Photographer, Visual Anthropologist
@ Abstract, aerial and environmental photography
/ Based in San Francisco, California.
Aya Okawa is an aerial and environmental photographer and visual anthropologist who enjoys shooting landscape transformation, abstract patterns, and documenting the interaction of natural and human systems. Aya's work has been...
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Languages Spoken: English, Farsi/Tajik, (Spanish), (Arabic)
Years of experience: 6 to 10
HEFAT certification? no
Aya Okawa is an aerial and environmental photographer and visual anthropologist who enjoys shooting landscape transformation, abstract patterns, and documenting the interaction of natural and human systems.
Aya's work has been printed in the National Geographic Magazine, the National Geographic book, 'Spectacle,' Newsweek (Polksa), Natur, Open Skies Magazine, The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, National Geographic Travel, and National Geographic Traveller Magazine.
In 2017 Aya was the Grand Prize winner of The Weather Channel, 'It's Amazing Out There' Photo Contest, and her photos have won recognition at the International Photo Awards, PDN, Tokyo International Foto Awards, PX3, The Big Picture, Smithsonian Magazine and the California Academy of Sciences. Her work is featured on the Samsung Frame TV in collaboration with Nava Contemporary.
Aya is passionate about exploring the natural world and supporting the regeneration of ecosystems and wild lands globally. www.aya.photo