Ayman Lotfy


Ayman Lotfy 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 since 2007. He earned a Fine Art Photography Associateship of The Malta Institute of Professional Photography in 2010, and got his Fellowship in Fine Art Photography in 2014, 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 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.

Awards