Category: Past

Salma El Kashef

Salma El Kashef

Photographer of the Month for October 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Salma El Kashef is a cinematographer who creates visually stunning images that play with light and show people in intimate, personal moments. While the photographs depict stories of love, depression, heartbreak, and hope, her subjects frequently appear to be living in their own worlds […]

Jose Mendez

Jose Mendez

Photographer of the Month for September 2022 Facebook Instagram Bio Gallery Bio As a young adult growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the late 80s, Jose Mendez was always fascinated by photography. His passion for photography was put on the back burner for years. It was not until Father’s Day 2017 that he was given […]

Ally Green

Ally Green

Photographer of the Month for August 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Photographer, Ally Green, was born and raised in Houston, Texas, before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her career in photography. Green is a self-taught photographer who credits her parents for her love for photography, as they always took pictures of her and her […]

Marilyn Mugot

Marilyn Mugot

Photographer of the Month for June 2022 Facebook Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Mugot is a French photographer, who grew up in the suburbs of Paris. Her passions for drawing, cinema and graphic design eventually led her to discover how well this translated into photography. She describes that her work’s “ethereal and saturated landscapes diverge from […]

Deborah Copaken

Deborah Copaken

Photographer of the Month for May 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Imdb Mouse-pointer Bio Gallery Bio Known for war photography and documentary photographic journalism, Deborah Copaken has paved ways to bring emotional depth to her images. She was born in Boston and later moved to Adelphi, Maryland. She studied in Harvard with a focus in arts […]

Alice Gao

Alice Gao

Photographer of the Month for April 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Known for personal photography, professional portraits, and travel photography, Alice Gao is a breath of fresh air in the visual arts industry. Gao is based in New York and her photography stories focus on the simplicity of the art. Because her images are so parallel in […]

Julia Sariy

Julia Sariy

Photographer of the Month for March 2022 Facebook Twitter Instagram Bio Gallery Bio From Ukraine, Julia Sariy moved to Brooklyn several years ago to pursue studio photography. She collaborates with makeup artists to find the true beauty of her subjects. She enjoys taking women and male portraits and finds her models in social networks. Beautiful […]

Sirui Ma

Sirui Ma

Photographer of the Month for February 2022 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Sirui Ma is a London based photographer. She made her way into the fashion industry while she was in school in New York. According to Sirui Ma it was a trial and error phase in her life,but she believes those are the best ways […]

David LaCapelle

David LaCapelle

Photographer of the Month for January 2022 Facebook Instagram Bio Gallery Bio David LaChapelle is an American photographer who is frequently known for photos relaying social messages and art history. He began a professional career when he was just a teenager, working for Andy Warhol with Interview. During his career, he has taken photos for […]

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman

Photographer of the Month for December 2021 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters.She has been hailed as one of the most influential artists in the modern age of photography. Sherman has […]

George Steinmetz

George Steinmetz

Photographer of the Month for October 2021 Facebook Instagram Linkedin Bio Gallery Bio George Steinmetz is an American photographer from Los Angeles, whose work has been featured in publications such as The New Yorker, Smithsonian, TIME, The New York Times Magazine, and he is also a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine. Steinmetz began his […]

Matthew Dillon Cohen

Matthew Dillon Cohen

Photographer of the Month for September 2021 Instagram Bio Gallery Bio Matthew Dillon Cohen is a New York based, self-taught photographer and director. He began his career in 2007 as a music journalist where he worked closely with many musicians for years. Through his work as a music journalist, Cohen befriended some artists that he […]

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