Mauricio Handler

Mauricio Handler is a British underwater photographer. The photographs from his various expeditions are really lovely. He provides a magical glimpse into the underwater world.

http://www.handlerphoto.com/

Abelardo Morell

I think this guy is reallly cool. You can tell by his portfolio that he's not afraid to try anything new. This is some of his most recent work that I really like. I've never seen anything else like it and I think it shows how creative he can be.

http://www.abelardomorell.net/photography/recent_01/recent_02.html

Aaron Wojack

Aaron Wojack is a photographer from Brooklyn. Wojack has a series dedicated to pigeons, which I found interesting because I know how people in the city really dislike pigeons and most of the pigeons in the city are pretty vicious themselves. However, Wojack depicts pigeons as harmless innocent creatures. His website is http://www.aaronwojack.com/

Gideon Barnett

Barnett is a a pretty interestingly conceptual man. His series that caught my eye was his collection of photographs of what America perceives as museum/visitor centers. Barnett went around to about 120 of these historical places, museums, monuments and visitor centers through out the east coast-ish areas. an I think about this all the time, what constitutes as historical, and if we have a bunch of historical landmarks do they loose there appeal? I think its really rare what he was capturing in this series. Some of the items of the images collected together seem anything but important and "historical". His work is pretty good formally but his concept is what got me thinking the most.

Check out the whole series and other works of his at...

http://www.gideonbarnett.com/heritage-of-humanity/

Henrik Adamsen is a Danish fashion and portrait photographer. Something I find fascinating is the way he photographs women. Looking at a lot of male photographers, they tend to photograph women from a dominating point of view, typically subconsciously. Eve my male friends will take snapshots of my from above because it's an inherent thing for them to do. However, Adamsen tends to shoot his women from the same level or lower, showing them as more powerful forces than fragile things.

Photographer of the Week: Dmitri Gerasimov

Found Dmitri Gerasimov's work via here: http://www.photographyserved.com/gallery/HEAD-IN-THE-PACKAGE/2235404

It seems that his main photography site is for some reason "forbidden". BUT! here's a link to his vimeo page, which is the next best thing: film!
http://vimeo.com/gerasimov

He's from Estonia, and that's about all I know about him. The first photo is one of the photographer, himself, because it's ridiculous and needs to be shown to you guys. Then, there's a photo with this crazy geometric array on a woman's head. And hen we delve into b&w photography, too, with his series, "Head In The Package", which is incredibly abstract, yet very knowing, too. I see it as experimental. It's an odd series, and would be lovely displayed on a wall. His works mostly works with people and it seems like crosses. hmmm....

Daryl Peveto

Daryl Peveto is a SoCal based photographer. His series "American Nomads" is an extremely interesting set of photos describing the lives of Americans who live in trailer parks and are constantly on the move. They live a very crass and "unsophisticated" lifestyle as opposed to those of us who have permanent homes. They seem to be extremely close-knit. They don't attempt to hide the dirt and grime they accumulate physically and their body language suggests that they simply don't care about others. Here's a sample of the text from his series:
"At first glance, this community is both raw and harsh, but there is also much beauty and love. There are thieves and rampant drug use, but also picnics and birthday parties and an always-open door. And much like the rest of the world, they eat and bathe and sleep and marry and die. But they do it on their own terms."

American Nomads by Daryl Peveto

Jo Ann Walters

Jo Ann Walters is the head of Photography at SUNY Purchase. Her portraits are very interesting, in most of them the subject is aware of the photographer, and usually making eye contact. Also thought her photos her color scheme very consistent between earthy and beige tones. I couldn't find a website on her in particular, but her work is available on SUNy Purchase website, Main Media Workshops, BOOOOM and blogspot

Gus Powell

Powell's approach to photograph is blatant and obvious but begs viewers to further dissect his series'. I found his work on tinyvices.com which is an online gallery of work. His street photography is what caught my eye. He finds interesting and unplanned scenarios on the streets. I know it is hard to produce correct color in street and in moving subjects situations so I admire him for that. He is a MFA professor at the School of Visual Arts and lives in and is based in New York City.

Check out his work

http://www.guspowell.com/

@Sleepy

Looking through Nizaad's flickr that Rachel just posted, I found this. Check it out Mr. Noble!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nizaad/6172712945/in/photostream

Nizaad and Klara Hemmerich

I've forgotten to post in the past two weeks, so here's two artists. I decided to find photographers that really seemed amazing to me, but were either really young or not trained in photography at all. I found both!

1. Nizaad is a photographer I found on Flickr. She's been doing a 365 day project with one photo a day. She's 245 days in. Nearly every photo is conceptual and very thought out. When I looked through her Flickr as a whole, it was incredibly inspiring how much she has progressed during this whole process. A lot of her photos have this feeling of fantasy. Even the ones that aren't necessarily surreal in any way have a dream like quality to them. Every photo includes her in it.

2. Klara Hemmerich is another artist I found on Flickr doing a 365 day challenge. She is only 16, yet many of her photos are incredible. Some I really dislike, which is interesting to me as well. She manipulates her photos a lot, which is usually something I find cheesy (and sometimes hers are), but she makes it work in a lot of her photos. She sees in squares a lot, too, which is odd to me (I don't understand why that happens, it's so strange).

Dennis Welsh

Dennis Welsh is primarily a commercial photographer, but he also does some really strong personal work. He's worked with really big names such as Volvo. I normally don't like a lot of commercial photography, but somthing about his work really grabs me.

http://www.denniswelsh.com/

Stan Sholik

Stan Sholik has been a commercial photographer for over thirty years. He uses a 4x5 film camera. His images look as if they were still lives, the color is definitely in consideration while he is shooting. I especially enjoy looking through his photos of food, the color variation between the piece of food and the sharpness of the food is quite remarkable.

His site is:

stansholik.com

check him out!

Rawiya

This group of six female photographers from across the globe, who are renowned across the Middle East in particular, have come together to document the area's stereotypes and social/political issues. The groups title means, "she who tells a story," namely the stories produced because of these issues. Their collaboration is a brave, important, and strong one, drawing them to light in, for example, international and national news articles.
The six women are:
Myriam Abdelaziz
Tamara Abdul Hadi
Laura Boushnak
Tanya Habjouqa
Dalia Khamissy
Newsha Tavakolian
They hope to expand their network of photographers.

Their website can be visited here.
I wanted to put so many more photos on here, but if this seems interesting to you, you'll just have to see the rest for yourself!

Mark DeLong

Mark DeLong is considered one of the top fashion photographers in the industry, particularly in New York and Los Angeles. He has a vibrant approach to his models and tends to employ actresses and dancers. I found his use of shadow interesting, as it seems to consistently play an important role throughout his series.

Aaron Ruell

I really respect Aaron ruell's approach to his photography. He really focuses on the colors of his photography. I think its interesting how he uses a more commercial feel to his art. The thing that drew me to him most was the fact that not only is the a pretty sweet photographer but he played Kip in Napolean Dynamite. I like that he doesn't just hold himself down to just photography and he experiments with acting.

Definitely check out his work,

He is such an interesting guy

-http://www.aruell.com/