Nadzirah’s passion for world issues and the arts is reflected in her work, stripping away all racial, gender and class boundaries.
Graduating from a background in Politics from Queen Mary, University of London, Nadzirah has always been an avid reader on world issues and the arts. Combining both passions, her perspective on of the world is often reflected through her photography which essentially strips away all boundaries of racial issues, gender conflicts and class division by focusing on the basic hopes and dreams of every human being: to be understood, accepted, and remembered. She is also the founder of online community called friendlyfashion.my, where she hopes to deliver a message which thrives on fashion and meaningful consumption.
2011: Mixed
There was a time when mixed marriages were frowned upon in Malaysia – and perhaps even know, there are pockets of society that cannot quite grasp the idea of interracial marriages. But times are changing and the beautiful faces that walk the streets today no longer clearly belong to one particular race or ethnicity. The faces of 1Malaysia can be distinctly Malay, Chinese, Indian, or somewhere in between, falling under the category of “Others” in official forms. Yes, the Malaysian “face” is now a random rojak of heterogenous faces but Malaysians they truly are, as they proudly posed for this photographer.