Jonathan Blaustein is a fine art photographer and writer based in Taos, New Mexico. He has exhibited his photographs widely in the United States. Images from The Value of a Dollar have recently been shown at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, Art Miami 2009 and Art Chicago 2010. Photographs from earlier projects reside in several major museum collections, including the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, and the Brooklyn Museum.
Jonathan’s website: www.jonathanblaustein.com
Jonathan’s blog: Frontier Worship
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Amy Eckert is an artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she was recently awarded a 2010-2011 McKnight Fellowship. In addition to commercial projects for clients like Time Magazine, Dwell, Blu Dot, and The New York Times Magazine, Eckert’s work has been included in group shows at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, the Center for Fine Art Photography in Ft. Collins, Colorado; Silveryeye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh; Voies Off Festival, Arles, France; as well as in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her project Manufacturing Home had it’s solo debut at the Minneapolis Photography Center in June 2010.
Amy’s website: www.amyeckertphoto.com
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Jon Feinstein is a photographer and curator based in New York. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and was recently included in Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward publication. As the co-founder and curatorial director of Humble Arts Foundation, he has organized numerous exhibitions, including 31 Women in Art Photography in March 2010.
Jon’s website: www.jonfeinstein.com
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Elizabeth Fleming is a fine-art photographer living in Maplewood, New Jersey. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the School of Visual Arts in New York City, earning both her BFA and MFA in photography. She has shown widely throughout the U.S.; recent exhibitions include a two-person show at Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon, group shows at Hous Projects in New York City, Randall Scott Gallery in Brooklyn and inclusion in Photo LA. She received an Honorable Mention in Blurb’s 2009 Photography.Book.Now competition; other awards include third place in CENTER Santa Fe’s Singular Image competition and an Artists’ ShowCase Award from The Center for Fine Art Photography. She lives with her husband, photographer James Worrell, and their two daughters.
Elizabeth’s website: www.elizabethfleming.com
Elizabeth’s blog: Tethered
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Max S. Gerber is an editorial and commercial photographer based in Los Angeles. He takes lots of pictures of guys in suits, of doctors and patients, of really smart people in science labs and of ordinary people in often extraordinary circumstances. Sometimes he takes pictures of celebrities and musicians, too. His book, My Heart vs. the Real World, was published in 2008 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Max’s website: msgphoto.com
Max’s blog: The Latest Shot
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Ben Huff is a fine-art photographer living in Fairbanks, Alaska. He is currently working on a long term project on Alaska’s Dalton Highway. In 2009, he showed portions of the work in Fairbanks and the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska, as well as in Alaska Positive, a traveling statewide exhibition. His work was also featured in the Humble Arts Foundation Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography. In February 2010, he will be part of the America Now exhibit at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. His photographs are in the permanent collections of the University of Alaska Museum of the North and the Alaska State Museum.
Ben’s website: www.huffphoto.com
Ben’s blog: Words & Photographs
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Dave Jordano received a BFA in photography from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit in 1974. In 1977, he established a successful photography studio in Chicago, shooting major print campaigns for national advertising agencies. As an emerging fine art photographer, he received the Curator’s Choice Award in the Houston Center for Photography’s 2004 membership exhibition. In 2006, he was a finalist in the Critical Mass national photographic book award in Portland, Oregon. A major exhibition of his work on African American storefront churches was held at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL in the Spring of 2009. Dave has exhibited widely and his work is in several private, corporate and museum collections – most notably The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art. His recent book published by The Center for American Places at Columbia College, titled, Articles of Faith, was launched in April 2009. His current project, Prairieland, documents the cultural and societal identity of small town rural Illinois. Dave is represented by the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Dave’s website: www.davejordano.com
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Melissa Kaseman received her BFA in photography from the California College of the Arts in 2005. Before establishing herself in California, she spent a year abroad studying Contemporary Photography at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht, Netherlands. Most recently, she was named to the PDN30 – Photo District News’ Top 30 Emerging Photographers. Her photographs have been featured on Women In Photography, Flak Photo, Fjord Photo, and have been exhibited throughout California and North Dakota. Her work can be found in The New York Times Style Magazine, Dwell, ReadyMade, and Wired. Melissa was invited as a guest lecturer at the Palm Springs Photography Festival, and is preparing for an upcoming show at the NewSpace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon.
