Faraz Nahyan

Engineer. Photographer. Fine art and visuals.

Portraits, headshots, and street photography in Toronto. Available for commissions, from a single portrait to headshots for your whole team.

Portraits25 photographs Street9 photographs

Portraits

Natural light and real expressions, mostly outdoors around Toronto.

Smiling in a yellow sweater with sunglasses pushed up, sitting on the grass in a park Laughing and holding up peace signs in a yellow sweater, sitting on the grass Hugging a curly brown dog in a yellow sweater and sunglasses on the grass Blowing soap bubbles in a sunny park, wearing glasses, long dark hair falling forward Laughing on the grass beneath the trees, tattoos down both arms Black and white portrait, laughing and looking away, tattooed arms, in a sunlit park Blowing bubbles in glasses and an orange top against warm autumn foliage Crouched on the grass in a white T-shirt, petting a curly brown dog Side-lit portrait with long hair, a beard, glasses, and a plaid shirt against a dark background Close portrait, smiling, with a beard and a patterned purple collared shirt, in soft window light Smiling at a restaurant bar in a dark sweater, hands folded beside a glass, in warm evening light Seated at a restaurant bar in a dark sweater, hands folded beside a glass, looking into the camera Leaning on a bar in a dark sweater, arms crossed, warm light and brick behind Smiling in a brown blazer and black T-shirt in front of a painting of coloured vertical stripes In a gallery, a bearded figure in a brown blazer looks up at a large painting of coloured vertical stripes Black and white portrait in a dark blazer in front of a wall of framed prints Sunglasses and a denim jacket slipping off one shoulder, hand at the neck, in a leafy park Walking away through a sunny park in a denim jacket, glancing back Close portrait in sunglasses and a denim jacket, looking off to the side in a green park Standing against a tree trunk in a flowing red dress, hands at the neckline, smiling Leaning against a tree in a red dress, one hand in the hair, smiling Seated in a red dress, hands clasped, smiling, soft park light behind Two friends side by side against a tree, one in a red dress and one in a denim jacket, both smiling Two friends hugging and laughing, one in a red dress and one in a denim jacket Two friends against a tree, one in a red dress and one in a light blue top, laughing at each other

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Street

Fleeting interactions, urban solitude, and the relationship between light and everyday life.

Under a Cabaret sign, a figure standing in a shaft of light shades their eyes in a dark doorway Black and white: a cook at work in a kitchen beside a large mural painted on brick A downtown sidewalk lined with red flowers, a pedestrian walking toward tall towers A motorcyclist waiting under a red-leaved tree at a downtown intersection Someone in a tan suit walking through a band of sunlight in front of a gridded office tower Someone in a white shirt walking past a red scooter on a downtown sidewalk A cyclist in a red jacket riding past the brick front of The Carbon Bar A shop window at night with a green neon open sign and a menu board advertising falafel wraps Someone holding a shopping bag waiting outside a shuttered Chatime on a quiet corner

Hire me for

  • Headshots and team portraits

    Natural-looking headshots for individuals or a whole team, photographed on-site at your office.

  • Workplace and events

    Your people at work, your space, and your events, for your website, recruiting, and social media.

  • Portraits

    Relaxed portraits in natural light around Toronto, for personal or professional use.

Tell me what the photos are for, and I’ll suggest a plan and a quote.

Faraz Nahyan in a light blue shirt, arms crossed, in a bright office hallway

Faraz Nahyan is an electrical engineer, photographer, and visual artist based in Toronto.

After undergraduate years in life sciences and biochemistry, he now works at the intersection of biomedical technology and human experience, combining biology with modern electrical hardware.

When he isn’t building, he shoots street photography and portraiture.

Currently

  • Developing a retinal prosthetics venture through the Brilliant Catalyst incubator at Ontario Tech
  • Completing his fourth year of a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering
  • Focusing on street documentary composition and fine street art
  • Open to engineering roles, research collaborations, and photography commissions

Projects

Intervals of Light

An ongoing street photography project documenting fleeting interactions, urban solitude, movement, and the relationship between light and everyday life.

Follow @intervals.of.light on Instagram

Engineering on GitHub

Engineering coursework, embedded systems, signal processing, and personal experiments, all public.

Browse github.com/FarazNahyan

Resume

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