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Featured Artist Shehab Hossain

WEBSITE: www.imaginoor.com
INSTAGRAM: @Shehab Hossain
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“I bend and freeze time in my photos.
What’s your superpower?”
I am a Bangladeshi/Nigerian/American artist specializing in urban night photography and light painting.
My craft is making photos of my light painting strokes in urban environments.  I use various durations of camera exposures to paint objects and places with light.  My strokes become a performance as I dance my orchestrated layers of light through a scene while drawing and painting objects to build my composition.  At times, I use existing light sources and trails to complement the scene. The shutter closes and freezes the movements and light strokes within a single or multiple long exposures.
My photos celebrate a unique look on old places.  The plot of my night photos is mostly of places we are accustomed to seeing in daylight.  My favorite places are abandoned spaces. The final prints on canvas, metal or glass bring out the vibrancy of ambient and light painting within these nocturnal scenes.
My work is shared through public exhibitions and collaborative workshops. My award-winning and published photographs have been featured in exhibitions in various cities and are part of several private collections around the world.  I currently live and practice my craft in Lexington, Massachusetts.
My work can be viewed locally in person at the upcoming exhibitions:
– LEXART Annual Holiday MarketPlace (https://www.lexart.org/exhibit-information/holiday-marketplace-2023)  130 Waltham St, Lexington, MA 02421 from November 26 to December 24, 2023
– PHOTOPOLIS (solo exhibit), Lexington Community Center Gallery (https://www.carylibrary.org/art) 39 Marrett Rd, Lexington, MA from January 1st to February 29th 2024