Melissa’s website: melissakaseman.com
Melissa’s blog: melissakaseman.posterous.com
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John Loomis is a commercial and editorial photographer based in New York City and Miami. His career in photography began as a 15-year old stringer for the local newspaper, endured through college as an English major, and is now focused on shooting portraits and reportage on location for a diverse group of clients.
John’s website: www.johnloomis.com
John’s blog: blog.johnloomis.com
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During the past several years, Kerry Mansfield has seen her artwork expand to a larger photographic audience due to her Borderline and Aftermath series. Most recently her images have been featured in PDN’s Photo of the Day, the “Women’s Work” Slideluck Potshow in Los Angeles, Lenscratch, Fraction Magazine, the NYMPhoto blog as a featured photographer, and Spanish People Magazine. Other awards include honorable mention in Viewbook Photostory 2009, finalist in the Artists Wanted “Power of Self” competition and as an “Emerging Artist” at the Silver Eye Photo Center. Kerry is based in San Francisco.
Kerry’s website: www.kerrymansfield.com
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Kevin J. Miyazaki is a Milwaukee-based editorial and fine art photographer, and the founder of collect.give. In 2009, work from his series Camp Home was included in group exhibitions at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle and the Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco. And two pictures from his series Fast Food were offered as editions on 20×200, the online project by gallerist Jen Bekman. In the same year, his list of magazine clients included GQ, Bon Appetit, ESPN, ReadyMade, Money, Reader’s Digest and Forbes.
Kevin’s website: www.kevinmiyazaki.com
Kevin’s blog: kevinmiyazaki.blogspot.com
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Annie Marie Musselman was born south of Seattle in a quiet town surrounded by deep forests and cold water. As a child, she trailed behind her father as he captured the landscape in watercolors. She majored in studio art at a small Midwestern college, and spent a year studying photography in Marseilles, France. Her personal project, Finding Trust, started 6 years ago at a wildlife sanctuary near Seattle, has won awards and is featured in several magazines and exhibitions. “I strive to confront the destructive side of human impact on the survival of all wild creatures.” Currently she is working on a project photographing animal sanctuaries to raise awareness of the fragility of endangered/indicator species – animals which if saved, would save countless other species as well. Annie’s work can be seen in American Photography 25, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Harper Collins, Elle, Travel + Leisure, The New York Times and Newsweek among others. Her work is currently in the Changing Earth exhibition at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Napa Valley.
Annie’s website: www.anniemusselman.com
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Susana Raab is an editorial and fine-art photographer based out of Washington, DC whose greatest aspiration in life is simply to capture the dearness of the vanishing moment. Raab’s personal work focuses on issues relating to consumption and identity and has been exhibited widely, most recently at Silver-Eye Center for Photography and the Noorderlicht Photofestival in the Netherlands. Her photographs are held in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution and the District of Columbia Public Art Bank.
Susana’s website: susanaraab.com
Susana’s blog: Look Underfoot
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Dalton Rooney is a photographer from Brooklyn, New York, with roots in southern California. His work has been shown in galleries around the country and was recently featured in the Humble Arts Foundation Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography.
Dalton’s website: daltonrooney.com
Dalton’s blog: Third Nature
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Kelly Shimoda is a documentary and fine-art photographer based in Beacon, NY. She freelances for The New York Times as well as magazines here and abroad; has exhibited in a number of shows including at the Jen Bekman Gallery; and has won several awards for her work, including an ICP/Johnson and Johnson Fellowship. She’s spent the past few years working on personal projects, including photographing other people’s cell phone text messages and locations in their ‘offseason’.
