For Beachcomber Collection, Jim Golden wanted to document the things he came across along the beach. So he and his team, including his daughter, combed the beach and gathered items that were eventually arranged into the rainbow gradient of colour. For Camera Collection, 20 different photographers provided equipment for the shoot, including 190 camera lenses [...]
Chris Buck has built a career creating images that fall outside the box. But his series of celebrities, titled Presence, currently on view at Foley Gallery in New York City until Feb. 24, could be considered to be “outside the frame” as well. In essence, Buck plays a game of hide-and-seek with his famous subjects, [...]
National Geographic’s The President’s Photographer explores the perspective of the visual historians who capture both public and intimate moments in the lives of Presidents. Browse this gallery of the work of some of the photographers—and their subjects—featured in the programme. Cecil Stoughton’s photographic coverage evolved from making the typical ceremonial images of previous administrations to [...]
Photographer Erik Klein Wolterink explores kitchens of various ethnic groups within the city of Amsterdam. For this project he mapped these kitchens in a systematic, almost maniacal way. The inside of cupboards, drawers and fridges was photographed in the way that the original user had left it and then reassembled into a single seamless composite [...]
It’s good to know that if British X-ray photographer Nick Veasey ever found himself in a hard place, he could work for Heathrow security. But let’s hope it doesn’t come to that: The oeuvre that Veasey is building from within his concrete bunker is too freaky to fizzle out just now. The artist got his [...]
Photographer Jill Greenberg, who, in the past, has shown us the funny, emotive facial expressions of wild animals and the tear-stained faces of babies in a moment of utter anguish, manages to capture the equally animated faces of a number of comedy moguls posing for the camera. Whether it’s a simple face-forward portrait or a [...]
Enjoy these striking images from around the world featured in the Travel Photographer of the Year competition, on show in an exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society in London, opening on Friday. Above is the overall winner – Travel Photographer of the Year 2011 Oaxaca, Mexico. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This [...]
One of our favourite photographers J A Mortram recently let us know about a moving photo project he recently worked on. The project is a visual essay on living with epilepsy in the modern day. Following Simon as he struggles for independence, the monochrome imagery moves delicately from the seemingly mundane every day tasks of [...]
Sarah Lee is a bit of a veteran of the surfing scene – at the ripe old age of 21. She’s been working for surfing blog Alison’s Adventures capturing the life of model and surfer Alison Teal at sea for a while now. Her latest work captures the delicate interplay between man and the sea [...]
If you enjoy Banksy’s work (if not, seek help), then you may be interested in British photographer Nick Stern’s new series, entitled “You Are Not Banksy.” The project sees Stern meticulously recreating a handful of Banksy’s masterpieces using real-life models and photographing their mimicking poses. The results are extraordinary. Stern himself is a fan of [...]
