MIRKA

Mïrka is a photo book, which reads like an adult fairy tale. Mïrka, the muse of photographer Gilles Berquet, revered by eroticism aficionados, embodies several characters: a forest eerie playing with trees and animals, a strange masked doll or a sophisticated blond. The book includes a DVD with some of Mïrkas adventures on screen ranging somewhere between movies of the silent era and surrealist short films.

book:  Mïrka, Gilles Berquet

PERVASIVE LANGUAGE

Petrina Hicks gently subverts the pervasive language of photography as it is used in advertising and publicity, creating edgy images that intrigue and disturb. While she primarily works with people, her works transcend the boundaries of portraiture as she finds beauty in perceived imperfections and renders idealized beauty strange.

http://www.petrinahicks.com/

EXTERNAL & INTERNAL

 

Christina Lerner. That's what she says about her works: "The main thing for me - is to feel the point of coincidence of external and internal and to be able to catch it in time and bring in photography. Every moment has it's own feeling and it’s own sound. No matter what I photograph: a portrait or the city’s scene - the picture should be filled with emotion and atmosphere of this unique second."

http://kristinalerner.com/

TEICHMANN

Within large scale photographic and film works of fragmented bodies in hues of pale blues and liquid, inky blacks or staged images within sweaty jungle undergrowth painted with psychadelic dripping inks, Esther Teichmann examines ideas of loss and an impossible return, of grief and a sense of inherited home-sickness.

Magazine: Eyemagazine #4 2011

DU LEVANDE

Filmmaker Roy Andersson draws the viewer into the world of a woman whose most uplifting moments are always balanced by tragedy, and whose joy is constantly offset by sorrow. In laughing along at the good times and shedding a tear at the bad, the comic tragedy of life manifests itself in a manner that all can surely relate to. In other words You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.

Film: You, The Living (Du Levande) by Roy Andersson

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/