J Bennett Fitts was born in Kansas City, Missouri and attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His imagery centers around the kind of of post-apocalyptic paradise lost feeling of abandoned roadside hotels.
Iranian, Anoush Abrar and Dutch national, Aimée Hoving began working together in 2004 after finishing art school. Since then they have exhibited their work the world over and their images have graced the pages of almost every important fashion magazine that can be thought of.
Blurry, brooding and retro-inspired imagery fills the portfolio of young photographer Snjezana Josipovic.
I can’t tell you much about Pioforsky other than the fact that he has some really beautiful imagery in his Flickr-folio. There is a kind of silent-movie-retro-throwback-psychedelic thing happening that is really nice.
I was cruising Dropular today and stumbled across the photography of Paco Peregrin. All of his work is so imaginative and the colors in the makeup, clothing and composition is flat out beautiful. I was really struck by his work. Fantastic.
I stumbled across the work of Margaret Durow today (and I honestly cannot remember where I found her site, I just had it open in a tab from somewhere I had clicked and now I wish I remembered where that click came from). Regardless, I was just stunned by her narrative photography work when I finally got around to browsing through it. There are so many beautiful shots that just open up a space to let your mind wonder. Every shot seems snipped from a bigger story. The really amazing thing about Durow is that she is all but 19 years of age. She has such an amazing eye for someone so young.
There are some drop dead gorgeous fashion and beauty shots in the photography portfolio of Phil Poynter at the Art Department.
As opposed to me butchering a decent explanation as to how artist Richard Galpin produces his unusual and amazing artwork, here is his own explanation from his website: “
Richard Galpin’s complex art works are derived from the artist’s own photographs of chaotic cityscapes. Using only a scalpel Galpin intricately scores and peels away the emulsion from the surface of the photograph to produce a radical revision of the urban form. The artist allows himself no collaging, or additions of any kind – each delicate work is a unique piece made entirely by the erasure of photographic information.”
Jason DeMarte’s biography:
“Jason DeMarte was born in Louisiana in 1973 but spent most of his childhood in Colorado. Growing up in Colorado’s natural beauty had a profound effect on Jason, an effect that is evident in his work to this day. While Jason has been making pictures since he was 11 years old he was originally interested in biological sciences. After attending school pursuing a degree in science Jason decided he could investigate his interests in the natural world better with Photography. Jason DeMarte is now an established artist currently on leave from Mississippi State University and teaching photography at the University of New Mexico. He received his B.F.A. in Photography from Colorado State University and then his M.F.A in Photography from the University of Oregon. Previous to teaching in Mississippi, Jason taught photography for three years at Zayed University, an all Muslim women’s University in the United Arab Emirates. Working overseas allowed Jason to travel to over a dozen countries, giving him an insightful and unique perspective to work from. DeMarte’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums including the Chelsea Galleria in Miami, the Pacific Northwest Center for Photography in Portland OR. the Meridian Museum of Art, the New Life Gallery in Berlin Germany, the University of the Art Gallery in Philadelphia, the Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography in L.A., the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and the Total Arts Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His work has also appeared in journals and publications including Photography Now, Photo Review and the Wynwood Arts Magazine. He recently received honorable mention for Jen Beckman’s “Hey Hot Shots” competition, and was accepted into this years Review Santa Fe and the Photo-Eye gallery showcase in Santa Fe NM. Lastly Jason was nominated for this years PDN 30 emerging photographers.”
Discovered via But Does It Float.
Photographer Reka Nyari has launched a new website full of beautiful images of beautiful people, some of whom even have bright luscious fluorescent lips.
Photographer Tre Dadlar has some stunning and atmospherically contemplative imagery in his very accomplished portfolio.
Photographer Alex Aristei captures quietly casual moments of cool.
Jonas Eriksson has some really beautiful photo retouching/manipulation in his portfolio.
I’m always blown away by the work of Dave Hill, and with a brand spanking new website – and lots and lots of fresh new work – I’ll be spending most of my afternoon wiping drool from my chin! My favorite thing about Dave Hill is his willingness to disclose his best kept secrets to his fans with plenty of behind-the-scenes footage. It’s a really great way for photography enthusiasts to study lighting position and proper equipment usage!
Graphic Designer/Typography/Illustrator Julien De Repentigny has updated with some really sensational new dimensional typography work. That is only one part of the setup, however. The other part is photographing that type in vivid color, which he does equally well.
Designer/painter/illustrator/photographer Eli Horn has updated with a new site and a lot of really interesting new work. He has a really unique eye and isn’t afraid one bit to just go off the rails and experiment. Consequently, his portfolio is widely varied but all of the work is unique.
“LucyandBart is a collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. They share a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. Unconsciously their work touches upon these themes, however it is not their intention to communicate this. They work in a primitive and limitless way creating future human shapes, blindly discovering low – tech prosthetic ways for human enhancement.”
Stephen Morris has some really interesting photographs in his Flickr account. I don’t know where he finds his locations or how he stages his imagery but I think that is half the fun of looking at them.
