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| © Jean-Baptiste Mondino / T: The New York Times Style Magazine |
Florence Welch, of the band Florence and the Machine, stands alone in this portrait by Jean-Baptiste Mondino. More images from his series, “Batty Brits,” can be seen in the PDN Photo Annual 2010 online gallery. The 2011 Contest is currently open for entries until February 21.
All photos © Norman Mauskopf
Norman Mauskopf has spent the last decade photographing the diverse people and culture of Northern New Mexico. The photographs that emerged show a complex weave of pride and history. This collection of images is now available in Mauskopf’s fourth book, Descendants, by Twin Palms Publishers. Mauskopf’s photographs are on view at Verve Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe, NM from January 21, 2011 – April 2, 2011. To see more of Mauskopf’s work click here.
All photos © Stefen Chow.
In this body of work Stefen Chow investigates the definition of China’s poverty line. Chow photographed food items that could be purchased for RMB 3.28 (49 cents), which is the daily income of those earning China’s official poverty-level wage of RMB 1,196 per year. Chow says, “This is not an emotional analysis of what it means to be poor. It is an examination of the choices one would face being poor in China.”
Stefen Chow is an editorial and commercial photographer based between Beijing and Singapore who has previously summitted and photographed Mount Everest. To see more of his work click here.
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| © Benjamin Heller. “Return” |
Benjamin Heller, a New York City based commercial and fine art photographer, created this image in West Texas. It is from his series of self-portrait images taken with Type 55 Polaroid film while traveling in search of spaces that inspire intimate performance for the camera. This photograph, along with two others, will be on view as part of the “Moment of Recognition” show of new portraiture, curated by Amy Arbus, at the International Center of Photography, NYC until March 20th. To see more of Heller’s work click here.
“Tomei Expressway, 1969.” All Images © Daido Moriyama/Courtesy of Charles A. Hartman Fine Art
Iconic photos and less familiar works by the influential master Daido Moriyama are on display at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art in Portland, OR from January 20 to February 26. The photos in the exhibit span five decades in the photographer’s career, starting in the mid Sixties when he went out on his own after assisting the eminent photographer Eikoh Hosoe. Whether photographed in the alleys of Tokyo, a plaza in Paris or an avenue in New York, Moriyama’s photos always maintain the same grit, rawness and originality.
