HOOPS

I’ve stumbled across photos by Tom Hoops in one of the fashion photography showcases. Extravagant ideas are typical of  fashion industry, but I think Tom’s works stand out among others and I was hooked by his style immediately. Browsing photographer’s personal website I felt as if I was watching a psychological thriller strong, compelling, sometimes a bit mad faces I saw there were terrifying and intriguing me simultaneously. Unconventional subjects, heavy use of black and white and a magnetic dark mood in every image make Tom Hoops’ photographic style truly original and recognizable whatever genre he works in (including portraiture, fine art, photojournalism, fashion and commercial photography). Today I’m happy to introduce you this talented photographer and  interesting person.

 http://www.tomhoops.com/

PLAYFUL SCENES

Alessandra Sanguinetti's playful scenes, like this one of Argentine cousins Guillermina and Belinda whom Sanguinetti's been following since they were little things, have both a sense of impending glee and one of imminent doom.

http://alessandrasanguinetti.com/

SENSUAL NEWS

One of the most controversial but also artistic editorial of the Fall 2008 season was Sebastian Faena's "Nun Head" series for POP Magazine. We are reinstalling it here on sensuality news as a Classic, because of its special relevance as an aggressive statement against the Vatican that predates the flood of sex abuse cases that broke all over Europe.

http://sebastianfaena.org/

NGA

 

Jehad Nga, a photographer working for The New York Times in Iraq, sought to capture the flow of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims some waving colorful banners, others clad in traditional black – streaming toward Karbala for Arbaeen. They were marching to the Shiite holy city to commemorate the martyrdom in A.D. 680 of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the most revered early figures in Shiite Islam.

book: Photographers Journal

UNREAL PLACES

Series of portraits -photo montage where the author  Michal Giedrojc puts people in unreal places. Situation presented in photographs have never happened and were only created by imagination and dreams. Person is isolated from reality with the imaginary world around him. Michal Giedrojcfreely transposes a person between two different worlds as if one tried to adapt to them.

http://www.giedrojcmichal.com/

DIGITAL CHARCOAL

Noticed Marta Orlowska recently in a second hand bookstore, she designs a lot of book covers. She has had a keen interest in Art for many years using different mediums such as pencil, charcoal, acrylics, oil, mosaics and more to express her unique artistic vision. Now using the camera and Photoshop as the next tools, she exploits them to evoke her feelings and mood. Using a photographic medium she creates a different world from everyday reality by capturing moments of others and her surroudings and by placing them in her own creative world.

http://abduzeedo.com/very-stylish-photos-marta-orlowska 

TWIGG

Launched as ‘The Face of 1966’ by the Daily Express thanks to a famous haircut by Leonard and photographs by Barry Lategan, the teenage model then went on to be the most iconic face of swinging London and today remains as one of Britain’s most well-recognised celebrities. Twiggy, the iconic face of the 60s and M&S model du jour, was featured in a free exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Twiggy: A Life in Photographs coincides with the model’s 60th birthday and a new photographic biography.

http://www.barrylategan.com/

NUDI

For over 35 years, Paolo Roversi, born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1947, has been working and living in Paris. The exhibition of around 50 photographs will show, beyond the series Guinivere and Nudi, pictures of the studio of the artist in Paris, portraits, as well as works of his lightpaintings. Owing to the well-balanced quality of colors and the clear composition of the photographs of the artist as well as the particular charm and grace of his models, the observer of these photographs is often tempted to study them more as paintings. This effect is also a result of the technique of the artist.

http://www.paoloroversi.com/pages/01.html

THE VIOLET ISLE

This multi-layered portrait of “the violet isle” a little-known name for Cuba inspired by the rich color of the soil there presents an engaging, at times unsettling document of a vibrant and vulnerable land. It combines two separate photographic visions: Alex Webb’s exploration of street life, with his attuned and complex attention to detail, and Rebecca Norris Webb’s fascination with the unique, quixotic collections of animals she discovered there, from tiny zoos and pigeon societies to hand-painted natural history displays and quirky personal menageries. The result is an insightful and intriguing blend of two different aesthetics inspired by Cuba’s existence over the last fifty years in an economic, political, cultural and ecological bubble virtually untouched by the rest of the world, and unlikely to remain that way for much longer. 

book: The Violet Isle, Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris

IMAGES THAT INFORM

Peter Arnold's Work as a fine art photographer and artist is internationally acclaimed. He featured a wide range of editorial images for over 35 years, beginning with concentrations in photomicrography and natural history. His best selling books, 'Orchids', Tulips' and 'Bulbs in bloom' have become classics. There is something ethereal about these exceptional images, they fully convey the overwhelming beauty and strength of the earth and nature.

http://www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/taylor-wessing

REVOLUTION CHANGES

Born a photographer, Abbas, an Iranian transplanted in France, has dedicated his work to the political and social coverage of the South. Since 1970, his major work, published in world magazines, includes wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Ulster, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, South Africa, etc. From 1978 to 80 , he photographs the whole span of the revolution in Iran. After a voluntary exile of 17 years, he goes back in 1997, before the presidential elections. He goes back regularly to document changes through the lives of youth, women and artists.

Book: Allah O Akbar, A Journey Through Militant Islam

OVER 100 COVERS

Mark Seliger was the chief photographer for Rolling Stone magazine where he shot over 100 covers. A contributor to GQ , Vanity Fair, Interview, and many other publications, his work has been collected in several monographs, most notably Physiognomy (Bulfinch, 1999) and In My Stairwell (Rizzoli, 2005), and has been exhibited in many galleries throughout the world. His subjects are the top artists, musicians, actors, entertainers, and personalities of our times. In addition to his work in still photography, Seliger has shot many music videos, short films, and advertising campaigns. He is the recipient of countless awards. A native of Texas, Seliger lives and works in New York City.

http://elogedelart.canalblog.com/archives/photographs_/p410-0.html