Photographer Feature

Written by JoAnne Tobias Edited by Jesi Khadivi Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor Don’t call Sacha Waldman a traditionalist. This South African photographer never took a photography class. He never shot film. Jumping straight into digital, Waldman just tinkered with his images until he found inspiration. “Experimentation is the main thing,” said Waldman. “You create […]

Since the start of his career, Dmitri Daniloff has proven his ability to get a reaction. But don’t think all he can do is shock. “One of the very first pictures I shot was a girl rolled up in barbed wire,” he says. “So I was already kind of weird.” The surreal image he concocted […]

Written by T.K. Dalton Edited by Jesi Khadivi Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor Garry Simpson has earned a reputation in United Kingdom photography as a diplomatic problem solver who manages complicated logistics. “I kind of like the battle of the big production,” he says.“There is something quite satisfying about it when it all works, even […]

Written by T.K. Dalton Edited by Jesi Khadivi Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor Olaf Blecker has antennae, but don’t think that makes him special. “I think everybody has these antennas. In German you would say, menschdenken, which is the knowledge of man.” He uses his powers to take breathtaking portraits for commercial shoots for AOL […]

Written by T.K. Dalton Edited by Jesi Khadivi Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor Compared to the monkey, everything else was a cinch, says Guy Neveling, when asked about the production of our featured image, an advertisement for Volkswagen. “The monkey was all over the studio.” That is, until the time came for something rarely heard […]

Written by Lloyd Wise Edited by Jesi Khadivi Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor The ad agency, Clemenger BBDO, hired photographer Max Shearburn to help them promote New Zealand’s policy of providing free, universal healthcare. Their concept was quite simple—an image of nude bodies arranged to form the shape of the island nation. The bodies were […]

Written by T.K. Dalton Edited by Nisha Chittal For a young David Stuart, success came slowly in what he thought would be a solitary medium. He turned to photography after quitting a rock band, assisting several photographers over a period of four years. After being asked to bid on the same job as one of […]

Written by Lloyd Wise Edited by Nisha Chittal Cobwebs, tea-stains, and creaky doors; mirrors, daggers, and hallways leading to nowhere: this is Chris Anthony’s world. A film and television director for many years, this Visionaire of the gothic has recently returned to his niche in photography, a medium he loves because it allows him the […]

Written by T.K. Dalton Edited by Nisha Chittal Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor Pier Nicola D’Amico has spent years working ahead of artistic trends and techniques, using digital before it was mainstream and combining aspects of painting and photography to create edgy, compelling hybrid effects. “Art should push the limits and try different and unorthodox […]

Written by Jess Tsai Edited by Nisha Chittal For Erik Almas it’s all about location, location, location. “I try to go somewhere that I haven’t been before. I try to do something new, something that’s better than what I’ve done in the past,” he says. So, it only makes sense that he loves working in […]