Kelly’s website: www.kellyshimoda.com
Kelly’s blog: I guess you don’t want to talk to me anymore
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Emily Shur is a Los Angeles-based editorial and fine art photographer. Her editorial clientele includes The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Interview, and Entertainment Weekly. Her work has been featured on numerous websites including Tiny Vices, Flak Photo, and 20×200 and was also selected for publication in American Photography 22, 24, and 25. In 2009, Emily was one of 100 photographers invited to participate in Review Santa Fe.
Emily’s website: www.emilyshur.com
Emily’s blog: My Four Eyed Fantasy
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Dallas native Allison V. Smith took her first snapshot when she was 8 years old, and she’s been taking pictures ever since. After earning a degree in journalism from Southern Methodist University, she worked as a staff photographer for newspapers such as the Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star Telegram, and Santa Fe New Mexican. In 2003 she made the decision to become a freelance photographer, yet her photojournalism continues to make itself evident in her portraits, magazine work, and fine art work. Smith’s portraits have appeared in a number of publications, including Texas Monthly, The New York Times, Dwell and the Oxford American, and her Marfa, Texas series has been exhibited in galleries in Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, and Los Angeles. The photographer wanders the world with her red Hasselblad and her two yellow Labs—Bucks and Daisy. They patiently ride to Marfa with Smith several times a year, Maine once a year, and wherever else the work takes them (37 states so far). Smith’s work is in the permanent collection at the Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Art in Houston and private collections in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Moscow. She is represented by Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas, Texas.
Allison’s website: www.allisonvsmith.net
Allison’s blog: Superficial Snapshots
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Brea Souders is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been exhibited most recently at Jack the Pelican Presents, NYC; Abrons Arts Center, NYC; and the American University Museum, Washington, D.C. This spring, she will be featured in the show 31 Women in Art Photography, curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feinstein. Brea’s art and editorial work has appeared in Vogue Paris, Paste Magazine, Pause, to Begin, and on the cover of Banana Yoshimoto’s recent novel, Delfini (Italian edition). She has been selected for residencies by the Millay Colony of the Arts and the Camera Club of New York, and was a finalist for the Paris Residency offered through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Brea’s website: www.breasouders.com
Brea’s blog: breasouders.blogspot.com
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Originally from Connecticut, Lacey Terrell received her M.F.A. in Photography from California College of the Arts in 1998. In addition, she received a B.F.A. in Photography and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1993. Lacey studied under Larry Sultan, J. John Priola, Jim Goldberg, Albert Chong, among others. During graduate school, she began her project, The Passing Ring, traveling with and photographing the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus – and this experience was a natural segue to the film business, where she currently makes her living as a still photographer. Lacey was invited to attend Review Santa Fe in 2003, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and received honorable mentions for both HeyHotShot! 2009 editions, Blurb’s Photography.Book.Now 2009, and CENTER’s Project Competition 2010. She has lived in Los Angeles since 1999 and is represented by the Kopeikin Gallery.
Lacey’s website: www.laceyterrell.com
Lacey’s blog: News+Images+Ideas
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Sonja Thomsen is an artist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received an MFA in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004. Thomsen’s photographs and installations have been featured in exhibitions throughout the United States. Her photographs are in the permanent collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Thomsen’s work has most recently been exhibited at: Silverstein Photography, New York City; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison; David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago; Silvereye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh and the Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee. Thomsen was a Hermitage Fellow in 2008 and a nominee for the Santa Fe Prize in 2009.
Sonja’s website: www.sonjathomsen.com
Sonja’s blog: sonjaphotographs.blogspot.com
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David Wright is a photographer based in Maine. He received a BFA in photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2006. Wright has always learned about the world and himself through photography. He was one of three recipients of the Conscientious Portfolio Competition Prize in 2009. His series Uganda: A River Blue was exhibited at Anastasia Photo in 2010. This was his first solo exhibition in New York.
David’s website: www.davidwrightphoto.com
David’s blog: www.davidwrightphoto.com/blog
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