Chloé McLennan

Chloé McLennan does these really beautiful portraits. I find that she has a mastery of lighting, and her colour palette seems very cohesive. Her portraits are especially interesting, I think, because they don't really seem to make the subject the main focus but rather how they interact with their surroundings.

Christian Patterson

Christian Patterson is a New York based photographer. I found him on Tim Barber's "gallery" website, tinyvices. What forced me to look at his work is the strong color chooses he finds in his subjects. His work reminds me a little bit of a Todd Hido/David LaChapelle -esque combination. His work has a creepy feel to it but the color choice almost overpowers the creepy undertones. He works with a lot of abstractions which I feel it is hard to find in photography. He not only works in his fine art photography but he has prints from a graphic design -esque background. He also experiments with writing and photojournalistic approaches. I really appreciate artists that don't necessarily pigeon hole themselves in to only one discipline.

Definitely look at his work.

http://www.christianpatterson.com/

Cole Barash

Cole Barash is a self taught photographer. I found him while browsing on the inter web. While looking at his work noticed that his subjects were very interesting and fill of life and color. I do appreciate what he is photographing, however the way in which he edited is not how I would have edited these photographs, these photographs feel as if they are very Photoshopped. The unnatural colors and filters give the photo a completely different feel, than what I would have gone for.

here's his website! :http://www.colebarash.com/

Reiner Riedler

"When wishes are out of reach, simulation is taking over our leisure time and our holidays. Imaginary worlds are created, often under massive technological exertion, in order to offer us experience as reproducible merchandise. Although the quality of these adventures on demand sometimes proves to be rather dubious, the boom does shed light on one thing: the yearnings and dreams underlying people’s daily lives."

Justine Kurland

Kurland is a widely published photographer, well known for her photographs of women and girls nude in the woods/nature. She would direct her models by saying "you're running away, you live in trees, you eat nectar, you torture boys, and you're a little bit mean."