Edwar Amean

ABOUT EDWAR AMEAN

Photographer famous for capturing the people of New York City as they hang out in Times Square. He runs a photography stand called KLIK, which allows customers to book shoots with photographers throughout Manhatten. He puts a special emphasis on immigrants with the goal of showing how important diversity is in New York City. He often approaches strangers about taking their pictures and posts the photos.

He began shooting photos on the streets at the age of 14.

His edwarnyc Instagram page has gained 500,000 followers. His favorite part of the job is seeing the emotional reaction people have when they see the photos he takes of them. He shares videos showing him taking his photos and the final results on his edwarnyc TikTok channel, which has amassed 5 million followers and 57 million likes.

He is Puerto Rican and was raised in New York.

He and Jonathan Paragas have both gained fame for their work as street photographers.