Inspirational Photographers

Inspirational Photographers

Melanie Willhide

Melanie Willhide is a fine art photographer who teaches photography in California at Pasadena City College. For her recent project To Adrian Rodriguez, with love it displays the images found in her corrupted hard drive which was in her stolen laptop. It was retrieved from the back of stopped car by the California P.D. and she was so pleased with the way the images had been glitched, she decided to dedicate her photo gallery to the laptop thief himself. The images below are the results of her images being corrupted, similar to the photographic editing technique of data bending. In addition to refining the photos that were “glitched by the thief,” Willhide also taught herself how to artificially glitch photos with the same aesthetic using Photoshop.

http://melaniewillhide.com/portfolio/to-adrian-rodriguez-with-love/

Sarah Lee

From Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, Sarah Lee is incessantly glued to camera viewfinders, DaFiNs, and the sea. Her passion for photography, particularly underwater and surf photography was shaped by a childhood where she was constantly playing in and around the ocean. As a long-distance swimmer and surfer, her strength as an athlete in the ocean and tide allows her to capture swimmers and surfers in the special way she does beneath the sea. "My aim in making photos is to capture and accentuate the beauty in what surrounds me. Photography to me is a mode of visual problem solving and a way to perpetuate the stoke, whether it be above the surface or below." I particularly like Lee's GoPro photography. These cameras bend the light in her images, so when she alters her shutter speed or takes photos underwater, it bends the light within the frame even more, resulting into some fantastic photos. See below

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California. Adams rose to prominence as a photographer of the American West, particularly Yosemite National Park, using his work to promote conservation of wilderness areas. His iconic black-and-white images helped to establish photography among the fine arts. Adams was often criticised for not including humans in his photographs and for representing an idealised wilderness that no longer exists. However, it is in large part thanks to Adams that these pristine areas have been protected for years to come. He died in Monterey, California, on April 22, 1984. Here are a few of his black-and-white landscapes.

Mowgli Omari

Mowgli Omari is a 21 year-old South London art student with an alternative approach to photography. Each of Omari’s collage series starts with related images, sometimes from a single book, which he then manipulates in precise, geometrically sophisticated, and minimally ironic ways, forming unique photographs. His most recent work deviates further from collage, replacing found images with bold coloured paper and a single, identity-defining depth effect (a fold, bend, ripple, etc.). It’s hugely promising work and a pleasure to follow as it evolves even further.

Mike Perry (Landscapes)

Mike Perry is 55 year-old a British contemporary photographer. After a post graduate degree in economics and 13 years in industry, Perry left the world of commerce to focus on his art and environmental projects. He now lives between London and West Wales where he is converting a coastal sheep farm into a site for sustainable architecture and art. His work is increasingly influenced by the surrounding landscape and environmental concerns. Perry's early large scale highly detailed colour photographs, often taken whilst driving around Britain's marginal coastal and upland regions, combine powerful painterly aesthetics with seemingly mundane locations or areas of environmental degradation.
In 2002, Perry went on the Astral America project, which was a commission by Huntergather, along with artists Tom Hunter and Norbert Schoerner. The three artists were asked to revisit Jean Braudillard's road trip through America. Here are some of the images they've taken. Similar construction to the photos I've taken on my shoot, especially the cactus and my Tenerife photoshoot.

Images taken from: http://www.m-perry.com/projects.htm