Monumental with Khalid Ibrahim
• – • International Museum of Surgical Science
About the speaker
Khalid grew up in Pakistan in the foothills of the Himalayas; one hour south of the highest mountains in the world and one hour north of the agricultural plains of Punjab. Along with his family, he moved to the US when he was 12 and started a life of hyper observation of culture, language, and the human experience. This led to a creative and academic career in pattern finding, empathy, and observation.
Khalid straddles two very different lives; he is an epidemiologist at Northwestern University and has a commercial photography studio called Eat Pomegranate Photography. As an epidemiologist, over the last 8 years, his work has been immersed in clinical research projects in low resource healthcare settings like Nigeria, Malawi, Southern Pakistan, and now Chicago. His academic interests have traversed chronic disease and infectious diseases including but not limited to autism spectrum disorders, cerebral malaria, food allergies, and asthma.
In the realm of commercial photography, he specializes in people-centric lifestyle photography. This has led him to win bids for clients like Zappos, eBay, Urban Outfitters, and Amazon. His practice in portraiture focuses on hyper-empathy of the subject and utilizes techniques to best understand and photograph his subject’s personality. Khalid also has a few ongoing personal projects that explore the idea of slow communication. This work has been exhibited in solo and joint traveling exhibitions.
In both these seemingly disjoined career paths, Khalid uses similar problem-solving techniques that often start with a product-oriented goal that allows for malleability in the creative process.
Local partners
The International Museum of Surgical Science, a division of the International College of Surgeons, maintains public galleries committed to the history of surgery, and permanent collection of art and artifacts from the history of Medicine. The Museum supports its Mission through medically themed exhibitions, in addition to a strong contemporary art program. Follow them on Instagram @surgicalmuseumchicago.
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Founded by Creative Producer, Edwin R. Ruiz, Mondo Machine is a film and digital media hub for Chicago artists, filmmakers, writers, organizations and patrons of the arts to facilitate work that resonates with audiences worldwide. We specialize in narrative storytelling, documentary, live performance archives, and innovative event experiences. Follow them on Twitter @MondoMachine
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Ink Factory helps you communicate visually. We help fortune 100 companies, governments, nonprofits, and more by creating engaging live visual notes at events, illustrations that clarify complex information, videos that spark interest, and workshops that teach visual communication skills. Simply put: You talk. We draw. It’s awesome.™ Follow Ink Factory on Instagram @inkfactorystudio
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Chicago native DJ/Producer Mike Caliber has been playing some of Chicago’s Top Nitelife venues for over ten and has been DJing for almost 20 years ago. His music production has been featured on various TV programs and he is currently working towards his goal of becoming a national media personality. Follow DJ Mike Caliber on Instagram @djmikecaliber
Additional details
🎥📍 Filming location: International Museum of Surgical Science
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Location
Hosted at
International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois United States 60610
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