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Nationality  Egyptian
Known for  Fine-art photography
Education  Ain Shams University













Name  Ayman Lotfy
Website  www.allotfy.com

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Born  August 30, 1968 (age 54) (1968-08-30) Cairo, Egypt
Similar  Sabah Naim, Kamal Amin, George Bahgoury

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

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Early beginnings

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In 1991, Ayman Lotfy graduated from the faculty of arts at the Ain Shams University. Lotfy started his career route as a fashion designer and stepped forward to become a professional art director in 1996. In 1998, Lotfy launched his journey to the world of photography with the aim of enhancing his work as an art designer.

Career and posts

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Lotfy is the Middle East Region Director of Photographic Society of America (RDPSA) since 2007. He earned Fine Art Photography Associateship of The Malta Institute of Professional Photography (AMIPP) in 2010, the Fine Art Photography and got his Fellow ship in Fine Art Photography in 2014 (FMIPP) - Associateship of the Society of Wedding & Portrait Photographers in 2010, and Egyptian Association for Photography.

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HONORARY FELLOW ICS-HON.F.ICS "The Image Colleague Society, International.USA

Art Style

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Ayman Lotfy mixes different tools of staging, painting, and lighting to produce fine art photographs and videos. He utilizes the technological trends in digital photography with careful filtering choices. Lotfy also integrates photography and videos with large three-dimensional installations as in his work The search for salvation, which presented at the La Biennale di Venezia in 2010, and The Game at the Why not? Exhibition in The Palace of Arts-Opera House-Cairo in 2009.

Solo exhibits

  • 2017 - Artery -El Bab gallery - Museums of modern art - Cairo opera House
  • 2013 - THE HIDDEN - Experimental Photography, Crete, GREECE.
  • 2012 - Romania Art of Photography (Bibliotheca Alexandrina) with Teodor Pantea.
  • 2011 - 2009 A Geminate, Experimental Photography, Video Performance & Installation at Gezira Art Centers, Cairo,Egypt.
  • 2009 - Body Art Photography Exhibition with fine Art Photography Lecture - Malta
  • 2009 - Gemini, Fine Art Photography & Performance Art, Al Gezira Art Centers, Cairo, Egypt.
  • 2006 - The Other Side of Faces, Body painting Photography Exhibition, El Sawy Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt.

    • Selected exhibits and awards include

  • 2005: Bronze Medal at the Venice International Photo Contests, Italy.
  • 2006: Triereneberg Super Circuit, Austria.
  • 2007: Honorable Mention at the Venice International Photo Contest, Italy.
  • 2007: Photo Exhibition in Nepal.
  • 2008: Grand Photography Master Award at the China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennale, China
  • 2009: The Body Art in Malta
  • 2009: Torino International Book Fair in Italy
  • 2010: Best Photography Award at the China Jinan Contemporary International Photography Biennale, China
  • 2010: Bronze Pinhole 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
  • 2011 AMIPP - ASWPP Association ship from Malta international Professional Photographers and UK Photography Association
  • 2013 HONORARY FELLOW ICS-HON.F.ICS "The Image Colleague Society, International.USA
  • 2014 Future Speaker Award - New Mexico Photographic conference by PSA
  • 2014 FMIPP - FSWPP Association ship from Malta international Professional Photographers and UK Photography Association
  • 2015 SPSA - Silver Degree in Conceptual Photography from PSA - Photographic society of America
  • 2015 PSA International Representative of the Year Award-USA by Photographic society of America - PSA
  • 2016 State Encouragement Awards for the year 2016

    • Commissioned artwork

    Lotfy's artworks are featured in public places as the :

    2012 - Panoramic Photography 1.5x4.5 m in the New African Union Addis Ababa - Ethiopia.

    2011 - Photography & Painting Panorama - El Hanager Sealing (2500 Sq2) Cairo Opera House.

    2010 - Alexandria Panorama 14 X 3 m (Egyptian Pavilion - Expo Shanghai China).

    2009 - Other Live: 2 Fine Art Photography, Alexandria Library entrance (Bibliotheca Alexandria).

    2008 - People of the World: 14 Photography & Body painting Artwork, New Cairo International Airport, Terminal 3.

    Publications

  • Lotfy,Ayman (ed.) (2011). A Geminate- Experimental Photography
  • Lofty, Ayman (ed.) (2009). Fine Art Photography. Cairo: Alamia Publishing & Advertising. ISBN 978-600-02-1344-2. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
  • Lofty, Ayman (ed.) (2006). The other side of faces. Cairo: Alamia Publishing & Advertising. CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
    • Articles published in Photographic Society of America Journal
  • Ayman Lotfy. Art photography. PSA Journal; August 2008.
  • Ayman Lotfy. Body Painting. PSA Journal; July 2009.
  • Egyptian Art (Fenon Masria )
  • MIPP Magazine

    • References

    Ayman Lotfy Wikipedia
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