Mike Bailey Gates

Mike is a an 18 year old photographer from New England who has been photographing since he was 13. He has an amazing resume already. Besides being featured in tons of magazines and Urban Outfitters blog, he has an art gallery showing at jesse smith and an exhibition in Brussels and France. His photography is very planned out and extravagant. He creates sets and scenarios that set him apart.
His choice of color and desaturation make a dreamy and light feeling.

Osamu Yokonami is a photographer based in Japan who does mostly advertising work. The work I chose that I really like from him is not his advertising but his series stuff. I have no idea what they mean or represent because well his website is in japanese which makes it a little difficult to read. What attracted me to his photographs was the lighting and color. All of his images seem too have a tint of blue, and I dont know how to explain but I like it. The photos are all also muted. It's the lighting and the non-saturation of colors that I would use for my own photos.  He is direct when he shoots and where he crops is always for the best.

Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden is 23 years old from Pennsylvania. She attended Temple university and graduated with film and english degrees. She now is a fine arts photographer based in Los Angeles. Her inspirations come from fairy-tales and old painting and such things. Her photos make me feel like she cares deeply about everyone of them. She has her techniques down and her own personal style. When I see something of hers, you can automatically tell its her work. She teaches a workshop on her techniques and editing in Los Angeles. The color palette she uses is always matted and her compositions are so simple but beautiful. Brooke is a great example of a photographer that successfully uses herself as a model which I respect very much.

Margaret Durow

Margaret Durow  is a biology major in wisconsin. she seems to use film with her black and white and color photos, but she doesnt specify. Thats all I know about her....
Some of her photos are double exposures and they have a dreamlike feeling to them.  They are dark but feel so light, if that makes sense. Her black and white really caught my eye because of the sandwiching and the graininess.
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alison scarpulla

Alison is from NY state and recieved her first camera at the age of 15. She took a photo class in high school and experimented with double exposure and different developing methods through trial and error. Her images have a sort of morbid and psychadelic feeling that directly relate to her experiences growing up. She says that the desaturated look of her photos is a mix between drug store processing, expired film and a dirty or wet lens. She uses only film because she feels digital doesn't give the save feeling. Alison gets her inspiration from old books and films, woods, and nature, and also old photographs.

Ellen Rogers

Ellen is a london based photographer based In London. She focus solely on fashion photographer. She does not do any digital editing whatsoever except to scan them at the end. She uses about 30 types of cameras, including 4x5, 35 mm, and 6x6; depending on her mood. She has a whole but of "q & a" on her website and all I have to saay is that it is all a huge turn off. She goes on about how she will not tell anyone what her process is and that she refuses to shoot bands because she doesnt want to be associated with it. I actually read all of that info after I put up the pictuers and stuff or I would have never supported her... shes a total bitch!! She also states that she does not use assistants soo dont even ask. And then!!!!! she says that if you want to do an interview that you should read previous ones because it gets boring being asked the same questions. This girl could not be any less appreciative. She needs a reality check.... anyway she seems to use a lot of coloring on her prints and some times its a little much but over all I like her work.