The Things We Fancy: photography

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18.5.11

Jody Rogac

Has it really been nearly a year since I last posted to this blog? I seem to have turned into Cookie Monster who has recently learned that cookies are only a "sometimes food." Apparently, this is my "sometimes blog." Anyway, here is a post that I began in May. My apologies to Ms. Rogac.

Jody Rogac's photographs don't feel as such, but recall paintings, carefully crafted over days, weeks, even months. Her work bridges the gap that often occurs between fashion photography and portraiture. The results are images that are decidedly in neither genre.

Jan Postma

A longtime Flickr contact, I have consistently been fascinated by Jan Postma's work, and his seemingly effortless ability to capture small moments in cinematic detail. His photographs are ruled by wistful simplicity, yet are rarely sterile. Mr. Postma carefully considers the quality of light in his images, making even his most mundane subjects take on a new importance. Be sure to take a look at both his website, and his Flickr photostream.

28.7.09

Kathryn Parker Almanas

Photographer Kathryn Parker Almanas culls from a wide variety of sources, including Renaissance religious art, medical imagery, dissection, and food still lifes to create darkly alluring, macabre juxtapositions. When one image might feature a beautifully-lit, cherry-filled pastry, the next might be a revolting Renaissance-era wax cadaver model. Others blur the lines between the two, for example, a pastry, cut open with surgical precision, and oozing red filling. The exact meaning of these associations is enigmatic and a little unnerving. However, the photography is absolutely stunning and brings to mind dark oil paintings.

2.7.09

Boo Ritson

I very rarely choose to feature artists whom I have found via a recent entry on another blog. Usually, I like to let them gestate in my bookmarks before choosing them at what I feel is the appropriate time. Boo Ritson is an exception to that rule. Ms. Ritson has taken a rather innovative approach to portrait photography, combining it with painting and performance art. Her subjects become the canvas, as she covers them in layers of thick paint, being sure to include details of shading and highlights. Her colors are bright, and her execution innovative. Not only are her subjects rendered nearly anonymous underneath coats of paint, but they are transformed into various kitschy archetypes. Huzzah for rule breaking!

See more of her work here:
Poppy Sebire Gallery
Saatchi Gallery

22.5.09

Gneborg

Gneborg is an art collective that uses ordinary, household items to create various sculptures and costumes, to ingenious effect. Suddenly, blankets, pillows and cardboard boxes become mountains, elephants, and giant squirrels. It would seem that various companies have noticed the advertising potential of Gneborg's work, as their portfolio includes more commercial applications among their newer works. This, however, does not diminish the brilliance of their work. Whether or not you created blanket forts on your living room, on rainy days, when you were a kid, a visit to Gneborg's site will not go unrewarded.

14.2.09

Levan Kakabadze

levankakabadze.com

I feel as though I have known Levan for a while, although we are merely flickr friends. Mr. Kakabadze, or tabu as I know him on flickr, approaches his work with such a sensitivity and intimacy, that one might feel as though he and they were lifelong friends as well. Definitely give his work a look.

4.11.08

Emilio Tini

Fashion photographer Emilio Tini approaches his work with equal parts quirkiness and irreverence, which makes for some great images. The shots with stickers and props crudely constructed from cardboard are not to be missed.

5.10.08

Mary Amor

Mary Amor

Ms. Amor on flickr.com

Mary Amor is a photographer with an excellent sense of linear composition, and human form and emotion. What sets her work apart is her ability to combine these distinct qualities, and explore human relationships to these geometric, and rectilinear spaces. Be sure to check out both her site, and flickr photostream!