WORLD in JEST.
Behind the pictures

The joke has
a point.

World in Jest is an independent editorial-art project by Ahsen Shah, based in London.

It looks at the gap between what power says and what people experience. Politics, public promises and international affairs become visual stories — sometimes absurd, sometimes uncomfortable, always inviting a closer look.

Whimsical

Expressive caricatures, visual puns and the theatre of public life.

Serious

Conceptual dioramas and symbolic scenes exploring injustice and consequence.

The target is power and its contradictions — never the people bearing the cost.

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World in Jest / Selected work

Editorial satire · A symbolic interpretation, not a documentary image.

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