Award Winning
Director, Producer, Photographer, Videographer, Journalist
Official Partner of Visit Milwaukee
Contact: Samerghani@live.com
Currently booking world-wide

Samer Ghani is a first generation Palestinian American, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Raised in a single mother home and taught through Milwaukee Public Schools, Samer’s first encounter with art was with his time spent at Wedgewood Academy (formerly Bell Middle School), where he played violin and won both National and International awards with his orchestra class. In high school Samer’s senior art gallery of photography was highlighted in an OnMilwaukee article (2011), furthering his future career as an artist in the Milwaukee community. In his adult life Samer excelled in University, but more specifically his time at Apple, he became one of the youngest leaders at his store, helping create an environment of innovation from the customer experience to employee relations.

Samer’s time as an artist has bled into the Milwaukee community and beyond, bringing community initiatives to life with partners like The City of Milwaukee, The Bucks, Visit Milwaukee, Imagine MKE, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Light the Hoan, Vivent Health, Jigsaw, Hanson Dodge, Bader Rutter, Google Arts & Culture, Universal Music and more, as well as highlighting some of Milwaukee’s best artists in a number of astonishing venues across the city and nation wide.

“Samer Ghani is an artist. An artist with an exceptional eye and a passion for capturing moments. He has built a career combining his camera, curiosity, and community into works that stand out from the noise, that elevate the subject of each shot. The Milwaukee based director, producer, photographer, videographer, and journalist may have honed his skills by documenting live music, but his hard work and eagerness to grow have expanded his versatility and tools, emerging with one of the most distinctive styles we’ve seen. Samer gives authentic artistic insight and shares his thoughts on working in Milwaukee, connecting his art to being a Palestinian American, and more.” -Nathan Honoré of the License Lab

Awards:
-Dear MKE Award 2021-
”Recognizes a local small business that has captured
local fans affection and succeeded in attracting
attention to Milwaukee on a national level.”

-Milwaukeean of the Year 2021 Runner-Up (to Giannis Antetokounmpo)-
via the Shepherd Express

-We Never Met Podcast Awards 2019-
”Winner of Best Guest
& Best Moment”

Milwaukee Magazine 2023 “Meet the Local Photographer Shooting Milwaukee’s Stars”

Milwaukee Magazine 2023 Artist Highlight (Digital & Print)

Samer Ghani; Photo by Isaiah Joseph

(via Milwaukee Magazine)

20th Anniversary of the Milwaukee Art Museum commemoration Member Mug

Artwork & Photo by Samer Ghani, 2021

20th Anniversary of the Milwaukee Art Museum

On the 20th Anniversary of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Calatrava building, I was asked to document a celebratory photo of the wings in action, to be presented on the 20th Anniversary Member Mug. This has been an insane honor!

Times Square NYC 2023 Milwaukee Billboard featuring footage taken by Samer Ghani

(pic provided by Visit Milwaukee)

“The Street” Gallery featured at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (Summer of 2023-Autumn 2023)

Samer Ghani’s exhibit featured below titled “Memories of a Street Dog” (Digital Photography/Film Photography)

Into Action! 2024 DNC (Chicago) Gallery

In August 2024 I was asked to be apart of a gallery during DNC week in Chicago, IL. This gallery hosted dozens of artists from around the world, with themes surround art, culture & activism. My piece is shown at 30x34 (framed, gloss), this piece was taken in downtown Kenosha, outside of it’s courthouse building, the night prior to the Kyle Rittenhouse murders that took place on the very same street. I was documenting this evening of my own volition, it felt important and I felt a sense of responsibility as a journalist to do so. I am grateful that this piece exists alongside many works of art that reflect the same accord. This is also my first time showing work outside of the state of Wisconsin.

What’s Left Behind (2020)

Photo by Ryan Reeve

Photo by Anna Rardin

Photo by Danielle Simone

Prints are available via limited-runs, special request,

Or my partners at Darkroom,
https://samerghani.darkroom.com/

All special requests can be made to: samerghani@live.com

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