12. MICHAEL DAVID ADAMS

Michael David Adams, Photographer

          Michael David Adams is based out of New York City. Photography and image making found Michael very early on in life. Photographing either fashion or beauty, Michael loves the entire process from concept to print. 

"Photography is so much more than taking a picture, it’s inspiration, it’s decisions, it’s spontaneity, it’s emotion, it’s art…. it’s life."

Fashion

Beauty

Swim

Body

Underwater

Advertising

Conceptual

          Michael David Adams is an amazing inspiring photographer. He shoots from beauty to fashion to even underwater. Michael is even more known for his underwater shoots. Through his photography, he creates images that transcend the sum of their elements.

11. HIRANO AICHI

          Hirano Aichi was born in 1977. He lives in Tokyo and works in the fields of advertising, portraits and live documentary Initiated exhibition Rolls of one week. He handed out disposable cameras to victims of the fourth biggest earthquake in Japan's history to record their lives after the incident. He was named one of 50 best photographers and 25 amazing photographers in 2009.

Object, Work

Live, Music

Jacket, Music

Artist, Music

Artwork, Work

Fashion/AD, Work

Fashion/AD, Work

          Hirano Aichi's photo has a very Japanese feeling. You can actually feel that when you look at his works. I like his photos and it is exactly because of his Japanese style. It looked really different from other photographers. What an astonishing work!

10. ZHANG JINGNA

Zhang Jingna, Photographer

          Born in 1988, Beijing, Zhang Jingna lives and works in New York. In the years since, Jingna's works have been featured on international editions of Vogue, Elle, and Harper's Bazaar. Jingna was named Master Photographer of the Year by Master Photographers Association in 2007 and Photographer of the Year at ELLE Awards Singapore in 2011.

Phuong My Spring/Summer 2015

Harper's Bazaar Vietnam, October 2015

Phuong My Holiday Collection 2014 feat. Ngo Thanh Van, 2014

Cold Flowers

British Journal of Photography, September 2013

SUGIZO, Minamisoma, Fukushima, Japan, 2015

Forgotten Fairytales, 2007

           I am very amused at the way she captures people in her photography. I Her work is astonishing and I love how she gives the models a whole identity. Her subjects are mostly caucasian and asian women. When using colours, she tends to use deep, rich hues to draw attention to the subject.

9. CARLO BELLAVIA

Carlo Bellavia, Photographer

          Carlo Bellavia was born in Palermo, Italy, in 1971. His education in photography took place both in Europe and in the United Stated, next to photographers Connie Imboden, Philippe Pache among others. He works as a freelancer for fashion and fine art photography.

Mendocino, CA

Mendocino, CA

Beauty

Beauty

Water

Water

David Halan Harvey, Figure

          I think I can learn a lot from Carlo Bellavia. All his photos are amazingly taken and it seems like there is a deeper meaning. After seeing his photos, I discover that how much I love black and white photos. The techniques that he uses are impressive, it makes me want to try harder when I take black and white photos.

8. SEB JANIAK

          Photographer, movie-maker, author-script writer, Seb Janiak is regarded as one of the pioneer of numeric photography, which he explores the possibilities since 1986, with the revolutionary “Paint Box”, imported from Japan. Nowadays, Seb Janiak brings a new dimension of his work, and proposes a visionary art.

Mimesis Iridis Ishtarae

Visible Light – 005 2010

THE KINGDOM, Above 2009

Dark Side Of The Moon – 002 2010

Uchrony – Place Vendôme 1994

Uchrony – Notre Dame 1992

Naomi Campbell – Lighted Darkness 005 2010

           Janiak's works are so significant. His photos looked like a fake photo but it is real. He was the creator of Digital Matte Photography. So that he is capable of retouching the photos. Besides, once he decided to try his hand at photography, he toured all over the world, collecting hundreds of photos to use in his artwork.

7. ADAM VON MACK

Adam Von Mack, Photographer

          Adam von Mack is a London based portrait and fashion photographer, avid world traveler, nature enthusiast and die-hard dreamer. He used to assist some of the most successful photographers in London, including Ellen von Unwerth, Luis Monteiro and others, before I started on my own.

Editorial

Advertising

Advertising

Personal Work: Landscape

Personal Work: People

Girls

Boys

          Adam has a stylish photographing technique. He is good at shooting people and that is why he got many opportunities of fashion shooting. I like his photos because he always shows the movement in his photos.

6. ALESSANDRO ROCCHI

         Alessandro Rocchi was born in 1964. He is still alive and practicing photography to this day. He was inspired by his father who got him involved in photography along with Vittorio Alinari, a famous Italian photographer who he looked up to for most of his life.

City Life

City Life

City Life

Welcome to Yugoslavia

Welcome to Yugoslavia

Lights of Ghana

Summer Wind

          Rocchi's works really catch my eye. Along with having great subjects and great angles it made me feel that I was really in the scene. I also like his style because he consistently has a unique way of positioning and focusing the camera that made his photos specifically interesting.