Tariq Zaidi is a freelance photographer currently residing in the UK. In 2014, he gave up an executive position at a company to follow his passion of wanting to capture the dignity, strength and soul of people through photography. His photography focuses on documenting social issues, inequality, traditions and endangered communities around the world. Tariq Zaidi independently distributes, funds, researches and writes about his work.

Tariq Zaidi has received more than fifty international photography awards (including nine Picture of the Year Awards, nine IPA International Photography Awards, five American Society of News Photographers Awards, two American Society of News Photographers Awards, and two American Society of News Photographers Awards). "In 2016, Tariq Zaidi was named one of the "Top 10 Traveling Portrait Photographers You Should Know" by the International Photography Awards. In 2018, he was awarded one of the top prizes of the International Photography Awards, the "Photographer of the Year" Award of Excellence, for his work in North Korea, Congo and Brazil. Photographer of the Year", one of the top awards of the International Photographer of the Year Competition.