When wanting to escape the stresses of her demanding day job Grace Chon would roam the streets and photograph local homeless dogs. Here she shares her humorous studio portraits of pooches and pups.
Yagazie Emezi is a documentary photographer from Aba, Nigeria, but mainly living in Lagos when she can. Emezi started her photography journey in early 2015 and since then it has been a never-ending series of challenges, growth and dare, and enlightenment, she says.
Photographer Justyna Zdunczyk enjoys turning her lens towards a variety of subject matter, especially travel. Here we look at her recent work, where she captured quiet moments on the streets of London, Madrid and Taichung.
Erdem Summak grew up in Izmir and has been storytelling ever since childhood. He moved to Istanbul to study engineering in his early 20s. While he was studying his engineering degree he did not give up his big passion of photography.
Violeta Alvarez has received recognition for her photography such as being named one of Houston Press’s Top 10 Best Music Photographers, made the cut on PhotoShelter’s 'The List' as one of the Top 5 music photographers.
Dina Litovsky’s work examines social performances and group interactions in both public and private spaces. Dina was born in Ukraine and moved to New York in 1991.
Silvia Bigi has always loved photography. Her father was very into photography when she was a young child and therefore she grew up with a camera around her neck.
Snezhana von Büdingen was shortlisted with her series "Khrushchevka" in the Professional Competition of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards. Her series “Permer frost’ was shortlisted in the 2018 ZEISS Photography Award.
Alessandra Meniconzi is an Italian photographer whose work focuses on the ancient heritage, customs, spirituality, and daily life of indigenous people who are strongly connected to nature and whose traditions are at risk of vanishing.
Bill Miles is a commercial photographer and director shooting lifestyle and portraiture, primarily for advertising clients. For the last 13 years, Miles has been living in the Catskill mountains outside New York City.
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