MY NAME IS ARA, AND Iâ€™M THE SON OF A SHOOTER. MY DAD, AMEEN, WAS A LEGENDARY, AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER IN DETROIT. Iâ€™VE FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS â€” CONTINUING HIS LEGACY, HIS CREATIVE PASSION, AND HIS BUSINESS.

LIKE MY DAD, I LOVE TO PHOTOGRAPH PEOPLE, EITHER IN A NATURALLY LIT LOCATION OR A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED SETUP. Iâ€™D DESCRIBE MY STYLE AS HIP, PERSONAL, URBAN AND SOPHISTICATED, AND OFTEN WITH A LITTLE SURPRISE MIXED IN.

MY STUDIO IS A CONVERTED LOFT-STYLE HISTORIC BUILDING IN DETROITâ€™S NEW CENTER AREA. ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, I LOVE URBAN/ELECTRONIC/ROOTS MUSIC, HAVE A '78 CUTLASS IN MY MOM'S GARAGE, AND CAN BE FOUND AT UNDERGROUND PARTIES IN DETROIT. ALSO, I MENTOR THE YOUTH IN MY STUDIO'S NEIGHBORHOOD, AND PARTNER WITH MY LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO HELP BRING NEW POSSIBILITIES TO OUR CITY.

Iâ€™VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME TERRIFIC CLIENTS, INCLUDING AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CARIBBEAN, BLACK ENTERPRISE, BLUE CROSS, CAMPBELL EWALD, DETROIT JAZZ FEST, EMI RECORDS, JEEP, McCANN ERICKSON, NEW YORK TIMES, QUICKEN LOANS, TEAM DETROIT, VOGUE CHINA, WHOLE FOODS, AND YMCA.

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NEW YORK TIMES FEATURES MY IMAGES (AND ME)

DETROIT MAKE IT HERE FEATURE

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