Robert A Hansen

http://www.roberthansen.com

He has made a living as an architectural Photographer, also conducts workshops and exhibits fine art. He has worked in commercial photography for over 30 years.

These photos are from his book Yucatan Passages he traveled the areas back roads off and on for eight years. He went into abandon churches and photographed the mayan culture over the years.

Kellie Pennington

"My goal is for YOU to find out who I really am as Kelli Pennington Photography. Watch as I capture life’s natural beauty through my lens and tell a story, a personal and unique story of each individual I meet. I want you to feel every emotion that I feel as I capture those special moments in time,watch my dreams and visions turn into reality as I unveil them, and connect emotionally with what is before you.. Be inspired.."

http://www.kellipennington.com

Dawn Roscoe

Dawn Roscoe graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005 with a BFA in photography.  Her two series, Exquisite Suburbia  and Millenium Kids are what caught my attention, for the way they document in-home dynamics.

To see more extensive examples of her work, here is her site:

http://www.dawnroscoe.com/site/

link to DCCP show.https://www.dropbox.com/s/427gaambbh90852/Time.pdf

Gillian Allard

Allard is a photojournalist from Great Britton.  Her work explores the emotional qualities that the natural world provides us and the way humans interact with it.  In her water series she places the camera close to the surface which creates a deep depth of field as well as a unique perspective.  This is a concept that I have been trying to work with and would like to continue.  He images that are more successful are the ones where she allows there to be a greater distance behind the focal plane or where the background has no unique identifying features.

Gillian Allred Website

Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare is a Biritish-Nigerian Artist living in London. He works in photography, painting, sculpture, installation, performances and other media. His work strives to contextualize Colonization, race, and class. He uses pattern and recognizable colonial garb as symbology to visual homogenize these themes. I have not come to a thourough understanding of his work but I am interested in the way he works in relation diaspora.

Ritta Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth

Riitta Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth, "Eyes as big as Plates" celebrates Norwegian folklore with adults as their main subjects. Riitta recieved her BA from the University of Brighton and her MA from the Royal college of art in London. Karoline's biography is unknown to me. This work is particularly intersting because of the oragnic relationship between color and subject.

 












-Christina