“Tony Aftab lives with short term memory loss, that occurred as a result of an accident in operation almost 30 years ago for his brain condition hydrocephalus. Despite Tony’s short term memory loss affecting his day-to-day life, he has always retained the memory of dishes from his childhood.

The father and daughter pair have co-authored a photobook-meets-cookbook, in which Tami’s photographs sit alongside Tony’s recipes.

Growing up, Tami found that one of the greatest connections she had to her Pakistani heritage was through food.

Landing in Pakistan with Tony in February this year to shoot their latest series was at first disorientating and even overwhelming at times, to be in a space that is so unknown and yet so familiar.

“But then I taste the food,” she says with a smile, “and that feels like home to me.

The uplifting exhibition explored the role of food in forming identity and memories, intertwining Tami’s new photo series with recipes from her father—who, despite his short-term memory loss, has always remembered dishes of his childhood.