She has recently graduated in BA Photography at the London College of Communication where she received two awards from Photoworks and Michael Wilson for her degree show ‘Far Near Distance’. Her work has been exhibited and published in both the UK and internationally, and featured by many clients including Art Review, Telegraph, Hotshoe, Dazed & Confused and TANK magazine. In her practice, Shahnavaz intimately documents her subjects. She rarely gives direction, but seeks to capture moments by spending time engaging with whom she photographs. This process is integral to her photographs, as it is the trust, the understanding and the experience between the photographer and the subject that allows for her to capture the rawness of the relationship. The fluidity and slower pace of shooting exclusively on film resonates the relaxed approach she takes to her subjects.