Celebrity Minimalism
In most commercial celebrity shoots, you have a staff, a budget and a subject with ample time blocked out to explore and get creative. Celebrity portraitist Randall Slavin is no stranger to this type...
View ArticleMoniza Lozano: Crossing Over
Monica Lozano’s enigmatic and haunting photographs ride the line between traditional art photography and reportage. But for this native of El Paso, Texas, who grew up just across the border in Juarez...
View ArticleThe Art of the Splash
Somewhere between a slick special-effects lab and Willy Wonka’s rec room lies Peter Schafrick’s photo studio. “Just recently a client wanted us to capture an exploding scoop of ice cream,” the...
View ArticleMonica Lozano: Crossing Over
Monica Lozano’s enigmatic and haunting photographs ride the line between traditional art photography and reportage. But for this native of El Paso, Texas, who grew up just across the border in Juarez...
View ArticleCowboy Funky
While pursuing a political science degree at the University of Texas at Austin, Jay B. Sauceda took a class that changed his life. Taught by Dennis Darling, Sauceda says, “the class was geared towards...
View ArticleScenes of Ice and Fire
Though she speaks quite elegantly, Silja Magg does not enjoy talking about herself. In fact, one of the first things sheread more
View ArticlePortraits Document The Effects of Sexual Violence In The Congo
When Sarah Fretwell dove into the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2010, her only plan was to cover a story, not to change the world. “I didn’t understand when people said they had a...
View ArticleDevil For the Detail
Texas native Randal Ford is no stranger to photographic challenges. Choreographing rattlesnakes, rounding up cowboys, wrangling a movie icon—it’s all in a day’s work for the 31-year-old commercial...
View ArticleOne to Watch: James Chororos Photographs the Everyday
In a scorching summer day on the Upper West Side, photographer James Chororos has no trouble keeping his cool. Just shy of his 30th birthday, he exudes the quiet confidence of someone used to taking...
View ArticleTravis Rathbone, The Alchemist
Still-life photographer Travis Rathbone has established a signature style by redefining the limits of objects. His visual experiments push commonplace items into new realms: submerged in foreign...
View ArticleSam Kaplan's Mesmerizing Patterns
It’s a frosty winter day, but New York City–based lensman Sam Kaplan has no trouble keeping warm. His days are a flurry of activity, from shooting back-to-back assignments to finalizing an expansion of...
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