Ayman Lotfy Explained

Ayman Lotfy
Birth Date:30 August 1968
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Nationality:Egyptian
Field:Fine-art photography

Ayman Lotfy (born August 30, 1968) is an Egyptian fine art photographer.

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

Lotfy has been the Middle East Region Director of Photographic Society of America (RDPSA) since 2007.[1] 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,[2] and Egyptian Association for Photography.[3]

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

Awards

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Leader: Ayman Lotfy. Photographic Society of America. 25 March 2011. 25 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110825060829/http://psa-newmember.org/psa-regions/regions/reg31.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Ayman Lotfy (AMIPP (Fine Art), RDPS). The Malta Institute of Professional Photography. 25 March 2011.
  3. Web site: Ayman Lotfy Mahmoud. FineArt Sector. 25 March 2011.
  4. Web site: 2010 Venice Biennale architecture: national participations (part 2) . The odd tag . 25 March 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101113075847/http://oddtag.com/2010/05/21/2010-venice-biennale-architecture-national-participations-part-2/ . 13 November 2010 .
  5. Web site: Second International University Students Photography Art Exhibition . 2008 China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennial . 25 March 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728115145/http://en.showchina.org/Features/jinanInternational/index.htm . 28 July 2011 .
  6. Web site: 济南双年展介绍 . Show China 看中国-2008济南国际双年展- . 25 March 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003161612/http://www.showchina.org/zt/bdsxwcp_1/index.htm . 3 October 2011 .
  7. Web site: Results 2010. Trierenberg Super Circuit. 25 March 2011.
  8. Web site: Ayman Lotfy . 12th International Cairo Biennale . 25 March 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110911141935/http://www.cairobiennale.gov.eg/12/Egyptian%20Photography/ayman.htm . 11 September 2011 .

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