Gregory Crewdson

The obsession of the way that we believe woman should look, slim, beautiful, and how we portray a commercial woman to be a role model for young teens and middle age woman. Most human beings choose to believe this is how they should look to achieve happiness. Advertisement with fashion photography is one minded and controls the perception of female models.

How should the ordinary image look, the majority of photography has been staged but to the extent of being realistic, to create a piece of art that you can relate to and start to understand.

Gregory Crewdson takes the factors of common photography and stages his work on large life like scales, in order to structure and capture this fantasy of maybe how some places should be, in his mind the world is confused the way that people act and look at themselves, this is how the world should be, a stage, twilight fantasy

Best known for his elaborately choreographed large-scale photographs, Gregory Crewdson has become one of the most exciting and important artists working today. Twilight is the magic hour when ordinary routines undergo strange transformations. Crewdson’s Twilight series consists of 40 images from 1998 – 2002. The collision between the normal and the paranormal in these narrative images produces a tension that serves to transform the topology of the landscape into a place of wonder and anxiety.

These enigmatic photographs catch the mysterious moment of time between before and after, revealing unknowable or unimaginable aspects of domestic reality.

'I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into something magical and otherworldly. My wish is for the narrative in the pictures to work within that circumstance. It is that sense of in-between-ness that interests me.' 

Crewdson is explaining that this in between time where a person stops everything and has this fantasy and alone time, thinking about everything in a quiet time. His work is so creative in the way that he is able to capture such emotion from his models, and with the help of his fantastic sets.

images from http://krystinaplante.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/gregory-crewdson.html

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/gregory-crewson/

Ceasar Lima

Since 1991 Caesar Lima has been capturing provocative and visually stimulating images through the lens of his camera. A master at depicting unique and captivating subject matter, Caesar’s inspiration is derived from a singular drive to push the limits and evoke emotion through innovative photography.


With a Bachelors of Arts in Advertising, Caesar has always had an eye for the creative. With a passion and drive to depict unusual, even surreal images, his photography always evokes emotion. As a self proclaimed non-purist, his photography calls to mind imagery that is just outside of the box. I dont like to follow the rules, rather I like to explore the potential of what can be possible and yet unexpected, says the photographer. Caesars photography crosses the boundaries into a world of potential that doesnt live with the norm.

The work above body shades is a sexual heated set of images. Lima was trying to create the images for a fantasy veiwing, including woman part nude pressed against frosted glass with their breast's and bum's pressed up to create focus on these area's. The woman are in sexual suttle positions, exposing the lady like features and curves that entice people to look and explore.
I find the work fascinating and creates desire to use the style and progress.


Caesar has received multiple accolades and awards including the 2010 IPA Award, 2010 PX3 Paris Grand Prix, 2010 Archive 200 Best Ad Photographer, 2009 and 21010 IPA Award, 2009 Addy Award, and the 2008 Spider Fashion Award to name a few in recent years.


Stunning website : http://www.caesarlima.com/


http://abduzeedo.com/stunning-photography-caesar-lima

Illusion's with laurent laveder

Moon and sky in the night are pretty nice source of inspiration for the many of photographers.

Its funny how when abroad, you will see toursit's playing with the environment and attractions. I have noticed the most used are the leaning tower of pisa, the egyptian pyramids and the sun or moon. Most common to be holding or supporting these subjects.
Laeder is a photographer who has created work with the sun and moon using only simple objects.

'laveder is a professional photographer from France who prefers to take photos of nature and especially natural appearances and phenomena on the sky. It is also important to mention that he works as astronomy journals. Several of his photos can also been found on NASA's website and different astronomy publications from all over the world.'

The images above are taken from the body of work he created with the sun and moon. making his images work so well is the ability to isolate the sun/moon and make it look so real that it is next to the person in the photographs.


When i noticed his work i had to blog about it becasue it does not look clechet and tacky, but the photographs are very artistic and the use of angles, style and quality of the pictures really capture the audience, you want to see more idea's.


http://www.fludit.com/inspiration/illusion-photography-of-the-moon-and-people-by-laurent-laveder.html

Lindend Glendhill

High-speed water photography by Lindend Glendhill is in a whole different league.
This is the kind of photography that blows my mind because I can only imagine the amount of patience required to get the perfect shot. Everything has to be just right, the equipment, the colours, the background, the timing, and in this case, also the music!


She used a mic triggered SB800 Nikon flash controlled by stop shot which is a timing module that can assist with capturing images that move faster than your eye can see (it can even capture a moving bullet). To create the drops, Lindend used sound vibrations coming from a speaker! She was able to capture these photos while the paint drops danced to the music. The resulting paint sculptures are magnificent. She has some mad talent for sure.

As from the images above taken by Lindend, you can see how powerful and strong her work is. I beleive that work with fast moving objects frozen can be an everlasting doorway to extraordinary work.
Seeing her work caught my eye and i think this body of work will continue to fascinate and control the viewers eyes, wanting more !