Blickfang 2

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Germanys best photographers are presented in 'Blickfang 2', the second edition of the yearly published book. On 668 pages, more than 200 German photographers are shown, amongst others Oliver Mark, Uwe Düttmann, Kai-Uwe Gundlach, Attila Hartwig, Darius Ramazani, Uli Heckmann, Michael Schnabel, Tim Thiel, Ralph Richter, Anke Luckmann, Lado Alexi, Erik Chmil, Anja Frers, Tom Nagy, Mats Cordt, Manu Agah, Anja Boxhammer, Martin Klimas and Wolfgang Michaelsen, whose pictures can also be found here at Swiss picture agency Sodapix.
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Lauren Dukoff

Lauren Dukoff lives and works in Los Angeles CA. Her father taught her how to photograph, by now she has photographed a number of musicians like Beck, Mary J Blige, Sheryl Crow, Morrissey and Dido.
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Photographs: © Lauren Dukoff

Corey Arnold

An Alaska-based fisherman could not be a good photographer? Corey Arnold disabuses you with his impressive pictures.
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Photographs: © Corey Arnold

Anders Linden

Enter the fabulous world of Anders Linden from Sweden.
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Photographs: © Anders Linden

Anna Ådén (alias Abless)

For a long time, I adore Scandinavian fashion, furniture and photographers. Anna Ådén is 23 years old and from north of Sweden. With or without cats&dogs, her Flickr set as Abless is absolutely stunning.
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Photographs: © Anna Ådén

Marc Baptiste

Beauty-action by Marc Baptiste from Brooklyn, NYC.
Photograph: © Marc Baptiste

Danny Griffin

Atmospheric pictures from Miami-based photographer Danny Griffin.
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Photographs: © Danny Griffin

ED-Awards 2009: Gold for Formdusche

The four book-journals for 'project 68/89' from Berlin-based design office Formdusche were awarded Gold in the category book layout at the European Design Awards festival 2009 in Zürich.

Further Gold winners 2009:
Vidale-Gloesener Sarl, Lava grafisch ontwerpers, Bleed, Fuenfwerken Design AG, a part, Dietwee, Vier für Texas, Jäger & Jäger, Studio Laucke, Creative Inc, Sole 24 ore Spa, Moving Brands, Nomint Motion Design, Punchcard, Aer visual studio, Remo Caminada graphic design, Edenspiekermann, Designbolaget, Thijs Verbeek grafisch ontwerp, Enric Jardí disseny gràfic, KMS TEAM GmbH, Susanne Stahl & André Gottschalk, Suitcase Type Foundry, Graphic design studio by Yurko Gutsulyak, Ando bv, Bendita Gloria, bauer konzept & gestaltung gmbh, Adrian Frutiger

Markus Georg

Stonehenge


Brandenburger Tor


9eleven

With 'Die Macht der Bilder', German photographer Markus Georg won ‘Gute Aussichten’, a photography thesis contest. Markus wants us to think about the power of well-known images like Stonehenge. The ‘Gute Aussichten’ exhibition at DZ Bank in Frankfurt is shown until July 10th 2009.
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Photographs: © Markus Georg

Alex McLeod

Alex McLeod from Toronto combines professional 3D renderings with freaky fantasy landscapes. At first glance the scenery seems to be real, looking closer you feel like dreaming a strange dream.
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© Alex McLeod

Leon Batchelor

Pictures from the lovely Flickr set of Sydney-based photographer Leon Batchelor.
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Photographs: © Leon Batchelor

Andreas Gursky

Copan, 2002


Paris, Montparnasse, 1993


99 Cent, 1999

Andreas Gursky (*1955) is a well-known German photographer, who is exhibited in numerous museums. His supersize and digitally manipulated photographs regularly receive top prices at auctions. The print '99 Cent II, Diptych' sold in 2007 for USD $3.3 million at Sotheby's, London, which is still the record for highest price paid at auction for a single photographic image.
Photographs: © Andreas Gursky

Ruud Baan

Lively underwater-shooting from Amsterdam-based photographer Ruud Baan.
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Photograph: © Ruud Baan

Simon Høgsberg

Simon Høgsberg is a Danish photographer from Copenhagen. On his website a bunch of amazing projects are displayed, like 'We’re All Gonna Die - 100 Meters of Existence'. "This image is 100 meters long. There are 178 people in the picture, all shot in the course of 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge on Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the summer 2007." (simonhoegsberg.com)



In this interview Simon talks about the title, his his used gear and work proceeding. Simon: "Currently I’m in the process of preparing to exhibit the 100 meter photograph in its full length (100 m x 78 cm) in a public square in Copenhagen in the month of May 2009."
Simon Høgsberg's pictures can also be found here at Swiss picture agency Sodapix.


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Photographs: © Simon Høgsberg

Ester Vonplon: winner of the Swiss Photo Award 2009

Swiss photographer and former skateboarder Ester Vonplon, born 1980 in Switzerland and living in Berlin, is the winner of the Swiss Photo Award 2009. Her grainy and atmospheric black-and-white photographs of a village in Kosovo convinced the jury. An interview with Ester about this Kosovo project is published here. Further prize winners are Jonathan Heyer, Andri Pol, Vanessa Püntener and Roger Eberhard. The exhibition can be seen until May 17th at ewz Selnau in Zürich.
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Photographs: © Ester Vonplon from the series 'wenn das wetter nicht mehr kaputt ist, werden wir spazieren gehen'

J. Bennett Fitts: No Lifeguard On Duty

Melancholic series of pool pictures by J. Bennett Fitts.
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Photographs: © J. Bennett Fitts from the series 'No Lifeguard On Duty'

Sophie Brasey: 'vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis' winner 2009

GLOSSY DREAM, ECAL 2008. COLLABORATION WITH ANNE-MARIE PAPPAS


PRISM, SUMMER 2008. COLLABORATION WITH YANN GROSS


ECAL 2007

Yesterday the 'vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis' (Swiss award for young photographers) was awarded. Sodagrapher Ueli Alder was one of the nominees, the 2009 winner is Sophie Brasey, born 1985 and just finished ECAL. The exhibition will be shown until May 21th at BINZ39 in Zürich.
Photographs: © Sophie Brasey

Reiner Riedler: Fake Holidays

Vienna-based photographer Reiner Riedler's series 'Fake Holidays' (2004-2009) shows in an ironic way the artificial world of holiday theme parks.
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Photographs: © Reiner Riedler