Bengin Ahmad


Bengin Ahmad is a Syrian Kurdish photographer and creative director, known for his candid photographs of Horse & Equine, Architecture and also Portrait. He obtained a Crown Distinction at the Global Photographic Union ''.''
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Biography

Bengin Ahmad was born in Aleppo city in a Kurdish family, where he explored the arts of diverse ethnicities and cultures of Aleppo people and Syrians. These aesthetics created his passion for digital art, graphic design, animation and filmmaking in addition to photography. He studied Geological Sciences at The University of Aleppo before moving to Dubai, United Arab Emirates where he worked as a creative director and continued his studies in Business Management. Since 2011 he has lived and worked both in Germany and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Photography

In 2007, Ahmad has started his journey in photography. Aleppo's old streets, the city's citadel and people's portraits from different Syrian ethnicities were his first photography subjects.
In 2009, he held his first solo photography exhibition in Aleppo. Since then he has obtained the Crown 1 distinction from the Global Photographic Union – GPU.
His works have also been published by ABC News, The London Magazine, HuffPost, United Nations Regional Information Centre (UNIRC), BBC, Reason, Samsung C&T Corporation, and ArchDaily.
On 28 Feb 2024, Ahmad participated in Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, he exhibited 21 horse photography artworks in his exhibition "Freedom Horses of Kurdistan".

Equine photography

He travels to countries and places where horses are breaded and taken care of, such as UAE, Germany, Kurdistan of Iraq, Luxembourg, France to capture his shots.
He also delivers lectures and workshops on equine and horse photography, focusing on horses' characteristics, tips and tricks within the technicalities of photographing them and creating a story around the artwork.
He mostly captures horses without tack, halters, saddle or any accessory, as he believes that "freedom" is one of the most prominent characteristics of horses.

People, portraits and street photography

Ahmad sees portraits in two directions. The first one is about the general and common characteristics of ethnic groups or a lifestyle or certain Ideology believers. There is a single link that connects every group; either through psychology, philosophy or lifestyle. The long hair and beard of Sikh men, Yazidi men's extra-long mustaches, the intense gaze of Arab Bedouins, or the female followers of a certain fashion trend are all among this group.
The second direction focuses on individuals' unique features that distinguish them from the rest. To create his desired artworks in this realm, he uses various framing, cropping and editing techniques to emphasize certain individualities in the photo..
"A Syrian Refugee" is one of the most prominent portraits by Ahmad, published by UNIRC, which is United Nations entity, ABC News, The London Magazine, HuffPost, and Humanium.

Awards and distinctions