PEOPLE · KUWAIT
Shahad AlAjeel
A Kuwait-based photographer working across beauty, fashion, and editorial. She began her career in 2010 and now leads SMA Media Production. Her philosophy is simple: show the beauty, grace, strength, and enthusiasm of people, and approach the picture itself as a form of art.
A LITTLE INTRODUCTION
I’m a dreamer.
Where do you see yourself in ten years?
A mother of three. A successful business, inshallah. And a branch in one of the GCC countries.
What motivates you the most?
Myself.
COURAGE
I quit my job and took a loan.
Most courageous thing you have done?
Quitting my job and taking out a loan.
Advice to your younger self?
Work hard and believe in yourself. And thanks for making me Shahad.
CHARACTER
My greatest strength is my mother.
Your greatest strengths?
My mother, and faith in qada and qadar.
Your weaknesses?
My mother, also.
What makes you lose your temper?
When I am hungry.
DAILY LIFE
Coffee. Office. Repeat.
Three things you must do every day?
Coffee. Office.
Three things you always have in your purse?
Key. Mobile. Bank card.
Your hobbies?
Lifting. Painting. Buying coffee for people I love.
FAVOURITES
Sweet November, and Ricky Martin.
Favourite songs?
Turning Tables. Titanium. And Manny.
Favourite movie?
Sweet November.
First celebrity crush?
Ricky Martin.
Who inspires you?
Steve Harvey and Sasha Samsonova.
SELECTED WORK
From the portfolio.
FOR BOUJEEZ
A photographer with a clear philosophy.
What makes Shahad AlAjeel interesting to Boujeez is the clarity of her position. She began her career in 2010 and built SMA Media Production from the ground up, working across beauty, fashion, editorial, weddings, and commercial assignments across Kuwait and the wider Gulf. Her stated goal is simple. She wants to show beauty, grace, strength, and enthusiasm in the people she photographs. The pictures do not need to explain themselves. They show what she sees.