French photographer Adeline Mai is still in her very early twenties and already capturing some gorgeous fashion and sometimes surreal dreamlike imagery that is well beyond her years. Personally, I am a huge fan of her underwater series. One can only imagine all the places she will go with such talent.
New York-based Graphic Designer, Art Director and Photographer Irwin Tobias Matutina has a small but highly considered body of commercial work as well as some striking images in his personal cache.
Paris-based photographer, illustrator and artist Elene Usdin is a part of the artistic collective Heartland Villa whose members also include Stefan De Vivies and Lionel Avignon. Her work is symbolic and often times surreal relying on elaborate props and she sometimes includes herself as the subject. Her diverse portfolio includes photography and illustration work for fashion and commercial clients as well as personal artwork.
Julian Goldstein lives and breathes New York. He also roams the streets with camera in hand gobbling up a city that is truly one of a kind then sharing his gatherings via I Shot NY. If you have ever been there you will definitely appreciate what Goldstein has captured as NY comes shining through in his archive of amazing photographs.
‘Haunting’ is the obvious word that comes to mind when trying to describe the images of photographer Todd Hido but it may not do them justice. There is something more there working beneath the service that seems to point towards some sort of post-industrial emptiness. Hido is highly educated having attended Tufts University in Massachusetts, Rhode Island School of Design and California College of Arts and Crafts receiving both a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. His work has been exhibited the world over.
The Hague-based photographer Anouk Morgan has some beautiful imagery in her portfolio. She prefers natural light when capturing her subjects. You can see her work via her website here and more at Bentrovatoblog.
New York-based photographer Gabriel Jones sent in a link to his portfolio and I have to say I was really impressed by his artistic imagery. He has some beautiful contemplative imagery in his book. The image above is eerily haunting.
I have seen the work of German photographer Martin Klimas some time back but have not visited his site in a very long time. Since my last visit he has updated with some amazing new image series. Klimas is currently represented by the Foley Gallery in New York and he can be commissioned for commercial work through Bransch.
Photographer Timothy Saccenti has just updated his website which was designed by Build with some remarkable new images. The series for the The Diesel Gallery in Tokyo are sublime. There is some brilliant imagery on the new site and this will no doubt be sweeping the creative blogosphere.
March 22nd, is recognized by the United Nations Water Group as “World Water Day”, this year’s theme being “Clean Water for a Healthy World”.
“The National Geographic Society feels so strongly about the issues around fresh water that they are distributing an interactive version of their April, 2010 magazine for download – free until April 2nd – and will be exhibiting images from the series at the Annenberg Space for photography.”
You can view 15 of the 43 images at Boston.com’s big picture. It’s an amazing and moving set of images that you won’t soon forget.
Photographer Peter Yang captures up-close-and-personal images of rockstars and celebrities. He resides in Brooklyn but hails for Texas. He is a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, ESPN Magazine and Wired, among numerous othere. His work has been recognized by American Photography and Communication Arts. He claims he gets to photograph his highly-desired subjects by being a nice unassuming guy.
The above photo of Jerry Robinson (the creator of the character The Joker) is fantastic.
Paris-based photographer Marc Da Cunha Lopes has nothing really to say about himself at his website. That really makes no difference however because after a long, strange and fantastic scroll of remarkable conceptual imagery you know everything about him that you need to know.
Italian photographer Dido Fontana said about his work, “”…I’m interested in the representation in its true essence, with no unnecessary frills, accessories, special effects or extras”. You can easily draw similarities between Fontana’s approach and the work of Terry Richardson. Despite the comparison, there are some amazing images in Fontana’s portfolio of work. The raw, jarring and candid nature of his images have a staying power in the mind’s eye and aren’t easily forgotten.
In 2003 Andrew Faris graduated from Kent State University and promptly moved to New York City. He worked during the week as a web designer but over the weekend he would hit the streets with his parents Polaroid camera in hand. Everything NYC was new to Faris and he captured the city in a raw series of images that he decided he would share via NYCPP (the New York City Polaroid Project).
Billy & Hells have amassed a stunning body of portrait photography. Each image has been meticulously composed and portrays a unique personality from each subject. Sprinkled within the portraits are a few landscape shots that are equally wonderful and as much as I loved the portraits, I felt the landscape shots were high art.
German photographer Bettina Lauck has captured several muted, contemplative and sometimes serene images that have the power to stay with you long after viewing.
On the surface, you first have to pay homage to the great wordplay in the name ‘Satansmothers‘ but then you can get into some fantastic candid photography captured by Julio R. Rocha using tinted washed out hues leaving you with a feeling of hip 70’s nostalgia.
Photo-artist Julia Peirone was born 1973 and currently lives and works in Stockholm. She is fearless with her camera painting introspective and contemplative imagery that she also translates into video and sculpture installations.
