Thursday, October 29, 2009

Contemporary Photographers

Eirik Johnson — Johnson's work deals with modifications to the natural environment by its inhabitants, both human and animal. His series "Animal Holes" documented the modifications animals made to their natural environment in creating their homes.




His project "Borderlands" focuses on points where the built environment has interacted with forces of nature and how these spaces defy human order at the intersection of public and private lands.





Peter Granser — This project documenting Alzheimer's patients really struck me. I feel it captures the emotions and visuals that I associate with my Alzheimer's ridden grandfather.




His work documenting Cooney Island, NY is also quite beautiful. His pairings of images only add to their visual strength.





Simon Roberts
— Roberts is a Brittish photographer whose work has received much attention. "Motherland" (images below) was his first monograph and was published in 2007.





Todd Deutsch
— "Chasing the Family Drift" is Deutsch's project that resulted from using his art as a way to balance and ground his life. It documents his family and he started the project just before his fist son was born in 1997.






Misty Keasler
— In shooting "Love Hotel's" Keasler documented the physical spaces of themes room's in Japan that are rented by the hour for sexual encounters.




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