Daily Times

Three-time Gourmand Award winner, and Pakistan’s leading independent publishing house Markings Publishing, helmed by Kiran Aman, proudly launches its first global outreach project titled “OUR MARKINGS 2020” – a photographic journey through COVID-19, a testimony to life during self and social isolation.

Indeed, in these unprecedented times amid COVID-19, Kiran aims to unite the community to find communal strength and perseverance by joining hands on one platform to document the shifting values in the current times.

Committed towards uplifting mankind’s morale, Markings Publishing is inviting everyone to send in photographs that depict what one feels, sees, or thinks, to initiate the live case history for “OUR MARKINGS 2020”.

Markings Publishing has already received global entries from New York, Dar es Salaam, Doha, Jaipur, Dubai, Haryana, Karachi, Jeddah, Boston and Lahore to name a few, including pictures taken and submitted by award winning actress Mahira Khan, the legendary musician Faisal Kapadia of Strings and Selina R. Khan, CEO of Lotus PR.

These submissions will be compiled in a book, which will document the journey through this time.

The submission guidelines for this are as below:

1. Ask yourself, what meaning and/or opportunities have you realised upon being isolated from friends and family?

2. Take a photo and caption your response with your feeling during that moment in time (word limit: 35 words).

3. Express yourself with abandon. We welcome all emotions: limitation or opportunity, surreal or faithful, hesitant or helpful, lonely or energetic. No feeling is too large or too small.

4. Include the following information with your submission: *

Markings Publishing has already received global entries from New York, Dar es Salaam, Doha, Jaipur, Dubai, Haryana, Karachi, Jeddah, Boston and Lahore to name a few, including pictures taken and submitted by award winning actress Mahira Khan, the legendary musician Faisal Kapadia of Strings and Selina R Khan, CEO of Lotus PR

Name:

Age:

City and Country:

Date and Time:

Period of Isolation (thus far):

Caption:

Social media handle(s):

5. Email your image on info@markings.com.pk with the subject: OurMarkings2020.

Kiran Aman, CEO Markings said, “At this time, it is imperative that you keep your family and selves safe by staying home, so let us try and make this time interesting for you! We look forward to getting to know you through your submissions. We remain ever grateful for the opportunity to brighten the year’s horizon with you. Most importantly, keep in mind that the more genuine and intimate your expression, the more our readership can weather and withstand COVID-19. It is time to come together and document our journey.”

The Markings team will shortlist the most powerful entries which will be published in “OUR MARKINGS 2020”, whilst the remaining images will be shared across social media, crediting the respective photographer(s).

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/markingspk

Hashtags: #MarkingsPublishing #OurMarkings2020 #COVID_19

Three-time Gourmand Award winner, and Pakistan’s leading independent publishing house, Markings was founded by Kiran Aman in 2010 with a vision to nurturing a platform that encourages a diversity of expression. Indeed, in its eleventh year, Markings continues to conceptualise and release books with Markings Publishing, curated brand books with Markings Corporate and self-help books with Markings KHUDI.