Hamzeh Zahran (b. 1989) is a visual artist based in San Francisco, exploring themes of identity, memory, and belonging. His images move between observation and intention, informed by an interest in how photography can hold emotion and translate lived experience into visual language. Born in Amman, Jordan, Zahran has spent much of his life between different cultures and languages. This experience shapes his ongoing interest in change, disconnection, and the feeling of being in between places.
Contact: Studio@hamzehzahran.com
Books & Zines:
“Remains” Edition of 50, Self Published 2025.
“Be my lil Baby!” (Dummy copies) Self Published 2019
Collective Exhibitions & Festivals:
Why We Look: Questioning the World Before Us, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT. 2026. Juried by Marvin Heiferman. “Remains”
Context 2026, Filter Space, Chicago, IL. 2026. Juried by Sara Ickow. “Remains”
Times Under Pressure, Fotofestival Lenzburg, Switzerland. 2020. “Be my lil Baby!”
Life in Moments Show!, Make Shift, Boston, MA. 2015. Deadsea C-prints
Solo Exhibition:
Collection of Darkroom Prints, Pavement Coffeehouse, Newbury St., Boston, MA. 2014.
Press, Publications, Interviews, Features, etc:
Complex MENA, "Three Skaters from Alexandria, Amman, and Ramallah." 2026
Supporting Generations in Crisis: SAMS Psychosocial Programming in Jordan. Amman, Jordan 2017
SAMS Annual Report. Amman, Jordan 2017
La vita impressa su una pellicola, Vita Magazine, Italy, 2016
10 years after the war, Leica Blog. 2016
Enigmatic Turkey, Leica Blog. 2016
7 hours in Seoul, Leica Blog. 2016
West Java through the lens of the Leica M6, Leica Blog. 2016
Philadelphia Skateboards, 2015
Venture Literary/Art Magazine, Suffolk University, Boston. 2014
Print Findrangers #2 Group Zine. San Francisco, CA, 2014
Print Findrangers #3 Group Zine. San Francisco, CA, 2014
Selected Print Sale:
For Gaza Print Sale, Darat Al Tasweer, Amman, Jordan. 2021.
Group Print Sale, Turbo Design, Amman, Jordan. 2017.
Professional Experience:
Google, Digital Archivist (Contract), Mountain View, CA
AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), Digital Archivist (Full-time), San Francisco, CA
Airbnb, Digital Archivist (Contract), San Francisco, CA
International Center of Photography (ICP), Media Lab Associate, New York, NY
Magnum Photos, Production Assistant (Intern), New York, NY