Erin Mulvehill is currently living in New York city (Brooklyn).
“My work aims to explore the human connections and subtle nuances that whisper into the ear of our every day. Much of my work is rooted in the ideas of mind, body, seamlessness and time. This is largely because my deepest beliefs lie in the principles of buddhism, the integration of art and life, and the preservation of beautiful moments. I am nomadic by nature and am inspired each day by the nothingness that resides in all things.” Continue reading »
Aug 162010
May 272010
Jill Greenberg’s latest work isn’t as controversial as her last snaps of crying babies or a bloody Senator John McCain, but it sure is beautiful. The photographer’s latest series Glass Ceiling is yet another example of her undeniable talents in digital surrealism and colour manipulation.
What ensues is a glorious lesson in the colourful, the soft, and the dreamlike, as well as every angelic colour under the sun. It’s also a lesson in holding your breath and flapping your arms around (Michael Hutchence not included). The series captures the world’s most oestrogen-heavy sport: synchronised swimming. Yep, chuck on your bathing caps, we’re going for a dip… in stilettos. And you thought that was just for ladies of good-breeding!
May 242010
Dale Yudelman’s career in photography has led him through two eras of South African history as well as across several continents. Born in Johannesburg, he began photographing at a young age under the tutelage of his father and was barely out of his teens in 1979 when he landed a job as staff photographer at South Africa’s largest daily newspaper The Star. In 1986 Yudelman left South Africa – working as a freelance photographer first in London and later in Los Angeles., he returned to South Africa in 1996 and currently lives and works in Cape Town. Continue reading »
Apr 252010
(C) 2010 Williams Martinez
Apr 222010
Mark Velasquez received his BFA from Cornish College in Seattle in 2000. Since then he has been through Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and more than enough of the continental United States spreading his unique sense of humor and creative energy where needed. Today he can be found anywhere on the West Coast, camera in hand, mind reeling.
Mar 302010
Dutch Duo Morena Westerik and Petra van Bennekum are known as Petrovsky & Ramone in the fashion photography world. They encompass the perfect mix of documentary and fashion, by incorporating elements of real and the fantastic in such a seamless way.
Mar 292010
Born in England and raised in Canada, Jody Rogac currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She has been shooting professionally since obtaining her BFA in photography from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2006. Focusing on portraiture, editorial and fashion photography with an unintrusive and unassuming approach, she explores the subtleties in human nature, representing people as they are.
Mar 262010
The gorgeous pin-up part of one of the projects of the Russian photographer Irina Davis.
Because of the devastation of World War II, Russian “girls” in the ’40s and ’50s were taught to be tough and work hard. I am saddened by the fact that Russia never had the chance to enjoy the happy pin-up times of America’s postwar period. In fact, cheerful American pin-up art was considered in Soviet Russia to be politically incorrect, decadent and flat-out immoral, the product of a culture that could never understand the true nature of the human condition.
By photographing exclusively Russian immigrant women in traditional all-American pin-up poses, I am inventing my own genre of Russian pin-up. My concept is to portray pure beauty, femininity and sexuality, not to objectify but to empower. To those who identify the clues in my work, hidden to most non-Russian eyes, I am telling the story of a crisis of Russian national identity, and the frustration and confusion of self-identification with the Old Country, the New World and a diaspora caught between them. My goal is to bridge the gap and seduce the spectator with alluring imagery, trapping him into empathizing with a foreign element.
Mar 252010
Copenhagen based fashion photographer Henrik Adamsen started out as a retoucher in the early 90s, before moving on to graphic design and art direction, and now photography. Henrik is inspired by the life around him, like colours and light, and when shooting he never plans poses as he likes to be inspired by the moment and the dialogue between him and the model.
Henrik is pretty much self-taught, but the experience from art direction and retouching gives him an advantage in knowing what he wants, what looks good, and what doesn’t look good.
Mar 242010
Gao Zhen 1956 Born in Ji’nan, China
Gao Qiang 1962 Born in Ji’nan, China
The Gao Brothers are a pair of artist brothers based in Beijing and authors of several published works, including“How Far Can You Walk in One Day in Beijing”, “The Current State Of Chinese Avant-Garde Art” and “The Report Of Art Environment”, They have been collaborating on installation, performance, sculpture, photography works and writing since the mid1980s. Some of their works were published in “A History Of China Modern Art”, ” China Avant-garde Photography”, “The Best Photography Of China”, etc, and is held in private and museums collections, such like He Xiangning Art Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, etc, in China and across the world.
The Gao brothers’ most extensive work is both explicit and critical, seeking to recast Chairman Mao — a figure in China who is simultaneously capable of arousing deep emotions of pain and despair, as well as admiration, love, and pride — as a flawed figure.
Mar 222010
Marlene Marino (Virginia, United States) studied art and philosophy in New York before launching her photographic practice in 1999. Her first exhibition was at American Fine Arts, NY – curated by Colin De Land. Marino recently published the project Cuba 2009, as a special edition for Purple Fashion Magazine, with whom she contributes regularly.
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Mar 172010
Within the world of fashion photography, Wendy Bevan is an unexpected unique curiosity. Her rich and painterly works of art draw us into a world of ambiguity and uneasy narratives. Perusing her portfolio, one is led through a labyrinth of antique film sets in which dramatic silent performances are taking place, with disconcertingly beautiful femme fatales acting out their memories, bittersweet feelings and repressed emotions.
Bevan has worked for many leading magazines. Publications include; Russian Vogue, Italian Marie Claire, Harpers Bazaar, Muse, Financial Times: How To Spend It, The Independent, The Observer, Self Service, Big, 10, Lula, Nylon, V Magazine, Qvest, POP Magazine, I-D, Grey and online Magazine TEST. Through these commissions she has worked with a number of top Fashion Directors and Stylists, namely Simon Robins, Katie Felstead, Fran Burns, and Jacob K.
Mar 162010
The colours of her pictures have an intense, almost gaudy glow. Her images resemble stills of old 70s movies. In her new ‘Week-End’ series, Alex Prager presents “a world which simultaneously does and doesn’t exist”.
The photographer is convinced that every woman has the heart of an actress. Connections between her cinematic imagery and her Californian heritage seem clear-cut. The protagonists of the 18 new exhibits embody retro brought to life in their wigs and polyester blouses. Yet kitschy first impressions are quickly translated into ardent enthusiasm and fascination.
The fictional snap shots of just the other weekend take us on an emotional voyage through alienation, lust, fear, neglect and ambiguous, lunatic actions. The photographs go further than being mere colourful snap shots – each face, each expression tells part of the story.
Alex Prager was born 1979 in Los Angeles and started early when she took up a camera in her youth. She has no formal photography qualifications, but travelled the United States and Europe where she thrived on the many impressions she gained and a love of art. An exhibition by the pioneer of artistic colour photography, William Eggleston, provided the critical impulse to her work nowadays.
Mar 152010
Deborah Turbeville is an original artist. Her unique personal vision colors her work and whether portrait, landscape, interiors or fashion, her signature is immediately apparent. Her latest book of photographs, Past Imperfect, may be puzzling to those who like their answers on a plate. The pictures breach the fine line between a commercial fashion shoot and a pictorial work of art, for one thing. In the scenarios depicted the female models are cast as players whose role is ambiguous. As well, the photographer has reproduced her original archive in which many of the prints were torn, scratched and superimposed with sticky tape. She and her publisher, Steidl, spent four and a half years on the book, which is an edited compilation of work done between 1974 and 1997. Continue reading »
