Christophe Gilbert

Christophe Gilbert is a Belgian photographer from Bruxelles, specialized in visual art. He is a self-made artist but he studied by working as an assistant for a well-known car photographer in the early 80s. Much of his work can be labeled as advertising photography. Gilbert realized that in advertising it was not about what you see, or even how you see things, but about how you wanted things to be seen. I really like his simple use of the human body and its interaction with the surrounding space. His digital manipulation skill is off the charts and something that is rarely seen. His clever use of human bodies to make up a larger image really gives the picture a different feel.

-Courtney Parkin

Sze Tsung Leong

'Horizons' is an ongoing series of photographs that depict expansive views of a broad spectrum of environments throughout the world. The locations of the images are be distant in geography, yet the photographs are all connected by a horizon which continues in the same position from image to image. Sze Tsung Leong presents this collection in a stunning way: side by side, the images form an extended landscape composed of photographs of varied continents, cities, terrains, and situations.      The photographs (below) in the series 'History Images' are of histories, in the form of cities in China, either being destroyed or created at this point in time. These 'histories' are represented by traditional buildings and neighborhoods, urban centers, and natural landscapes, in the process of being erased. These photographs symbolize the absence of histories, in the form of construction sites - sites built upon places that no one would have even known existed.  Lastly - I  simply appreciate the starkness of Leong's work - so still and sterile.  Suzette Martinho

Misha Friedman

 A portrait of miners enjoying some moonshine vodka after a long day underground.  This picture looks as though it could have been painted.  The coloring/contrast in it is unreal.

 

Photographer, Misha Friedman (based in NYC)  visits the former Soviet Union countries to explore his own roots and to try and understand what exactly is a "Russian or a Ukrainian or an Uzbek soul." I am particularly fond of this series: Donbass Romanticism - inspired by German and French Romantic paintings of the 19th Century.  These industrial landscapes feel familiar as they are reminiscent of those I see in my own home town- they are truly a sight to behold. 

Suzette Martinho