"On Time,” Jean-François Rauzier’s gargantuan 32-by-66-foot panorama composed of several hundred seamless images of clocks, cliffs, buildings and ocean, is emblematic of the hours upon hours Rauzier spends to capture, compose and edit each of his Hyper-photo dreamscapes. In the photo, a man in black stands alone amidst a beach comprised entirely of clocks, thousands and thousands of clocks.

Recognizable by its soft, alluring images, Matthew Jordan Smith's ad work reveals, in part, the man and the talent behind the lens and lights. His uncanny ability to depict the inner romantic and natural charms of his subjects spurs many celebrities to commission him. A long client list that includes Halle Berry, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Sarah Ferguson is ample testimony of Smith's gift for capturing an often whimsical and always imaginative glimpse into the souls of his subjects.

On September 5, 2001, Joel Meyerowitz set up his Deardorff camera in the space that had once been his studio for 15 years. As he composed his photograph of Lower Manhattan, he recognized that it wasn't a particularly eventful day for creating a picture. Unlike the other images he had taken over the years from this spot, this photo wouldn't have the benefit of great light or dynamic weather. Instead, this photograph, which contrasted the simple, muted hues of sky against the crowded urban landscape, was just of another average day in New York City.

The MTV generation is all grown up. The young punks are now doctors and lawyers—and professional photographers with blossoming client lists that grow as fast as their reputations. For these Gen-Xers, television has always been in color, computers have always been personal and technology usually holds an answer for everything.  But for Boston-based photographer Bob O’Connor, a 29-year-old who grew up in the heart of the Information Age, the high-tech approach isn’t his approach. Instead of complex lighting and expensive digital cameras, O’Connor prefers working with the tools from previous generations—available light and large-format print film. Why?