Bodies in Motion by Steve Richard

Camera

45+

Exposure

1s

ISO

100

Camera

H 25

ISO

100

 

Steve Richard has been plying his trade in the mysterious photographic arts for well over a quarter of a century. Steve is both a stills photographer and a cinematographer, thus bringing an unerring sense of style and composition to all of his work.  Steve’s visuals capture the imagination, challenge preconceptions, and merge a classical ethos with urban grit and 21st Century techno-savvy. He now spends most of his fine art focus on dance and bodies in motion.

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Steve is currently running a kickstarter campaign where you can buy the book Obscuro  for $35.

 

Orchestrating the Playful by Warwick Saint

“I am passionate about creating photographs that truly capture the unique inner radiance of my subjects. I enjoy the challenge of orchestrating the playful, creative experience on the set that inspires my subjects to truly shine. The final reward of the shoot are photographs that not only meet our clients immediate needs, but stand the test of time.” Warwick Saint was born in South Africa in 1972. With a photographer for a dad and a model for a mum, it was clear from an early age that Warwick was to become a photographer. “The moment I arrived in the world I knew that I could have done a better job with that harsh hospital lighting” he jokes.

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Fairytales and Fantasy by Anita Anti

New York-based Ukrainian photographer Anita Anti uses elaborate costumes, makeup, and props to capture imaginative portraits inspired by fairytales and fantasy. Beautiful young women are transformed into magical beings and otherworldly characters in these enchanting images, thanks to Anti’s creative eye and attention to detail.

The Gap by Mikael Aldo

Indonesian photographer Mikael Aldo tries to reconcile the gap between what’s real and what isn’t. He describes himself as not just a photographer but as an explorer and a story-teller. Certainly, some of his images could be ripped straight from the pages of an epic fantasy novel. He’s just 17-years-old but he has the skill and imagination of an established and sophisticated artist. He seamlessly fuses portraits with natural elements, such as waterfalls, clouds, and forests, creating a vivid and surreal creative world. Girls sleep on clouds, boys transform into trees, and headless men prance across vacant lots. It’s trippy brilliance of the highest order.

Daydreams by Katharina Jung

I would describe my style as a mix of daydreams and fairytales. The fascinate thing in photography is the way I can deal with my feelings and the way I can convert my daydreams into images. Photography allows me to create the world I would love to live in. And through photography I met wonderful people which I am fortunate enough to call my friends now. It makes me really happy to be connected with so many beautiful souls. Katharina Jung

Pictorial Language by Ava Pivot

Pictures that require a strong sensuality and tell stories characterize the work of Ava Pivot. Having an extensive empathy for her models, numerous actors have up to now gladly betaken themselves to Ava for intimate and remarkable photos. Gaining an increasing popularity in fashion and photography magazines, her nude photography decorates meanwhile a large number of international galleries. Always looking for soul and emotions in her pictures, she agrees with Coco Chanel’s point of view: “Female nudity has to be given to men with a teaspoon, not a ladle”. Ava’s remarkable feeling for the use of daylight and her very own pictorial language through playing with depth of field, perspective and back light make her pictures so intense.”

Sultry Beauties by Igor Koshelev

Igor Koshelev obviously has an eye for beauty that reflects most prominently in his taste for sultry beauties set against scenic backgrounds. Recently his travels have brought him to St. Petersburg, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Precious by Jane Hilton

“I hadn’t even thought about prostitution until I walked into a brothel. I was probably very naive, which actually in retrospect did me a favour. I am by nature very non-judgemental, and feel it very important to have experience of a subject matter before making any points of view about it.” “For the last fifteen years I have spent a tot of time getting to know the working girls from the legal houses in Nevada, producing ten documentary films and an exhibition. I know there are some incredible women hidden in these brothels and I wanted to show this.” “So I decided to go back again to make a series of intimate portraits in eleven different brothels across Nevada.”  Jane Hilton

A Great Eye by Andrew Lucas

Glamour photographer, teacher and much more, it seems that Andrew Lucas likes a lot what he does. I like it too, starting from his great eye for women sexy portraits that he shows in his 500px page.

A Sense of Danger by Nicola Kuperus

By focussing his lens on woman’s legs and placing them in precarious and often sinister situations, Nicola Kuperus has managed to create a series of photographs that are not only suggestive of the female form, but also vivid in their storytelling. Often the other half of the subject is out of frame or hidden in someway, evoking a sense of danger or intrigue and exposing the fragility and vulnerability of the naked leg. Kuperus also keeps to a slightly 1950/60s feel with all of the pairs of pins adorned with heels and the sets dressed with Chevys and Cadillacs.