Posted in Photographers, Photography on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
© Heidi Specker
I find the work of German photographer Heidi Specker truly fascinating. It is the captivating contrasts of mundane objects in her compositions, objects creating patterns that would be usually ignored but become alive with her pictures. More images here, and don’t miss her books.
I am interested in the contrast between recorded reality [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography, quotes on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is why we start, this is why we keep doing it …, isn’t it?
In the moments when inspiration does not find our path, or when the jobs are scarce or the client complains too much … remember, it is all about the fun. Enjoy the moments when photography flows from inside …
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Posted in Dialogues/Interviews, Photographers, Photography on January 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
© Jennifer Loeber
[Limited series prints for sale at at the Humble Arts Foundation]
I am very pleased to post an in-depth interview with photographer Jennifer Loeber. Jennifer Loeber is a young photographer based in New York City. Jennifer’s portfolio reflects the exploration of an evolving artistic vision, from documentary series to portraits that have the [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
© Thomas Misik
Thomas Misik is a German photographer that photographs spaces where geometry, color and composition create an illusion of unpopulated areas isolated from their own context. His work shows the space as an art form, sterile, without human presence. Unfortunately, it is not easy to find much of his work online but found some [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on January 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
© Guy Bourdin
”Guy was the closest thing to a fine-art photographer that this business has produced.” - Albert Watson
I find very interesting the intersection between fashion and fine art photography, and both Guy Bourdin and Albert Watson, merge those genres like few have done. At the core of Guy Bourdin’s photographs there is a [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on January 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
© Johanna Warwick
Johanna Warwick is another extraordinary photographer I discovered via the project Flash Forward [also at Flak Photo], organized by the Magenta Foundation in Canada. She has really excellent photography at her website, but the series that really got my attention is “The Weight of the World“.
This is a series that comprises 12 images [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
©Denis Darzacq
As a part of his remarkable series of people “suspended in the air” [ see Sans titre and Hyper], Denis Darzacq has a very impressive set of images named “La Chute” (The Fall), where he uses street dancers to create the perception of people falling on to the streets. I have seen the [...]
Posted in Photoblogs, Photographers on January 14, 2008 | No Comments »
©Madam Peripetie [pseudonym]
Péripétie, from Geek περιπετεῖα (peripeteia): means usually in the epic poem, a novel, a piece of theater, anything that changes the situation and takes in an action, the situation of the characters and the related interest, a kind of revolution.
… it means a turning point and shows how much photography changed my live [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
© Kim Badawi
Kim Badawi is a freelance photographer from New York City of Egyptian, French and Slovenian background. I mention his background because he has been involved in quite a broad range of photojournalism projects some including topics with the Arab world and its integration with American culture, like “The rise of the American muslin [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »
©Jessica Bruah
I discovered the work of Jessica Bruah over at one of my favorites sites, FlakPhoto. I am really impressed by her work. Jessica has a different way to see and a creative way to communicate with images. Looking at her work reminds me that we are living exciting times in photography with incredible talent [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
©Fredrik Marsh [The Inhabitants]
Interesting work by Fredrik Marsh.
Marsh’s title for this most recent series of Dresden, The Inhabitants, references American writer & photographer Wright Morris’s classic 1946 publication of the same name. Much like Morris, Marsh focused not on people directly, but their artifacts, on objects bearing their imprint. Empty places, remaining since the end [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
© Brica Wilcox [self-portrait]
Interesting work by Brica Wilcox. I find intriguing when the photographers become their own subject in the story and the purpose of message they want to share. Brica Wilcox surely does a nice job from the aesthetic point of view, but I am not sure if I feel the message she [...]
Posted in Books, Photographers, Photography on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »
©Justin Guariglia
During a long period of 8 years, photographer Justin Guariglia (National Geographic Traveler, PDN’s best under 30 in the year 2000), was able to build trust from one of the most reserved Budist communities, the monks at the Shaolin Temple in China. Usually, tourists don’t see the real monks, they only see [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 23, 2007 | No Comments »
© Beth Herzhaft
Interesting work by young photographer Beth Herzhaft. Although she does commercial work, I find more interesting her personal series, in particular “area photography”. You can see some images of this series at her website (in the art section) or at TOPIC magazine [you will need to sign for free account user name [...]
Posted in Photographers, Photography on December 21, 2007 | No Comments »
© Jonathan Harris
The Whale Hunt … take a look if you are not sensitive to whale hunting … the website is quite an experience by itself, the images beautiful and the story, … you decide; I found it quite amazing.
Artist Jonathan Harris created, The Whale Hunt. In this documentary work, Harris joins a family [...]
