Biography

Zighen Aym is an Algerian-born writer and photographer. His first camera was a Canon TX, which he bought in 1977 when a gallon of gas cost $0.59.  His love of photography started as he began to record events around him, be it people, sceneries, or objects. He later found that a picture's importance grew with time as it was almost impossible to retake it.  In parallel,  he also started to write ideas, emotions, and stories, recording therefore another aspect of life, which a camera cannot do.    

Thought about Life

Life is nothing but successful events happening around you and me.  Every event , however small, transforms our lives. It could be as a simple encounter at a café or a stranger's smile at an airport. It can be a object left laying down on the floor, an animal taking a nap, or a writing on a wall. The objects fascinate me because they open new roads for us, affects us emotionally, and forces us to ponder about life.

One day, I happened to see many spider webs on the side road as I drove to work. Fascinated, I returned to that location early the following Saturday and spent more than two hours taking pictures of the little creatures, and I discovered the fragility of their lives. 


Later, the FBI got involved and the story was published in Still Moments: A Story about Faded Dreams and Forbidden Pictures

If  you need of Pictures from Algeria

An extensive numbers of pictures in 35 mm slides and B&W prints from Algeria are available for purchase. Many have appeared in magazines and books. Some have appeared in Museum shows.

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