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The “Artists” category of our photography blog is a vibrant showcase of talent spanning the ages and the globe. Here, we delve into the lives and works of world-renowned photographers whose images have captivated audiences and influenced generations. Alongside these giants of photography, we explore historical figures whose groundbreaking techniques and visionary perspectives paved the way for modern photography. This category is not just a homage to established names but also a platform for emerging talents. Some of the fresh voices featured here are discoveries from our very own open calls, highlighting our commitment to nurturing new artists and bringing unseen, compelling photographic art to the forefront. Whether you’re an aficionado of the classics or on the lookout for the next big thing in photography, our “Artists” category offers a window into the diverse and dynamic world of photographic artistry.
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Introducing the Visionaries: 50 Young Rising Stars in Photography
These artists, these visionaries, are the embodiment of a new era in photography. They are the voices of the future, armed with cameras as their weapons of choice, and a … Read more
Sebastião Salgado: A Lyrical Witness of the Anthropocene
Sebastião Salgado spent half a century turning gold mines, famine camps and rainforests into monumental black-and-white pictures. In the same years, he and his wife replanted a ruined cattle ranch … Read more
Famous Contemporary Photographers That You Really Have to Know
Cindy Sherman (b. 1954, American) Cindy Sherman is an American photographer known for her self-portraits in which she assumes a variety of personas and explores themes of identity, gender, and … Read more
Featured Artists Vol.2
The following amazing photo series have been selected from over 230 entries received from all around the world, to be included in the “Featured Artists Vol.2” section of Aesthetics of … Read more
Ryan Lafferty
Simulacra and Suburb These photographs are from an ongoing series called “Simulacra and Suburbs.” They are an attempt to recapture and reshape fragments of memory from the geography of my … Read more
Flavie Guerrand
I slid across the dancefloor This is a selection of photographs taken from the series « I slid across the dancefloor ». Took over the span of nearly 20 years, … Read more
Adrien Picquenot
My relation to clay is peculiar. For my whole artistic life it has been present as a centralelement to my production, yet I have only rarely used it as a … Read more
Maryam Shabani
Tame (2018 – present) This collection had already come into existence long before I discovered that I have bipolar disorder. But after this discovery, I was able to empathize with … Read more
Yana Smietana
Horizon line Don’t worry about saving these songs!And if one of our instruments breaks,it doesn’t matter. We have fallen into the placewhere everything is music. The strumming and the flute … Read more
Hannah Perreault
In Crossing the Pages, I visually explore the experience of reading a book. It is driven by the thought that literature and the creative escape it provides are largely being … Read more
Verónica Ettedgui
Barbers and barber shops I live in Venezuela and wear my hair short. You would think this is frequent in a Caribbean country, but it is not. After looking for … Read more
Manar Ali Hassan
Sagas of Painful Bodies – Burning Traces Series This project examines the life experience of seven Lebanese women (my self-included) dealing with a chronically painful condition known as Fibromyalgia. My … Read more
The Decisive Moment | Henri Cartier-Bresson
Introduction Brief Overview of Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson, often hailed as the pioneer of modern photojournalism, was not just a photographer; he was a visionary. Born in 1908 in Chanteloup, … Read more
Alfred Stieglitz | Mastermind Behind Modern Photography
Early Life and Formative Years Birth and Background Alfred Stieglitz was born on January 1, 1864, in the bustling city of Hoboken, New Jersey. The first son of German Jewish … Read more
Picture for Women, Jeff Wall
Picture for Women is a 1979 photograph by Canadian photographer Jeff Wall. Of large size (63 x 88 in.) it was taken in transparent Cibachrome on a light box. It … Read more
Tracy Whiteside
The Blurred Lines collection explores the dark side of human emotions. The art looks deep into a woman’s soul to reveal her most tragic moments. Not to expose her secrets, … Read more
Susa Solero
Project “Die Mülldeponie” (‘The garbage dump’). I started about four years ago: the garbage or better litter pictures ‘things in…’. I take long walks in the woods every day ever … Read more
Eugène Atget: Photographer of Old Paris, His Life and Work
Eugène Atget (1857–1927) spent more than thirty years photographing Paris and its surroundings, and he made perhaps 10,000 photographs, according to the Museum of Modern Art. Almost nobody outside a … Read more
Featured Artists Vol.1
The following amazing photo series have been selected from over 200 entries received from all around the world, to be included in the “Featured Artists Vol.1” section of Aesthetics of … Read more
Nadja Shkirat
Plastic, 2017 . My work deals with surreal still lifes. I aimed to incorporate two themes into the staged world: On the one side plastic as material,which production and disposal … Read more
Fabio Catanzaro
Lines, shadows and signs. This is one of my series made of images taken between summer and fall 2020 – always on the hunt for lines and shadows, shooting the … Read more
Yana Kononova
Lagoons, 2020. From late spring to early autumn, I go on lonely expeditions to Ros River – to the places of ancient igneous rocks outcrops dating back to prehistoric times … Read more
Vicky Martin
(great) Expectations is a series of portrait and still life photographs which explore ideas of conformity to the stereotypical, individual and societal expectations of femininity as well as the portrayal … Read more
Yana Bachynska
Unconventional beauty practices. The project consists of 5 diptych photos. They are the result of my research on the instruments to augment the dimension of beauty practices.The beauty requires sacrifice … Read more
Jeff Gompertz
This series of images are generated from ‘chance recordings’, filmed at various times of day/nite using a fixed position CCTV camera streaming to Youtube as a backup DVR. There is an … Read more
Rogéiro Vieira
“One of the five kids in the car in Rio, it could be me,Or Douglas who went to Jardim Brasil.It could be me.Another innocent killed at night and no one … Read more
Emily LaRoche
This series explores the stillness in moments of life. Whether the face of the subjects is hidden or exposed, the thoughts and mindset of the people are indistinguishable; leaving an … Read more
Leigh Ann Edmonds
Connecting to others has never been more important than it has been in today’s current climate. Overnight, our sense of ‘normalcy’ changed into chaos and uncertainty. This ongoing portrait series … Read more
Sofia Erto
Unintentional Beauty. The aim of the series is to capture the unaware aesthetics of the individual, in those moments when they perfectly fit into the space surrounding them. The right … Read more
Joseph O’Neill
This photography portfolio titled “The Shape of Things” aims to open and expand your awareness of your urban environs. Living constantly busier lives we as urbanites forget to look around, … Read more