Amyn Nasser, from Zanzibar is among the world's leading photographers. He is a self-taught visualist shooting editorials, fashion, celebrities, advertising, travel, nudes and fine art since 1981. His work has graced the covers and editorial pages of the finest magazines including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Amica as well as prestigious advertising campaigns. Amyn art directed and photographed campaigns and seasonal books for Daniel Hechter from 1989 to 1995, OuiSet from 1992 to 1998 and Austin Reed from 1999 to 2003. He is responsible for the original concept French couples campaign "Morgan du toi" for Morgan, Hermes, Naf Naf, Wrangler, Tommy Hilfiger, and Bloomingdale's, among others. He has been sought also for international field mission photography as well as annual reports: Nova, Husky, etc. He has travelled to many countries and is experienced in the mannerisms needed to get his image. From Claudia to Helena, Volvo to BMW, Zanzibar to Paris, Amyn's drive for results and understanding of the business have over the 25 year career ensured him success in each endeavor undertaken.

Barry Anderson - Creative Intelligence Agency: Amyn believes in the photographer's magic - the ability to stir the soul with light and shape and colour. To create grand visual moments out of small and simple things, and to infuse big and complicated subjects with unpretentious elegance. He respects classic disciplines, is easy to work with, while at the same time insists on being fast, modern and wild.

Through the photographer's eyes a kiss becomes a romance, a stretch of fabric is a costume of endless possibilities, a face is the book that describes a lifetime. When you see his pictures you hear music... or want to... because his light dances. It's playful and full of energy...

Amyn's photographs can stand alone... as frozen moments that decorate, define, entertain and inform. But his skill and imagination can work wonders in collaboration with other great ideas, talents and resources... and craft great stories together.

Amyn: "What is important to me when I work is to meet the expectations of the client but over and above, to add to it. I always seek another approach, another viewpoint. I have been successful because I have ventured to risk my vision; it is this work that has been the most winning. Many years ago I read Irving Penn quote to Bert Stern that 'Photography is a way to sort out the junk of the world.' Though I may not be quoting it precisely, it stayed in my mind. So before I take a picture it is a force of habit to sort out the junk so that what I am trying to say through the picture will come across clearly, regardless of whether it is a nude or clouds, landscapes or models.

"I am fortunate to have lived my passion for photography through the lens, from editorial magazine work, to capturing the feeling of people and places worldwide. My juxtaposed vision is very much influenced by the East-West culture that I have grown up with. I find it very easy to interact with people from all walks of life and to capture a moment, from the street people of Zanzibar, to the Masaii in East Africa, from the Pashtuns of Afghanistan to making talent into SuperModels, including Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen, Amber Valetta... I am just as comfortable in an African Masaii Camp as I am in Miami Beach or a New York Studio. I am a fast shooter and a dependable photographer and have my priorities well focused."

"In Zanzibar, we still fly on carpets. The Island of Cleopatra has fossil for sand. Take a fisherman's boat at midnight to visit the island under a clear full moonlit Turkish night, the sky the color of the blue of Cuba, the ocean waves slapping the boat with so much passion relentlessly declaring its love over and over again...ah! the feeling of capturing what you see through the viewfinder, in a moment it's gone!...where do these fabulous moments come from, where do they go to......"Why do the waves ask you the same question? What color is the scent of the blue weeping of violets?"¹ ...the photographer's magic - the ability to stir the soul with light and shape and color. Sense, Style, Motion. Well, we live it somehow everyday.

Amyn strives for visual statements that tell a story with mood, style, motion, and mystery. Creating powerful color, and striking black & white images, showcases Amyn's artful use of light. Through the years Amyn's camera has taken memorable pictures of beautiful women, movie stars, and personalities. He is one of the private photographers of The Aga Khan. His work is published in magazines, editorial stories, advertising and a wide range of other media. He is represented by  Mariane Linke and his work can be licensed through Corbis and including Jupiter, Getty Uppercut, Alamy, PhotoShelter.. Amyn's achievements are due largely to his flexible, dynamic, creative style. He is well rounded with a long history of success. He is innovative, resourceful and enjoys the challenge to create beautiful timeless images and dynamic visual stories.

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Every form correctly seen is beautiful. The eye doesn't see any shapes, it sees only what is differentiated through light and dark or through colors. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, dramatist. Sayings in Prose