Tooba Ijaz

My Do Not Travel photo book focuses on how Canadian and United States Travel Advisory websites currently suggest taking extra caution and reconsidering travel to Pakistan. The photobook juxtaposes images representing Pakistan’s peaceful and serene side with contrasting text that tells the viewer to consider rescheduling or canceling travel plans due to violence and terrorism. 

Tooba Ijaz is a Pakistani-Canadian artist and photographer who explores world issues through sculpture and city life through photography. Tooba started her formal artistic practice in Toronto at the age of fourteen, when she had begun taking art courses at high school before becoming acquainted with the fundamentals of art and design theories. Tooba is currently a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto, Mississauga (UTM) campus. She is enrolled as a specialist in the Art & Art History program with a minor in History of Religions, and she is working on completing a curatorial studies certificate. At Sheridan College, she is working on her Advanced Diploma in Art & Art History, where she receives her hands-on practice by working in the sculpture and photo facilities.