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THE STUDIO MY NAME IS ARA, AND I’M THE SON OF A PHOTOGRAPHER. MY DAD, AMEEN, WAS A LEGENDARY, AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER IN DETROIT.
I’VE FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS — CONTINUING HIS LEGACY, HIS CREATIVE PASSION, AND HIS BUSINESS. LIKE MY DAD, I LOVE TO PHOTOGRAPH PEOPLE, EITHER IN A NATURALLY LIT LOCATION OR A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED SETUP. I’D DESCRIBE MY STYLE AS HIP, PERSONAL, SOPHISTICATED, AND OFTEN WITH A LITTLE SURPRISE MIXED IN. MY STUDIO IS A CONVERTED LOFT-STYLE HISTORIC BUILDING IN DETROIT’S NEW CENTER AREA. ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, I FOLLOW ALL SORTS OF MUSIC, HAVE A '78 CUTLASS IN MY MOM'S GARAGE, AND CAN BE FOUND AT UNDERGROUND PARTIES IN DETROIT. ALSO, I MENTOR THE YOUTH IN MY STUDIO'S NEIGHBORHOOD, AND PARTNER WITH MY LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO HELP BRING NEW POSSIBILITIES TO OUR CITY. I’VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME TERRIFIC CLIENTS, INCLUDING AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CARIBBEAN, BLACK ENTERPRISE, BLUE CROSS, CAMPBELL EWALD, DETROIT JAZZ FEST, EMI RECORDS, JEEP, McCANN ERICKSON, NEW YORK TIMES, QUICKEN LOANS, TEAM DETROIT, VOGUE CHINA, WHOLE FOODS, AND YMCA. CHECK OUT MY WORK AT WWW.HOWRANISTUDIOS.COM; OR CONTACT ME TO REVIEW MY PORTFOLIO AT YOUR OFFICE, OVER LUNCH OR AT MY STUDIO.
04/20/2026
From the Howrani Studio archives. Granny is years ahead of her time!
02/27/2026
My goal this year is to re-create this photo of my parents and their friends, but with the new generation. I think the hardest part will be us trying to look half as cool.
02/25/2026
In 1981 my dad rescued this building from demolition, made it the first loft building in Detroit and put his studio in the front. He hosted incredible parties, and kept the doors open to the neighborhood to which he credits his creative inspiration.
While my studio business is doing great, we were ready to move out of property ownership — and I don’t think we could’ve found a better steward than Paddy and Nhu to buy the building. Not just because they are maintaining me as a studio tenant, putting a donut shop in the storefront(!), or gifted us this incredible portrait of the building at closing . . . but because of the way they have already opened the doors to the community . . . my dad would be happy!
Keep up the great work — we love you guys!
11/21/2025
A spread for Vogue China of the unstoppable .schreier. I hope to be half as busy as her when I’m her age.
08/04/2025
Today.
07/31/2025
07/14/2025
Emmet County was good to us. Bliss Fest 2025. Father and son bonding edition.
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2820 E Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI
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