Sharif Hamza

Director based in New York

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Sharif is a New York-based photographer and director who works across print, digital and film media. Since shooting the October cover for ...

We Vault for Nowness

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Tiffany & Co Blue Book Campaign

Directed by Sharif Hamza

The Landmark for Tiffany & Co.

Directed by Sharif Hamza

British Vogue "Reflections on Beauty"

Directed by Sharif Hamza

"Reflections"

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Tiffany & Co. Elsa Peretti's Bean

Photographed and directed by Sharif Hamza

Bobbi Brown Luxe Shine

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Clinique SS 2024 featuring Marsai (director's cut)

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Polo Ralph Lauren Work to Ride campaign

Photographed and directed by Sharif Hamza

Persol feat. Bret Easton Ellis

Directed by Sharif Hamza

V Magazine-Sundance Film Festival

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Victoria Beckham Beauty

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Nowness, The sound and the fury

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Pattern Beauty by Sharif Hamza

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Hugo Boss

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Nike DXB

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Thomas Vermelen by Sharif Hamza

Directed by Sharif Hamza

LEVI'S united by the beat campaign

Directed by Sharif Hamza

"Rose"

Directed by Sharif Hamza

About Beauty a film for Beauty Papers

Directed by Sharif Hamza

Sharif Hamza

Director based in New York

Sharif is a New York-based photographer and director who works across print, digital and film media. Since shooting the October cover for Dazed and Confused in 2010, he has gained recognition for vibrant compositions and innovative use of light and movement. His subjects have included Halle Bailey for Vogue, Samuel L Jackson for Mr Porter, Michelle Yeoh for Elle, and he has collaborated with GQ, i-D, and Perfect Magazine. He has worked on advertising campaigns for Tiffany’s, Clinique and Nike.

At heart, Sharif considers himself a portrait photographer working in fashion. He is known for raw journalistic projects such as his 2018 New Yorker portraits of young gun owners. He is fascinated by faces and the stories they tell. Typically, his pictures create empowering imagery of men and women of colour. With a drive to represent his daughters’ mixed heritage, he highlights the background and culture of those in the margins. “I have a duty to make them seen by everyone in the most beautiful way,” says Hamza. Indeed, whether in his fashion or journalistic work, his overriding subject matter is people.