Ayesha Malik is an American originally from Pakistan. She was born and raised in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. She graduated in 2012 from Parsons The New School For Design with a BFA in Photography. Shortly after, she returned to Saudi Arabia to continue photographing. Between 2014 and 2015, she worked as first assistant to beauty and portrait photographer, Ben Hassett, in New York City. In 2017, her book, “Aramco, Above the Oil Fields,” was published with Daylight Books. Her work has been seen in Time Magazine, The New York Times, Vice, and CNN, amongst other publications. Currently, Malik is based out of New York City.