Steven Beckley is a Canadian photographer living and working in Toronto. His intimate, personal photographs are "primarily influenced by his academic background in Psychology, his artistic practice involves exploring the complexities of identity, relationships, intimacy, and sexuality in contemporary experience." His approach is an interesting combination of both documentary and cinematographic styles, where he employs portraiture infused with biographical elements and idealized fiction: a touch of surrealism that creates a successful window into his perception of the world. Beckley works to portray emotional intricacies that explore and reveal layers of human beings.
"His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in John B. Aird Gallery (Toronto, ON), Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, OR), Photo Center NW (Seattle, WA), and the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA). His images have been featured in major international publications, including Photo Life (Canada), The Photo Review (USA), and Photo World (China). He was awarded the Director's Choice Award at the 2010 CENTER Awards (Santa Fe, NM)."
Source: http://www.stevenbeckly.com/
Kamile Gudmonaite
I stumbled upon this photographer and couldn't find a whole lot of information about her, other than she is from Vilnius, Lithuania. I found these images appealing because of the way she uses people as 'props' in her photographs, but not in a way where they seem posed. It's almost as though she is focusing on the actual figure in relation to the piece as a whole, rather than zoning in on the story of the actual person. Not saying that her photographs don't tell stories-- because they do. They feel rich in authenticity and are incredibly successful in creating a certain mood and/or essence. I suppose I was wondering about the essence of the whole scene, based on the influence of the figure, rather than asking myself questions such as "What's that person doing?" or "Why are they in this situation?"
I wish I could find more information about her. She's really talented.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjofugl/
Nina Ahn
Found her on BOOOOOOOM, but she doesn't have a lot of information either. She was featured in BOOOOOOOM's 'Small Victories' show. I like the how she uses documentary style photography in a non-generic way. Her images give a sense of carefree, genuine observation of things she witnesses in every day life, and at the same time, i feel as though a great deal of care and consideration were put into the way each image was captured.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hjnina/
Christian Boltanski
Christian Boltanski was born in Paris in 1944. A successful photographer, sculptor, painter, and installation artist, Boltanski's artistic endeavor began when he dropped out of school at the age of 12-- where he started painting and drawing. His artistic work is haunted by the problems of death, memory and loss; he often seeks to "memorialize the anonymous and those who have disappeared". This dark, unsettling, profound style can perhaps be assumed to be his own way of making sense of his short childhood, a way to understand the plaguing complexities of life and death.
Boltanski has exhibited internationally at museums including: Muse d'art modern de la ville de Paris; Kunsthalle Wien; Stedelijk van Abbemuseum. Eindhoven; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and many more. His work has been featured in Documenta (1972, 1986) at the Venice Biennale (1993, 1996), and at the Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh (1991). Boltanski currently lives in Malakoff, France.
Boltanski's personal quotes:
"We are all so complicated, and then we die. We are a subject one day, with our vanities, our loves, our worries, and then one day, abruptly, we become nothing but an object, an absolutely disgusting pile of shit. We pass very quickly from one stage to the next. It's very bizarre. It will happen to all of us, and fairly soon too. We become an object you can handle like a stone, but a stone that was someone."
'I began to work as an artist when I began to be an adult, when I understood that my childhood was finished, and was dead. I think we all have somebody who is dead inside of us. A dead child. I remember the Little Christian that is dead inside me."
Source: http://www.tate.org.uk/magazine/issue2/boltanski.htm
Ren Rox
A London based photographer, Ren Rox art directs all her shoots. She blurs the line between 'editorial' photography and fine art in her pieces, creating abstractions and unique compositions that not only help the photographs speak for themselves, but give character and meaning behind to figures being captured. However, Rox is not limited to fashion photography. Her personal pieces take a more abstract route, finding intrigue in light, color and texture. Many of her photos seem to have a kind of serene quietness to them, though the subject matter is often very animated.
Publications include: The Face, Dazed & Confused, Dazed Digital, Elle Girl Korea, BlackBook, Oyster, Neo2, Flaunt, Vision China, Fader, NME, and many more. Rox was also Shortlisted in the Portraiture category at the 2010 Sony World Photography Awards.
Source: http://www.renrox.com/
Jess Gough
Jess Gough is an up and coming photographer born in 1989. He uses light, color and scenery to create intriguing documentary-style photographs, which are mostly captured outdoors, giving his work an adventurous and carefree vibe. All of the photos featured on his website were taken between 2009 and 2010, and his interviews and published work include Mossless Magazine, Vice Magazine,Rebel Magazine, Waterfall Magazine, The Company of People, Booooooom, Blood of the Young Zine, Husk Magazine and more.
Source: http://cargocollective.com/jessgough
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