Shama Shams is a photographer drawn to the slow, tactile nature of hand-made images. Her work centers on black-and-white film, darkroom printing, and experimental processes that embrace unpredictability and imperfection—influenced by travel, quiet landscapes, and unguarded moments often involving cats.

She is guided by texture, shadow, and what exists just beyond the frame.

For Shams, photography is less about capturing an image and more about presence: a way of honoring what remains, what is fleeting, and what asks to be seen.

Shama is a published author and a nonprofit executive.

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