Who's that lady? The Photos of Alex Prager
She is my new american idol. She is the photographer Alex Prager. Raised by her grandparents, Prager lived part time in Los Angeles, Florida, and Switzerland, which made her grammer school career understandably difficult. Deciding to skip art school (praise her), she taught herself the craft of photography through trial and error. Prager's juicy depictions of lovely ladies, ladies dressed in vintage clothing, portray an eerie Hitchcockian nostalgia that bleeds with color and vibrance. My favorite images are these iconic styled photographs with traces of contemporary Americana. She has already been compared to Diane Arbus and Annie Leibovitz (I smell success). Like Arbus and L...Read more
Owen Silverwood plays with his food!
Playing with food; photographing glittery things; creating “rhythm maps”—these are some the things that the diverse London photographer Owen Silverwood pursues in his creative time. I found the rhythm maps particularly interesting. They are basically an open-shutter that captures some seriously vivid motion—all in observation of music. Some of his subject matter is truly original and very creative. He has some really cool model shots on his website that are definitely atypical. I wanted to show off his bathtub photo because it one of those wicked shots that never really gets old. Here is the link to his website: http://www.owens...Read more
fiat lux!: Alan Jaras plays with light.
Photography: the art of painting with light. Most of the time, a print is made from a projection onto photographic paper via an enlarger, but in the case of Alan Jaras, prints are carefully made form the beauty of light itself (typically not through a lens). Jaras is a master of shining light through pieces of glass, or whatever other transparent objects he can get his hands on. Alan Jaras does not alter his images digitally; the color on the prints he makes is true to what he has captured. Here is a link to a blog page with more pretty photos. http://www.neublack.com/art-design/alan-jaras-light-photography/ here is his website, with even more pretty photos. ht...Read more
digital beauty: the photography of Iain Crawford
London photographer Iain Crawford’s work is a prime example of just what someone can accomplish with fashion and portrait photography in the digital era. His apparent fascination with motion has allowed him to accomplish a clearly recognizable style that teases the tactile senses of the viewer. Some of his works hold strong elements of color and texture, while others hold clear elements of balance and movement; either way, his work is definitely inspiring and captivating. No matter what the scheme of the image, the works of Iain Crawford never cease to amaze. here is a link to his high quality website: ...Read more
The ill Photos of Darren Rigo
Monochromatic material out of context is the theme for Darren Rigo's photo series titled appropriately Displacement. Through the use of color matching and subtle composition, these soft lit images appear serene, if not eerily natural. ...Read more
Hanna Lee, Child Prodigy
Killing time browsing the web last week, I came across a blog, youarebeautiful.yolasite.com. The site is all about celebrating young women, individual style, and overcoming societal judgments and "requirements". The interviews feature female photographers, and when I stumbled upon Hanna Lee's words, I was awestruck. The way she spoke, the aesthetic of the photos, so surreal, so youthful, so nostalgic. The reason why is simple. Hanna Lee is twelve years old. At first I didn't believe it. It couldn't be true! She was too good! But definitely looked twelve, definitely spoke younger, and definitely captured the true essence of childhood. To see the passion, dedication, and skill level of someone...Read more
The ill Photos of Denis Grzetic
Despite the excellent appearance of the work of 44-year-old Croatian artist Denis Grzetic’s photographs, he is surprisingly an amateur photographer. His work entails a great deal of black and white prints of scenery that seems almost other-worldly, bringing out one of the primary essences of the photograph: within the light painted by Grzetic lays an image, from an almost unattainable time, that radiates what once may have been in this world. He exemplifies an excellent play with shades of grey; depth of field. If one had to sum up his title in one word, it would be explorer. Here is a link to his work on one of m...Read more
how can you not love Misha Gordin
"Do I aim my lens outside, toward the world surrounding me, or inside, toward myself? Should I photograph the existing reality or create my own world, believable, yet non-existent?" Misha Gordin is a conceptual photographer. She makes all of her images from multiple photographs she has taken. Like jerry Ulsman she has constructed these images in the traditional darkroom. Few other photographers can execute concepts the way she does. Its Refreshing to see some one in a digital age to be straight up killing it in the darkroom. ...Read more
Alexandre Orion Does it Photographically
Alexandre Orion is best known for his reverse graffiti project in Brasil in which he removed dust and grime from tunnels to make beautiful visual artwork. Though this is beautiful and very exciting, I personally am drawn to his photography. Using his street art experience Alexandre makes highly stylized stencils to which he puts up in a composition of his liking. Then showing much patience and planning he waits for everyday society to interact with his artwork. The images made from this process are very original. Multi media used in photography is nothing new but this is a fine execution of it. ...Read more
JR are will make you Jump Jump
Few execute and deliver a subject the way French photographer JR does. One cannot help but notice the presentation and delivery of his work. His photographic process involves a combination of exaggerated portraiture and giant scale prints. Just as important as the process, meaning and mode meet in the finalized presentation, in which his close-up portraits, blown up to building-sized proportions, are wheat-pasted prominently amidst the subjects’ home environment. The 28-millimeter project is a great example of how far JR’s delivery has progressed since he began working with photography in 2003. This project captures human emotion as its best, particularly The&...Read more
