Creators Are Us

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 […]

Written by Lloyd Wise Edited by Nisha Chittal Diagram by Gil Andrei Fontimayor The work of English-born, New York-based photographer Simon Harsent spans the genres of portraiture, fine art, photojournalism, and elaborate commercial shoots—but it wasn’t always this way. When he began his career, Harsent specialized in photographing still life, shooting exclusively from within his […]

Written by Lloyd Wise Edited by Nisha Chittal Before he is a photographer, Paolo Ventura is an image-maker. From hand-drawn sketches he meticulously builds miniature sets, that, when lit by uncomplicated means—with tungsten table lamps and open windows—are photographed with his 15-year-old Pentax 6 x 7. The trappings of photography are secondary to the obsessive […]

Written by Jess Tsai Edited by Nisha Chittal Diagrams by Gil Andrei Fontimayor The Staudinger + Franke studio has received a slew of major international awards for their advertising work and have been named one of the “200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide” by Luerzer’s Archive. When the team of Robert Staudinger and Andreas Franke started […]