Carol Warner

Carol Warner is one of the most interesting and unique photographer that I have seen in a very long time. Everything she does is uniquely her own. I chose to put more than 5 images just so I could include a photograph from each of her series. I feel her work speaks for itself. Enjoy!!! yayyyyy!!

http://carolwarnerstudio.com

---Molly Nadav

Laura Swanson

Laura Swanson documents her relationship with her husband in many of her photographs, along with being a little person and hiding herself in her self portrait images she although i think these pictures are fun i find them to be sad in the way she feels that she wants to hide herself. I enjoy her series of "together together" with the way she uses objects to demonstrate her husband and her. i found her photography to be playful with a sense of darkness. http://www.lauraswanson.com/
tori

Daniel Gordon

This is the work of Daniel Gordon. He makes temporary sculptures/collages out of photographs and ephemera and photographs them with his large format camera. His work often involves the body in grotesque and macabre way. This reminds me of Hannah Hochs Dadaist photomontages


and Cindy Shermans strange and disturbing images from her Fairy Tale and Sex series.



His work is currently on view at MOMA's New Photography show.

Chad

Peter Riesett

I came across Peter Riesett because of the selection of one of his images on Flak Photo. Peter uses a large format camera to document various environs. His recent blurb book, entitled Testiment received honorable mention in the 2009 Photography Book Now contest.

I really like the ordinary, often overlooked, but unique subjects he finds to photograph. I also like the way he composes and lights his subject matter. Viewed as a complete series, I think his images present a great story.

Robin

Elinor Carucci

I fist saw Elinor Carucci's work in class last semester. I think her work is very emotional and personal. She photographs her family and herself in very close and intimate ways. The reason I chose her, was not just because I like her work, but she sparked a very surprising conversation in class.

Sue

Helmut Newton

At first glance Newton's work is no doubt beautiful and shocking but when I really look at the picture, I get a tad bit insulted. Newton made his career off shocking images, taking run of the mill naked ladies and placing them in odd environments and giving them odd props. There is something hilariously insulting in placing a saddle over top of a girl on a bed. What I found most interesting was that with these props and odd places, the women do not seem beautiful to me anymore, I feel shame and fear for them in being in this situations.

Marion

Yasumasa Yonehara

Yasumasa Yonehara a Japanese photographer who is famous for two things - taking pictures with his instant cameras and taking pictures of girls in provocative poses. A lot of his recent works are also installation pieces.


-Kit

Jan Saudek, Czech, 1935. Strong images, both B&W and color, some hand tinted, largely 2 1/4 format. Five photographs do not do justice to the large body of work started in 1951. Non-conforming. many images highly controversal, perhaps, best seeen in the 'window'series, somewhat of a trademark. Bill

State of Emergency

These photographs are from a fashion editorial in Italian Vogue 2006, and were taken by Steven Meisel. Steven has been shooting for Italian vogue for decades, and continues to push the limits of what acceptable in fashion photography, and what isn't. His photographs are usually narratives, and for the most part extremely cinematic. this particular editorial seems (on the surface) to be a social commentary about the abuse of power and authority. there is also an underlying s&m theme resonating throughout the whole editorial.
P.S
Steven recently had an editorial banned from Italian Vogue for being to racy (it's not that bad).
It is called dogging, and it explores the underground public sex scene in Britain. The photographs are very similar to the Kohei Yoshiyuki series we looked at last week. Luckily for us it was picked up by V Magazine and can be scene here at V Magazine.
N.Ramsey