“Kenya Aesthetics” is an exhibition by photographer Amina Zaher currently on display at Arcade gallery. “On my leisurely trip to Kenya, I found myself confronted with a wave of emotional, aesthetic and cultural wealth that deeply moved me. As a photographer, I could not but succumb to this multitude of aesthetic and human stimuli that I was exposed to: Nairobi's urban side of the population along with the wild life and Maasai tribes who maintain their traditions and culture, and how both realities correlate,” Zaher explains. As a fashion photographer, Zaher's usual work is staged, though she is also known for experimental and conceptual work. “Somehow as I photographed the amazing people of the Maasai tribes these elements fell so organically in place and with no real staging or deliberation. I was hit by the effortless human aesthetic, the alternative way of expressing testamentary codes and refinement, the elegance of lines and the sensual intimacy that they naturally conveyed. It wasn't staged fashion photography nor was it candid documentary photography, it was a mutual visual, aesthetic and intimate conversation that I was having with them.” Zaher is a fashion photographer based in Cairo. She took her first steps in photography at the New York Film Academy in 2014. Her work has been published in such magazines as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, LUCY's and Jute. She has also shot campaigns for contemporary fashion houses and designers. 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The exhibition is on until 30 May.