Camilla Watson

While I was in Lisbon I stayed in the Bairro Alto where there is one of the most impressively touching, personal and personable exhibitions of art ever! For displayed along the streets, are beautiful portraits of the people of the neighborhood, particularly the older residents. There are photographs of them at their doors, their windows and hangouts about their daily business, capturing their essence and humanity. The photographs called 'A Tribute', are by photographer Camilla Watson who fell in love with the area and then became a resident herself.

"I am interested in people, communities  - and their history. How can we keep a communities history alive? How can we hold onto their memories in rapidly changing environments?" Camilla Watson. 
 

Emilio Cresciani

Photographer Emilio Cresciani works with the ignored and unnoticed  be it; portraits of waste, the landscape of nightime road maintainence or the beauty of bird poo.

Flight Patterns, "These works explore the idea that beauty is all around us and in places that we least expect it. Each black and white photograph highlights the patterns and textures of bird droppings on different pavements. I became fascinated by the delicate patterns, creamy white textures and circular shapes and sprays during a visit to Venice, Italy and I noticed that over time the patterns fade or are added to with more layers and sprays.The patterns are a landscape overlaid onto another landscape – the brick pavements, concrete slabs and wooden boards that we walk on each day. The splats contrast the straight lines of the pavements. This work continues my interest in waste and finding beauty in the overlooked aspects of our lives." Emilio Cresciani

John Batho II

Love the stillness, the joy of colour and beauty of these parasols from John Batho's series Parasol's spanning 21 years.

John Batho I

John Batho is a French photographer from Normandy. His work is beautifully composed and unique. in these works his observations of colour are very abstract and singular in content.

Denis Sarazhin

 Denis Sarazhin also attended the Kharkov Art and Design Academy, graduating in 2008. His paintings are stunningly beautiful, with lovely texture and pattern detailing and great use of impasto. Denis also has a photography portfolio and his long exposure work is very enigmatic.

Christoffer Relander

These images are from Christoffer Relander's series called 'We Are Nature'. Christoffer is nominated for the Best Fine Art Photographer in this years Framed Awards, it is great to look through the nominated artists and see such a wonderful collection of contemporary photography. 

Kirsty Mitchell, who I greatly admire and have blogged before is nominated for Best Conceptual Photographer, Most Influential and the Big (F) Award..

Kamil Vojnar II

  

  

 

Kamil Vojnar

Kamil Vojnar I

 

 

 

Kamil Vojnar is a photographer who originally trained as a graphic artist in Prague before continuing his studies in Philadelphia, he now lives and works in France.
Kamil's works are very painterly, he builds them from layers of images and textures they are often built up on canvases, layering with papers and finishing with oil, wax and sometimes oil paints. 

"we can cry both from immense happiness as well as sadness." Kamil Vojnar

Diana Scherer

Love these portraits of naked plants (without their pots) by Dutch photographer Diana Scherer. These pictures are from two series one 'Flower field' 2010-2011, where Diana grew plants in her tea cups, and the others are from 'Plants and Breeding' 2010-2011.

Fong Qi Wei

I couldn't resist Fong Qi Wei's 'Exploded Flower' series this morning, just for the colour and exuberance. Fong Qi Wei is a Chinese photographer, he wanted to capture the symmetry but also all the individual floral components (Thanks).

Maria Djelebova

These photographs are from Maria Djelebova's first solo exhibition last year at Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia. The exhibition was called; 'Little Ida's Flowers'.

Bert Teunissen

Here is a tiny selection of Bert Teunissen's Domestic Landscape series, where Bert has travelled most of Europe and Japan taking portraits of people in their domestic environments. These portraits are fascinating in terms of culture, belongings, interiors, furniture, style as well as being stunningly beautiful. Bert has been working on this project for the past 13 years and as a photographer he says that the work is all about light, for me they are all about people, but Bert is also documenting the demise of culture and tradition.

"I found that when local traditions disappear, most of their visible aspects are also lost. When a small farmer stops slaughtering, the open fireplace becomes redundant. Sausages and hams will be dried artificially and smoked in a factory losing their original flavour and appearance. And when a small farmer stops farming, the stables are converted into storage or living spaces, the stable doors are replaced by windows, the cement floor by parquet, the hayloft is altered into bedrooms, the kitchen moved to the former parlour, and slowly all rooms and spaces will have lost their original meaning and significance."

Travel the world by house hoping through the fantastic portfolio of Bert Teunissen.

Bednij

Photographs from Russian photographer Bednij's Journal. Stunning photographic studies of shadows and contrast.