Sony Photographer of the Year 2009

go here to see a selection of winners



Michael van den Bogaard, Shanghai Series 07

Links

Sexy People (blog that collects 70s, 80s and 90s portraits)

Rhizome art community site linked to the New Museum of Contemporary Art

Faund magazine which publishes a collection of images found on the internet. Each issue has different contributors.

What Makes a Great Portrait?

Rineke Dijkstra

I came across this article, which is a compilation of responses to the question 'what makes a great portrait?' There's some interesting mentions of existing portraits, and there's a lot of alluding to an unidentifiable, human quality in successful pictures which I am very interested in exploring further myself.

here's the link to the article: http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/2008/02/what_makes_a_great_portrait.html

and here's some links to photographers mentioned in it:

Kelly Krabill http://www.flickr.com/photos/27241164@N06/

Chris Buck: www.chrisbuck.com

Doug Dubois: www.dougdubois.com (I especially like his family photos, and the series about the parade)

Richard Avedon: www.richardavedon.com

Arnold Newman: http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/newman/

Rineke Dijkstra: http://www.rinekedijkstra.net/

Gregory Crewdson: http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=66#


Gregory Crewdson

A Few Links

http://coilhouse.net

blog/magazine about alt culture. Here follows an excerpt from their mission statement:

COILHOUSE is a love letter to alternative culture, written in an era when alternative culture no longer exists. And because it no longer exists, we take from yesterday and tomorrow, from the mainstream and from the underground, to construct our own version. We cover art, fashion, technology, music and film to create an alternative culture that we would like to live in, as opposed to the one that’s being sold or handed down to us. The result, in the form of articles, features and interviews, is laid out on our blog and in our print magazine for all to see. If our Utopia is your Utopia, then welcome! Anyone can contribute, and we encourage you to go to our submission page and get in touch.

http://dazeddigital.com

Dazed & Confused magazine's site. Interesting profiles and articles on photographers, designers, and artists.