It’s been a while since I’ve posted about long exposure photography mainly because the things I’ve seen were average and already seen million times. Maybe not quite literally million times but you know where I’m coming from here… Anyway, I’ve recently found the portfolio of Steve Bella from Milano in Italy. I thought it was really worth showcasing his photographs because they are very refreshing compared to the usual, average long exposure photography you can now find almost everywhere and anywhere on the web, TV adverts, posters…
Very geometrical graphic design pieces by Empk which consists of Barbara Allain and Diego Bellorin. Their atelier is based in Sau Paulo and they are respectively photographer (Barbara Allain) and graphic designer (Diego Bellorin). They’ve been working for Computer Arts, Nike, Schweppes, Zoo York and many more companies I one day dream to work for!
Really really cold and dark photographs by Silent Order from Halle in Germany… Although Silent Order’s universe is dark and gloomy there is always an element of bright color in his photography captivating the attention and making all photographs so attractive. There must be a lot of post prod and image retouching but the presented pieces keep their entire integrity. Not very surprisingly, if you dig up a bit of info about Silent Order (or is it Silent View??), you’ll find he’s quite into this dark universe loving films like Sleepy Hollow, Saw, Se7en and video games like Silent Hill…
Excellent and professional photographs by Amber Gray. Her section named “conceptual” is absolutely amazing. It sinks the user in a fairy world of subtle tones, well managed blurs and washed out tinted lightings. The composition on the last photograph is sublime. If you could eye-track people looking at it, I guess 99% of them would follow the same path ending without any doubt with the person’s face under the dress (although it’s not in any way prominent at first glance). With such a creative mind and technical abilities to back it up it’s not surprising to see Maybelline NY, Mont Blanc or Marie Claire on Amber Gray’s client list. If you like her work and generally the atmosphere she immerses into, you can follow her blog and find more things she produced or simply inspire her.
Some interesting 3D modeling and 3D integration within excellent photographs by Waldo Lee aka Walee. Walee’s 3D is absolutely sublime and only a few samples are shown here. His Flash website/portfolio showcases even more outsanding 3D and photography pieces for clients like Playstation, Vogue, Redbull, Renault, Gillette, Garnier… I particularly like his mix of graf / street art 3D with photography…
Superb photographs and image manipulations by self-taught photographer George Rustchev. Unfortunately George doesn’t have his own website or deviant art page or anything like that I could link to. However you can see more of is work here. George’s photography is imaginative, very well treated but what is the most exciting in his photographs is the way he uses contrasts (either in colours, shapes, objects/subjects, theme).
Superb series of aerial photographs of London by Jason Hawkes specialising in aerial photography. In the same vein as Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jason manages to capture amazing shots of the earth. However, where Yann shows what nature has been able to beautifully create throughout the years, Jason shows us the also remarkable result of human creativity, imagination, construction and architecture.
You might have seen the photography work of Brian Walker already but I couldn’t miss it out really. Brian Walker is a very talented contemporary photographer from Sydney (Australia). Through image retouching and other digital interventions Brian mixes reality and fantasy, a bit along the lines of the regretted Bob Carlos Clarke but with a lot more colour and fun. I particularly like the finesse of the top picture and the use of what I can only describe as “hair lashes tears”…
