neighbourhoods
On the metro
Café latte
Hunza valley in autumn
A palace-like building after the rain
Motorway at sunset
Wood-fired pizza
Restaurants on the sea, at night
At the foot of the towers
Mosaic pizza oven
Seafront
Coworking space
Palm grove
Motorway signs towards Rawalpindi
Hand-woven rug
Restaurants on the sea, at night
At the foot of the towers
Mosaic pizza oven
Seafront
Coworking space
Palm grove
Motorway signs towards Rawalpindi
Hand-woven rug
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Cities being built

Towers rising, new neighbourhoods, tree-lined avenues. Here, things are being built, and built fast.

New residential neighbourhoods
A palace-like building after the rain
Entrance to a business centre
Construction site at sunrise
A tower under construction
Sunset over the towers
The city at dusk
Evening sky over a residential neighbourhood
At the foot of the towers
Avenue and glass tower
Glass façade and pines
The city from above
Pedestrian square and shops
Restaurant terrace in the evening
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Roads, movement

Motorways, metro, planes, motorbikes: everything moves. You cross the country by car, by train, sometimes by plane, always with the feeling that things are moving forward.

Rush hour on a motorbike
Tree-lined avenue
Cycle path and street lamps
Motorway at sunset
On the motorway, at nightfall
Road at sunset
Morning traffic
Motorway signs towards Rawalpindi
On the metro
Lahore Flying Club
Flying over the coast
“Your body is in France, but your mind is in Pakistan.”
A sentence my father kept repeating
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A creative scene

French-style bakeries, specialty coffee shops, wood-fired pizzas, handmade rugs, open offices: a generation of entrepreneurs is inventing its own places.

Handmade tartlets
Mosaic pizza oven
Café latte
Wood-fired pizza
Pistachio cake
Pastries, in the evening
Café terrace
Croissants
Pizza in a café
Chocolate éclairs
Hand-woven rug
Pure wool rug, handmade in Pakistan
Detail of a tufted rug
Sign of a carpet factory
Carpet warehouse
Open space and conversations
Coworking space
Brightly coloured office
Gym
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Breathtaking landscapes

From the Arabian Sea to the Hunza valleys, from palm groves to mountain rivers: one country, a thousand settings.

Seafront
Tea and pakoras by a dam
Rocks and river
Restaurants on the sea, at night
Palm grove
Palm-lined path
Dunes and waves
By a mountain river
Green valley
Hunza valley in autumn
Viewpoint over the valley
Facing the river
On a rock, in the middle of the water
A break on the mountain road

Come and
see it up close.