Ren Rox

I never realize just how many artists I've found through Tumblr I came across a photo the other day by an artist named Ren Rox. The name intrigued me just as much as the picture did, so I looked it up. Most of the photographs are double exposures: some of my favorites! Here are just a few of the countless wonders:

Adam Elmakias

I've known about Adam Elmakias for quite some time, but I've never taken the time to actually sit down and evaluate his pictures. He's a portrait photographer for bands. I've met him at a concert before and he's really funny and sweet. I've never truly realized just how incredible his photos are until now; I always just saw him as that funny guy that takes pictures of sweaty dudes.

Here's some of my favorite photographs of his:

Studio Demo

Here are my best shots from last wednesday.

Mike Monaghan

Mike Monaghan: Yet another photographer I've found on accident (while looking up information about Maja Topcagic, actually). I don't know much about him, so he's sort of my "mystery photographer" so to speak, but I don't mind. His photos say enough.

This is his website, which seems to have more of his images than anywhere else. I suppose he's not as well known as I believe he should be. But that's the case with many artists.

Maja Topcagic

Maja Topcagic is without a doubt one of the best portrait photographers I have seen. They're almost always close up, which gives an incredible intimacy with the person in the photographs. Here is her website which gives a great biography and dozens of pictures to look at. Below are some of my favorites, but I urge you to take a look for yourself.

Miloslav Stibor

Miloslav Stibor is a black and white photographer

who really seems to put an emphasis on form (as most B&W photography does).

He plays around with shutter speed often, which I really enjoy.

Another thing I like in his photos is that they're pretty much all super high

contrast with really dark darks directly next to almost ghostly whites (which is

usually the skin).

Elizabeth Gadd

Elizabeth Gadd's photos are all photos showing the relationship between nature and humanity. Most of them are wide landscapes with the person in the photograph seeming far away. I believe this is meant to help us realize just how much bigger the world is than us. I think we all tend to forget that we're such a small part of this planet and we all need to appreciate that. I love the emotion that Elizabeth Gadd's photos bring along with them.