Xavi Comas

I could have posted(small) pictures here, but I feel his presentation of the series "Tokyo Up Down" is great and would like to share it in it's original form.

http://www.xavicomas.com/Tokyo%20UpDown/tokyud.html

~Mike

Christoper Chruchill

Christopher Churchill is one of Photolucida's 2010 Critical Mass 50 photographers. Among the 50 photographers in that group (all of which are really good), I was most impressed with Christopher's work entitled, "American Faith". The work is about a human's being's need to be connected to something greater. The images in the project consist of landscapes and portraits from very interesting points of view and perspectives--all black and white. In addition to my marveling all of the images, I am really impressed with Mr. Churchill's ability to create such a compelling body of work from his very broad notion of Faith. For instance, he has images of people obviously engaging in religious activities, but he also has images of people in environments that would not be necessarily deemed religious, per say. He speaks broadly about faith, so that a lovely image of people viewing the grand canyon still fits in well with an image of attendees at Pentecostal service.

The the audio portion of the presentation of this body of work on Mr. Churchill's website adds significantly to the impact of the work. Please be sure to check out his work by clicking on the following link: www.christopherchurchill.com

Robin

LARGE FORMAT

I came across this video while searching for a photographer and thought it humorously summed up the large format process with the utmost of accuracy.

Kristina

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pawk3OLBdE&feature=related

Reminiscent of Diane Arbus' work, Steve Davis (my old teacher) photographed at the Ranier School a home for developmentally disabled. And like Arbus, Davis' work is both beautiful and haunting. But the comparison ends there as Davis' empathetic portraits are tender and delightful and are elevated above mere exploitation and objectification of his subjects.
chad

Tillman Crane

Tillman Crane is a large format photographer who creates platinum/palladium prints from 5x7, 5x12, 8x10, 11x14 negatives. His work is of quiet, unassuming subjects that are related to architecture. I am attracted to the simplistic and soft beauty of his compositions and the rustic subjects that often seem to connect nature with something manmade. He often does series based around a place, such as abandoned towns in North Dakota, or touchstones from people's pilgrimages to Scotland. 

Here's a link to Tillman Crane's website, with portfolios of his work: 

http://www.tillmancrane.com/portfolio_northDakota.php

-Meg Eubank

Haydn Williams

Haydn is 38 and from Sydney. He likes to shoot black and white film in vintage and toy cameras. I am drawn to the tonalitiy of his prints and his use of not-so-modern cameras.

Ben

Clark Little

Clark Little (b) Napa,California, 1968. A pioneer of surfing at the Waimea Bay shorebreak. I became interested in Little having seen his work published in the popular press and was intriqued by the techniques he used to capture these images, initially, using conventional water-tight gear, later moving on to custom made housings.

In 2007, Clark started snapping away, recording the beauty and power of Hawaiian waves. "Clark’s view" is a unique and often dangerous perspective of waves from the inside out. November 2009, Clark published a book of his work, Shorebreak Art. In 2011, his work will be exhibited at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC.

These images are from different bodies of work by the photographer Pieter Hugo. Hugo photographs exclusively in africa with subject matter covering many different aspects of cultural and societal life in africa. the first two images are from his series Nollywood, where he photographs different characters from movie sets. Nollywood is apparently the the third largest film industry (right behind bollywood), and is extremely violent and brutal. The third image ios from the series permanent error where he documents a dump site a discarded technological waste from the west. The fourth image is from a series of portraits of albino africans; apparently african albinos are seen as outcast, and fear for their lives due to a black market niche were parts of an albino are sold to certain african medicine men and witch-doctors. The last images is from a series that depicts hyena handlers, and how they travel from town to town entertaining crowds.

I find Hugo's photography to be not only technically strong and artistic, but extremely fascinating as well. enough said, his work speaks for itself. check him out here www.pieterhugo.com

Rodney Smith - Ilya Tetelman

Rodney Smith is a celebrated fashion and art photographer. His career began with a fellowship he received to spend time in Jerusalem. Upon his return, he had a photo book published from his journeys. He was offered to lecture on photography at numerous Universities including Ivy Leagues like Columbia. He refused all and traveled the world instead, afterwards returning to Yale University to get a degree in Divinity.

Rodney Smith has also since become a staple in fashion photography. With his imaginative and almost mythical photographic style, he has been commission by the top publisher and advertisers. The photo in the middle of the set, with a pyramid shape created from umbrella wielding fashionables was a commissioned work for The New York Times, and was taken on a floating barge in the waters surrounding New York City. He has won 75 awards and is collected and exhibited around the world.