Ayman Lotfy (born August 30, 1968) is an Egyptian

fine art photographer Fine-art photography is photography created in line with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion. This stand ...

Early beginnings

Lotfy was born in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

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. In 1991, he graduated from the faculty of arts at the

Ain Shams University Ain Shams University ( ar, جامعة عين شمس) is a public university located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. History Ain Shams University was fou ...

. Lotfy started his career as a

fashion designer Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

and become a professional

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in 1996. In 1998, Lotfy began photography with the aim of enhancing his work as an art designer.

Career and posts

Lotfy has been the Middle East Region Director of

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(RDPSA) since 2007. He earned a Fine Art Photography Associateship of The Malta Institute of Professional Photography (AMIPP) in 2010, and got his Fellowship in Fine Art Photography in 2014 (FMIPP), Associateship of the Society of Wedding & Portrait Photographers in 2010, and Egyptian Association for Photography. He is an Honorary Fellow ICS-HON.F.ICS of The Image Colleague Society, International, USA.

Art style

Lotfy mixes different tools of staging, painting, and lighting to produce fine-art photographs and videos. He utilizes technological trends in

digital photography Digital photography uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photodetectors interfaced to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to produce images focused by a lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The digitized image is sto ...

with

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choices. Lotfy also integrates photography and video with large three-dimensional installations as in his work ''The search for salvation,'' which was shown at

La Biennale di Venezia The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

in 2010, and ''The Game'' at the ''Why not? Exhibition'' in The Palace of Arts-Opera House-Cairo in 2009.

Awards

*2008: Grand Photography Master Award at the China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennale,

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*2010: Qilo International Photography Award at the China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennale, China *2010: Gold Medal of Excellence at the Experimental Photography Trierenberg Super Circuit in Austria *2010: 12th Cairo International Biennale in

Publications

* * * Lotfy, Ayman (ed.) (2011). A Geminate- Experimental Photography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lotfy, Ayman 1968 births Living people Photographers from Cairo Ain Shams University alumni Fine art photographers