Ivan Kislov

I found Ivan Kislov the same way I've found most of the other artists on this blog: Tumblr. I was scrolling through like normal when I saw a photoset of a fox. I was amazed at how the fox just seemed to be like a stuffed animal rather than a real one, so I saved them to my computer and decided to do more research. This is what I've found (staring with the fox pictures).

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).