Karl Blossfeldt
Posted by Fabio 18 March 2011
Karl Blossfeldt’s training began with the study of industrial arts and design at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin. In 1890, along with five other students, Blossfeldt received a scholarship to work in Rome with one of the instructors, Mortiz Meurer. Meurer assigned him the job of casting models of botanical specimens, ultimately to be used by industrial craftsmen and manufacturers. read more
Paul Schiek
Posted by Fabio 17 March 2011
Born in 1977 in Fond du Lac, WI, Paul Schiek received a BFA in photography from California College of the Arts and Crafts in 2005, after which he started the publishing company TBW Books. Since then, Schiek’s work has been shown both in the US and internationally. His work has also been the subject of many books and publications. He is represented by the Stephen Wirtz Gallery and currently lives and works in Oakland, CA.
www.paulschiek.com
katy grannan
Posted by Fabio 16 March 2011
Katy Grannan influence of portraiture, from classical painting to fashion advertising, can be sensed in the poses and gazes her models adopt. From escapism to self-discovery and catharsis, the motivations for posing- the projection of an idealized self into the lens of a stranger – are varied, yet the resulting images consistently reflect the intensity of the relationship between artist and model.
www.katygrannan.com
Antoine d’Agata
Posted by Fabio 14 March 2011
Born in Marseilles (France) 1961, Antoine d’Agata left France in 1983 and remained overseas for the next ten years. Finding himself in New York in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking courses at the International Center of Photography, where his teachers included Larry Clark and Nan Goldin.
Yara de Nicola for SELFSERVICE Magazine
Posted by Fabio 11 March 2011
Milan based photographer Yara de Nicola who we previously have featured here on FILE has recently documented and covered Milan and Paris fashion week with a series of beautiful and intense backstage photography.
Šejla Kamerić
Posted by Fabio 10 March 2011
RED is a series containing four photographs by Bosnian photographer Šejla Kamerić. read more
QIU YANG
Posted by Fabio 10 March 2011
Qiu Yang is an Amsterdam based photographer. Yang holds a BA in fine art photography from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
SHAI KREMER
Posted by Fabio 9 March 2011
10 March – 23 April
James Hyman Gallery
5 Saville Row, London W1S 3PD
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