Amina Tirana is a photographer currently based in New York City.

Amina Tirana has been photographing since she was a teenager. She has worked freelance and by commission around the world. Her major projects include photographs of ancient stone remains of cultures that were at their height around 1000 A.D. and the old boardwalk in modern-day Asbury Park, New Jersey. From 1993-1997 she documented sacred spaces and daily life in Tibet. More recently, she has been exploring landscapes of extreme environments, including the ice fields of Patagonia and Atacama desert. 

Amina’s fine prints are in private collections internationally and have been shown in solo exhibits in the United States and Chile.

Amina is also an expert in international socio-economic development and humanitarian aid, with decades of experience working globally with non-profits, the United Nations and corporations.

Exhibits

In Patagonia: Climate Change on the Northern Icefield

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile, July 2007

Morning in the Barker: Photographs of Tibet

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, June - July 2005

Morning in the Barkhor: Photographs of Tibet

Asian Art, 2005 - present

Morning in the Barkhor: Photographs of Tibet

The Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, September - December 2004

Ancient Stone Remains: Photographs from Asia, Africa, and the Americas

The Gallery of the Newton Free Library, Massachusetts, March 1999

In Sacred Spaces: Photographs of Tibet, 1993-1995

The Gallery of the Newton Free Library, Massachusett, March 1996

The Kora Preservation Project (Lhasa, Tibet)

Asian Art, 1995 - present