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/

Meredith Kohut

Meridith Kohut is a photojournalist based in Caracas, Venezuela. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The United Nations, Newsweek International, TIME magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Le Monde, and The Guardian.


http://meridithkohut.photoshelter.com

Katrina D'autremont

When her grandmother passed away in 2009, her a long with several other family members travelled to argentina to help with the funeral/will/the house. These are photographs that she took of her family and the house there in Argentina that explore the concepts of intimacy and distance between the family and the house/objects. etc.

Photographer of the Week: Jouk Oosterhof

link to one of his photo sets: http://www.photographyserved.com/gallery/Revolution56/2226946
here's a link to his official website: http://www.joukoosterhof.nl/

Jouk Oosterhof is a photographer from Amsterdam, The Netherlands and tends to work with portraiture, but in a tableau setting. His use of color is definitely on point. Check him out for yourself.

Sherrie Nickol

Sherrie Nickol is a New York based photographer. Nickol has a series called "Crowdscapes" where she photographed how people interact with public space. I thought that this concept was really interesting, although it is different than my concept which is people in there own space, particularly their workspace. There is something about the work that I feel is similar, I think it's the interaction between a person and a particular space. Her approach is a completely different in showing how a person acts in a particular space that is not their own or one that they are used to with other people.

She has some really interesting photos, check her photos out! www.sherrienickol.com

Zhengdong Xu

Zhengdong Xu was born in 1987, grew up in Haiyan, China, and currently resides in Vancouver, Canada. He is a business student in Simon Fraser University.

Adam Lampton

I found Adam Lampton when looking for one of the photographers we were talking about in class. It is obvious in his work that he is a big fan of light and a observer of color. My favorite series of his collection is called Home and Away. I can tell by the shots he provided this was a pretty personal collection. I like that he puts himself in to his work. His work, and specifically the Home and Away series, makes me think of home. Not in the sense of my home but what a definition of home might be. The photograph of the television and the light (above) will be burned into my head. I don't even know why. It might be the color or the vintage appeal of the photography but this photograph made me want to share his work.

Definitely check his work out-

http://adamlampton.com/#

Alan Dehmer

Maybe I'm a little biased (and maybe this post breaks the rules a little), but I am very impressed by my dad's work. He started out as a photojournalist shooting for local papers and magazines as well as publications like the New York Times, TIME, and the Christian Science Monitor, to name a few. Now he does more art photography, primarily using an alternative process called Gum Bichromate. I am not only totally impressed with his ability to capture intriguing juxtaposition as a photographer but I also love the Gum Bichromate process. I've tried it myself and it's a really fun combination of photography, chemistry, and painting.

I could brag about him and his work all day. But you guys should check out his website--there are some really cool things to look through in all of the galleries. Also read about the process and his artist statement.

http://www.woodsedge.net/

Photolucida

Hey guys! Don't know if you've ever heard of the international photo contest Photolucida, but the winners for this year were chosen recently.

Read about Photolucida here: http://www.photolucida.org/what_is.php

And check out the winners here: http://www.photolucida.org/cm_winners.php?CMYear=2011&event_id=13

There is some really impressive work to see.

Helen Levitt: Color

Lauren Greenfield

Lauren Greenfield is a photographer and filmmaker. A lot of her work centers around a theme of women and girls and their place in America's now commercial-centered society. In one body of work, called 'Thin', she visited a facility for women with eating disorders and photographed as well as filmed their experiences and struggles. In another series, Kids and Money, she visited children, mostly female, in Los Angeles and photographed and filmed their relationships with money. Lastly, in 'Girl Culture' she visited a variety of women, from 14 year old girls to exotic dancers and documented them as well. The results are very powerful films and photographs that reveal American Culture's effects on different people. I know that we looked at this artist in Georgi's class, but I think that it would be beneficial for Chloe to see as well, considering her final project this semester.

Julia Schauenburg

Julia Schauenburg is a German-born, Australia-based commercial/fine art photographer. This is her series 52 Bunches of Flowers I Bought Myself, in which she buys herself 52 bunches of flowers, one bunch each week, and documents the life, decay, and eventual death of each bunch. The simplicity of the photos really gives focus to the concept, which is a little poignant and very beautiful.

Philippe Calandre

Philippe Calandre, born in Avignon, FR, does these really surreal landscapes; I've never been one to find landscapes particularly interesting, but Calandre's techniques create a very alien world out of the average. His images don't seem to be extremely varied in their composition, but his choice in techniques are some of the most unique I've seen.