I found the work of UK-based, Chinese-born photographer, Ian Lv, through the doubleyouwhy! flickr group. Extracting simplicity and geometrics from the urbanized subjects he explores, Ian seems to emphasize the dominance of industrialization within his community, juxtaposing it with the polluted and almost non-existing presence of natural life.
For more of Ian’s work, visit his website, or his flick.
Our good buddies over at HUH! Magazine are offering a 10% discount on issue #22, ‘Pepping’, of international photography magazine, Foam. It’s a limited time offer ending at the end of this week, so If you’re interested in ordering a copy, click here and head over to their bookstore. If you’d like to know more about Foam, check out this one-on-one interview had with its managing editor, Sara Despres.
More information after the break.
Italian photographer Alessandro Calabrese contacted me about his work, and within minutes, I fell in love. Centrally placing his subjects within the frame – something that tends to be frowned upon in all the photos classes I’ve taken – Alessandro submerges his elegant and graceful models within an eclectic and full-bodied environment, taken advantage of both the colors and the textures.
Pay Alessandro a visit by clicking here.
Here’s another photographer found through the doubleyouwhy! Flickr Pool – Angelica Ström of Sweden shoots woman in a naturally posed and poised manner, paying close attention to the composition and playing around with the light. By removing the identity of her subjects, Angelica forces her viewer to focus and appreciate the beauty of the human form.
Check out the rest of her work here and here.
I found the work of young Indian photographer, Srinath Iswaran, through the doubleyouwhy Flickr pool. Using film as his weapon of choice, he elegantly documents and archives both the beautiful and more tragic sides of India – a country that’s definitely in my top five places to visit.
Head over to Srinath’s Flickr page for more South Asian photography.
Toronto-based photographer, Andre Vautour, has a lovely set of photographs that feature a combination of levitating patterned shirts and identity-hidden subjects, who together, are all placed and backed by a neutrally plain wall or backdrop. The over exposed aesthetic to his photos are achieved through what I believe is a direct fire of a flash gun or something similar.
Have a look at Andre’s other photos either on his website, or his Flickr.
Jeremy Edwards is a Chicago-based photographer with an unusual camera setup and an impeccable eye for composition. He began a project entitled “From the Pocket“, where all photographs are simply and modestly captured using Apple’s very own iPhone mobile device. No fancy lenses, camera bodies or expensive lighting here – just a well trained eye and some in-app post processing. The work is really quite remarkable if you ask me.
Jeremy has a ton more of these iPhone-snapped pictures, and quite frankly, some of them are unbelievable. Go take a look for yourself.
Georgian photographer and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University graduate Levan Kakabadze hangs around the waterfront catching moments of naturally occurring beauty through spontaneously placed and observed objects or through the people that so happen to cross his photographic path.
Head over to Levan’s website to view more work.
Russian-born, Jersey-raised photographer and contributor to MOSSLESS Magazine, Suzanna Zak, studied photography at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She documents nature and the various oddities it brings into the world, collecting it all and presenting it in a euphoric package.
Have a look at Suzanna’s other photos, here.
Alethea Everard is a 15 – yes, 15 – year old photographer from Australia who keeps her camera pointed up towards the mountains! Offering a beautiful pallet of blues and greens, Alethea definitely displays competency in tonal range and color correction. These landscapes are beautifully captured and would make for a lovely addition to any wall in your house.
There’s a lot more astonishing work from the young and talented Alethea, here.
