I recently had the wonderful opportunity to photograph Shaheen Dil during a visit to Philadelphia.

Shaheen is a poet and reached out because she needed some portraits to share when her poems are published and for upcoming poetry readings.

You can read more about an upcoming reading here: https://whitewhalebookstore.com/events/20230816

And you can hear some of Shaheen’s poetry here: https://www.calyxpress.org/august-and-aubade-by-shaheen-dil/

I absolutely loved our day together! We spent a peaceful and inspiring afternoon in a park in downtown Philadelphia to capture her beautiful portrait.

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Shaheen’s bio:

Shaheen Dil was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and lives in Pittsburgh. Her poems have been published in over two dozen literary journals and anthologies. Recent work has appeared in Calyx Literary Journal, The Gyroscope Review, Uppagus, The Atlanta Review, and Rune. She has work forthcoming in The Orchards Poetry Journal, US1 Worksheets and the poetry anthology, A Critique of the Gods. Her poem, “River at Night” won Honorable Mention in the Passager 2021 Poetry Contest. Her first full-length poetry collection, Acts of Deference, was published in 2016 by Fakel Publishing House. Shaheen is a member of the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange.