© Kenneth O’Halloran.

Kenneth O’Halloran’s project “Fair Trade” captures the flavor of a group of Gaelic nomads with a tradition of gathering on special occasions to trade horses, ponies and other goods. He says women regard the trading fairs “as occasions worth dressing up for, lending a kind of delicacy to the day, a femininity to counterweigh the spit-in-the-hand dealings of the men folk. There is a vibrancy of colour, red hair, freckles and a range of ensembles.”
O’Halloran is currently based in Dublin.  To see more of his work click here.

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© Pascal Shirley.

Pascal Shirley’s moody photograph of the snowy mountains in California is part of his Winter Warmth series which also incorporates intimate portraits of the people closest to him. Influenced by his former professors Larry Sultan and Jim Goldberg, Shirley is drawn to recording life experiences with his friends and family. These moments, whether constructed or not, are eloquently revealed through Shirley’s attention to light and body gestures. To see more of Shirley’s work click here.

© Kenji Aoki

This past summer, Kenji Aoki photographed a live 5ft bluefin tuna for a NYTimes cover story. The fish was kept still using acupuncture and was fed through a tube in the back of its mouth.

Aoki recently moved from Tokyo to New York in early November 2010. He has been represented by Michael Ash Partners for the last 4 years. Coming from a design background, his work has the simplicity, beauty and elegance that sets him apart from his contemporaries. He does not rely on retouching and his work requires minimal post; the image “mother earth” has none. To see more of Aoki’s work click here.

© Harley Weir / TEST Magazine

Harley Victoria Weir is a 22-year-old fine art graduate of Central Saint Martins, and a regular contributor to Vice Magazine and Citizen K.

This shoot aptly named “Cat Power” is an editorial spread for TEST Magazine. Harley explains, “we ended up using two of the neighbor’s cats who were lovely but very shy and spent the entire shoot hidden under the sofa. So we ended up with very little presence of cats in the shoot but I suppose too much of a good thing is bad anyway.” See more of Weir’s work here and check our more of the spread at TEST Magazine.

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All photos © Lynda Churilla. Above: Longboard Afternoon, Ditch Plains, 2010

Lynda Churilla’s atmospheric black and white photographs invoke thoughts of endless summers—a perfect salve for the January cold enveloping most of the country. Made in locales like Islamorada, Florida and Montauk, New York, where sun and waves are often the primary concerns of the day, her images show the beauty and energy of simpler pursuits. Churilla is exhibiting her work through February 20, 2011 at Robin Rice Gallery in New York City. (more…)