Hellen Van Meene was born in Alkmaar in 1972 and currently lives in The Netherlands. Her photos expose adolescents in atmospheric environments, producing striking compositions with a touch of melancholy. Her exceptional work has been included in various books and art catalogues.
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As Oleg Duryagin mentions “Visually I am inspired by culture of fashion and surrealists. I often shock people with my work … I try to combine reality with artificiality”. I am personally amazed by the immensity of this young Russian photographer’s talent! His portraits look almost ethereal, porcelain fragile, transparent … The eyes exaggerated, shiny, too penetrating! A visual and surreal transformation of human identity.
Paul Paper captures what he calls “the tiny tiny miracle in boring every day”. He sure knows how to transform boring into interesting! Atmospheric, emotive and conceptual photos by this talented Lithuanian artist. Known for her humanitarian photographs, Stephanie Sinclair has been awarded numerous times for her work on gender and human rights issues around the world. Shortly after college she started working for the Chicago Tribune which sent her to cover the start of the war in Iraq. She eventually moved to Iraq and then to Lebanon for 6 years as a freelancer. Photos from the VII Photo Agency
Born in Minneapolis, Laura Swanson is now based in Providence, Rhode Island. Her photo series “splices”, “canonical portraits”, “deformities”, “embarrassments”, “sitcoms & romcoms” and “anti-self portraits” are very interesting conceptual experiments which trigger the viewer’s eye by setting humanist questions. More particularly, the artist’s statement about the “Anti-Self-Portraits (2005-2008)”: “Part biography, these images represent my discomfort with being looked at and wishing I could hide. Part fantasy, these images position the viewer as the perpetrator of an invasion of privacy. The psychological play between the viewer and myself is what I am most interested in - I am drawing attention to the fact that I am denying something from the viewer. Am I reproaching the viewer's gaze? Or am I simply acknowledging the moment of recognition? The idea of hiding to acknowledge the act of looking is fascinating to me. The concealment of my face is also important to the depersonalization of the exchange. By removing identity and having the shape of my body stand in for the idea of difference, there is more room for thoughts about how one looks at another. The exchange is not just about me and the viewer anymore - it has the opportunity to open up into a broader conversation about how difference is looked at”.
Interesting experimenting with light effects and glamour photo shots by Brian Lynch. The photographer lives and works in San Diego, CA. Being an obsessed smoker, I decided to feature 3 super cool smoking photo shots by Sam Hessamian. Smoking is not an incentive of course. Stylish, expressive, often fashion orientated eye catching photography is the reason you should check out his portfolio.
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