Jeremy Walker

I found this guy on flickr and really was attracted to his portraits. His work is good, but only a few stood out to me but there are 2 that i really really loved.  Jeremy is an established from London.  He photographs beauty, portraits, fashion, and street. I was really looking hard for another few photos i liked from him but... i just can't.

Trine Sondergaard

Trine Sondergaard is a photographer from Denmark. Her photography ranges from documentary to landscape photography. The work I chose is called "Strude". I saw four of her prints at one of the galleries in new york. I don't think she was featured because her work was in a separate room for faculty.
A strude is a mask worn by the women of Fano, a small island off the coast of Denmark.  Now they are only worn once a year when the woman get dressed up in old world regalia for a summer parade.  The purpose of a strude was to shield their skin from sandstorms. She wanted to capture a duration of time where past and present meet in the same moment. When I saw these in the gallery I couldn't stop looking at them. I was completely mesmerized by the color and softness of these portraits. I like how they are so powerful even though there is not one picture where the girl makes eye contact with the camera. There were some in the series that I feel totally did not work and it was ones of the back of the headdress. Theres something about seeing a face, even if just the tiniest bit that makes these images stronger.

Jena Ardell

Jen Ardell is known for her polaroids. She wants an authentic feel that she thinks cant be duplicated digitally. She wants her photographs to feel as though you have stumbled across a box of photos in your attic. Her photography I think does just that. 

Aaron Feaver

Aaron Feaver is a photographer from Los Angeles and thats pretty much all i know. His photography is really desaturated and soft. His photos seem like they were taken years ago.  He has a variety of portraits, and images he calls "uncategorizable".  He has a flickr that he updates regularly and he has majority of his portraits on there.

david bellemere

I was looking at a blog the other day and happened to see this really beautiful picture that IS my life. It probably sums up my goal as a photographer of what I would love my work to be like. I researched the photographer and pretty much found nothing about him, but his name is David Bellemere. I did find that he studied art at an art school in Paris but I have no idea when. After he moved to Thailand for 2 years and got a better idea of what he wanted his photography to be like. Natural light, architecture, mixing feminine sensuality and fashion is what his work is about. Once back in France he began working for Marie Claire Italia and Vogue UK. He has a lot of beautiful color work even though I was drawn to his b&w. 

Ryan McGinley

Ryan McGinley was born in NJ and went to Parsons and received his bachelors in graphic design.  He is the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was also awarded Photographer of the year by American Photo Magazine in 2003. He has had several shows at the MOMA.  I found him from the guy jeff luker i posted last week who was at one point ryans assistant. I really cant get enough of this "documentary" like photography.  His work is so open and free. I feel like instead of capturing issues of the teenage population, he is showing how there are parts that are still ok.  These kids look so liberated and free and I feel like people associate that with the late 60's but it is still happening. In his collections of photographs on his website there is a great variety between portraits and abstraction, but they all fit together so perfectly. His composition and timing is always dead on and thats what makes you drawn into them.

Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Public Art Project Space, 2006

jeffluker.com

Jeffrey Luker

I heard of Jeff Luker through Richard. He showed me his website and I was immediately in awe. I dont do much straight "street" photography but have always admired it.  His photography is so simple but you can feel the story behind it. When I look at his pictures It feels like i was there too. I love when I look at a photo and can feel the conversation and weather and atmosphere whether it be happy or depressing. He says his work is based on the ideas of youth, freedom, love, memory and dreams. He gets inspiration from eggelsten and robert frank. He has shot for urban outfitters, vice and levi's.

Roger Karlsson (aka Coyhand)

As I was browsing a blog a few days ago I stumbled across a really wonderful picture of some trees. I am a sucker for nature photography and this really caught my eye.  The photographers name is Roger Karlsson.  He does not have a website but he has a flickr. His flickr consists of almost 300 pictures of trees and . I looked at every image and did not get bored. I feel like I could just walk into the photo and hear the wildlife and feel the chill on a fall day.

Roger Karlsson (aka Coyhand)