Ayman Lotfy
Ayman Lotfy (born August 30, 1968) is an Egyptian fine art photographer.
Ayman Lotfy
- Name
- Ayman Lotfy
- Born
- 30 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Cairo, Egypt
- Field
- Fine-art photography
- Nationality
- Egypt
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Ain Shams University
- Languages
- Arabic · Egyptian Arabic
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Ayman Lotfy (born August 30, 1968) is an Egyptian fine art photographer.
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Ayman Lotfy (born 1968) is a photographer, of Egyptian nationality. The photographer was born in Egypt.
Ayman Lotfy was educated at Ain Shams University. Activity centred on fine-art photography. Languages used include Arabic and Egyptian Arabic.
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• Name — Ayman Lotfy • Born — 30 August 1968 • Birthplace — Cairo, Egypt • Field — Fine-art photography • Website — www.allotfy.com
Early beginnings
Early beginnings
Lotfy was born in Cairo, Egypt. In 1991, he graduated from the faculty of arts at the Ain Shams University. Lotfy started his career as a fashion designer and become a professional art director in 1996. In 1998, Lotfy began photography with the aim of enhancing his work as an art designer.
Career and posts
Career and posts
Lotfy has been the Middle East Region Director of Photographic Society of America (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
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 with filtering 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 in 2010, and The Game at the Why not? Exhibition in The Palace of Arts-Opera House-Cairo in 2009.
Publications
* * • Lotfy, Ayman (ed.) (2011). A Geminate- Experimental Photography
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Awards
• 2008: Grand Photography Master Award at the China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennale, China • 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 Egypt
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- 1.Photographic Society of America. 2010 Leader: Ayman Lotfy.
- 2.The Malta Institute of Professional Photography. Ayman Lotfy (AMIPP (Fine Art), RDPS).
- 3.FineArt Sector. Ayman Lotfy Mahmoud.
- 4.The odd tag. 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 2).
- 5.2008 China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennial. Second International University Students Photography Art Exhibition.
- 6.Show China 看中国-2008济南国际双年展-. 济南双年展介绍.
- 7.Trierenberg Super Circuit. Results 2010.
- 8.12th International Cairo Biennale. Ayman Lotfy.
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