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Photographer Profiles
View digital photo portfolios for some of the best professionals out there. Our photographer profiles showcase a vast array of styles and provide inspirational insight from the person behind the lens.
Friday, June 15, 2007Holger Maass - The Idea Comes FirstGerman photographer Holger Maass is an artist whose surrealist images are firmly grounded in photographic and digital technique One can't merely look at a Holger Maass photograph; one is visually transported into a different place and time, not necessarily of this world, bringing to mind the quote, “I reject your reality and substitute my own.” Maass' photographs are more like snapshots of the deepest fantasies and dreams one has while lost in thought in a magical world only existent in your imagination—or in his imagination. |
Friday, June 15, 2007Stan Musilek - Mixing It UpTaking advantage of the latest digital capture and postproduction tools keeps Stan Musilek's work fresh and evocative How would you like to completely master studio lighting, develop your own highly refined and ever-evolving visual style, pick your clients and assignments, work comfortably in exciting locations and in your 10,000-square-foot, two-story converted factory studio in San Francisco, where you spend eight months of the year when you're not living and working in Paris? You wish you were Stan Musilek. |
Friday, June 15, 2007Bob O'Connor - EchoesA young professional who was raised in the digital age prefers film and available light when he's behind a camera and goes high-tech in post 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? |
Friday, June 15, 2007James Brown - The English BeatWith a fresh style, a young professional's obsession for creating high-fashion images is getting noticed James Brown is one of the rising stars of British fashion photography. In that highly stylized industry, he creates worlds that stretch well beyond the mundaneness of everyday life. Artists create fantasy, inspire and stimulate the human mind. Brown weaves fantasies from seemingly uninspired surroundings. No matter the project, he brings the disparate elements together in a cohesive image of beauty. |
Friday, June 15, 2007I Embraced The Road - Colin FinlayYou have to get in close to see the truth. Colin Finlay has made a career of bringing that truth to the eyes of the world—stories that aren't always pretty, but need to be told One of the foremost documentary photographers in the world, Colin Finlay defines the word “versatile.” His creative passion, integrity and technical acumen all serve to ensure that he can photograph a range of subjects with equal clarity and dedication. A four-time Picture of the Year Award winner, Finlay earned a first-place Issue Reporting Photography Award for his essay “Child Labor” in 1997. The project also was nominated for ICP's prestigious Infinity Award. His Time Online multimedia essay “Rickshaw Pullers” won first place in 1998 for Best Online Photography and took the South East Asia Journalism Award as well. That same year, his portfolio of news and feature photographs from around the world garnered a third-place Magazine Photographer of the Year award. |
Friday, June 15, 2007Bert Monroy - Re-Creating RealityBert Monroy is a Photoshop master who uses software like a brush and canvas all at once. He's not a photographer, but a digital painter who pushes the software envelope to create his art Bert Monroy makes beautiful photographic images, but he doesn't do it with a camera. His photographs aren't photographs, and he's not even a photographer. He's a painter. Beginning with a blank canvas—actually, a blank computer screen—Monroy meticulously creates detailed images from sketches, notes and snapshots. Most people call Monroy a photo-realistic painter because they mistake his work for photography. |
Friday, June 15, 2007Jeff Liao - Broadway To QueensJeff Liao's remarkable exhibition, Habitat 7, takes us on a visual journey through the diversity of humanity that comprises the fabric of America Twenty-five-year-old Jeff Liao lives and works on a road less traveled—an odd observation, as Liao lives in New York City and has built his first award-winning body of work, Habitat 7, around the No. 7 train that he has traveled for seven years from his home in Queens to Times Square in Manhattan. What could be more populated and traveled than the route of the No. 7 train? |
Friday, June 15, 2007Richard Izui - Motor DriveWith a camera and a "tour bus," Richard Izui takes aim at fast subjects in a deliberate manner Richard Izui is all about the road. Not only is he expert at photographing cars, but he spends at least half the time away from his suburban Chicago studio on assignment for Playboy and his many advertising and commercial clients. Even Izui's preferred method of travel reveals an appreciation for all things automotive. |
Friday, June 15, 2007Simon Bruty - AthleticsTo be counted among the best sports photographers in the world takes more than being in the right place at the right time. Simon Bruty gets images that show the unusual within the usual. As a society, we're addicted to sports—the Super Bowl, the World Series, NBA basketball, March Madness—the list goes on and on. These are among the biggest moneymakers in entertainment, and for many people, the only thing more inspiring than seeing the events on television is seeing the decisive moments distilled into single, clarifying still photographs. The pages of Sports Illustrated are filled with the finest images from every imaginable contest, and the staff shooters who are assigned to capture the action are the best of the best in the business. |
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Contender: Cindy McDaniel
Going underwater for an unpredictable look -
Contender: Martin Christopher
“Angel Face” was photographed for a local hair salon’s ad campaign -
Contender: Bruce Roscoe
Meticulous attention to the lighting creates strong chiaroscuro and a dramatic effect -
Contender: Kevin Ziechmann
Reality and photography collide in this self-portrait -
Contender: David Miller
Rendering a split look in a “Frankenstein” photo -
Contender: Jeff Nadler
Black and white film and natural light gave this image its distinctive look -
Contender: Jessica Christie
Capturing emotions and creating a retro look -
Contender: Laura Bello
A little bling and vibrant color demand a viewer’s attention -
Contender: Dhrumil S. Desai
Style and substance came into play in making this warm-toned black and white portrait
