Gallery Graham -

Graham Wallis is yet another talented photographer who reads this blog. Using both traditional and digital mediums, he produces a broad range of images. He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.

While his web host prevents me from linking to an image of his, trust me that it's worth your while to visit his site which contains 8 galleries of figure photography in various styles & techniques.

Gallery Graham -

Fine Art Male Nude Photography. Artistic Male Nudes.

It's relatively rare to find really good quality male nudes, so it's always a pleasure to find a photographer like Dylan Ricci. His subtle and delicate lighting gives his images a distinctive style, not to mention his models who are all built like Greek gods. Wonderful stuff.

Fine Art Male Nude Photography.

George Eastman House Louis-Camille D'Olivier Series

Nude Study
Olivier, Louis-Camille d'
French (1827-after 1870)

Four galleries of beautiful work by Louis-Camille d' Olivier.

George Eastman House Louis-Camille D'Olivier Series

Here's another webpage of one the talented photographers who visits this blog. Doug Earle hails from San Antonio, Texas.

Doug also gave me the idea for a permanent link to a discussion thread. You'll find this new feature on the top left, right above the photographer's links. Please feel free to leave your general comments, critiques or greetings there.

Ojosantophoto.com

John Bolgiano - Photography - Just a Little Different

Here's the website of John Bolgiano, alt-process specialist and the man who found that Annie Brigman link for me. While figure photography makes up a relatively small percentage of his overall body of work, I love the look of all the various techniques he uses.

John Bolgiano - Photography

George Eastman House Brigman, Hiller, Mortensen, Scott & Series

The Faun, 1913
Brigman, Anne
American (b. Hawaii, 1869-1950)

Well my request on Wednesday for a link to more of Annie Brigman's work has been answered in a big way. John sent this link to the George Eastman House galleries with dozens of images by this photographic pioneer. Thanks John!

George Eastman House Brigman, Hiller, Mortensen, Scott & Series

African Photography : galleries

Ida
©Jason Florio

I was pleased to receive an email from photographer and fellow blogger Philip Cartland letting me know that after a brief hiatus, his African Aperture site is back up and running. While this site doesn't fall within the parameters I normally blog, Philip's such a talented guy and so devoted to promoting photography, I'm definitely pleased to make an exception for him.

This site's stated objective is: "To bring photography of Africa and in Africa into the world through digital media. To bring together the very best photographers who focus on Africa. And, ultimately, to grow into a sustainable entity in the internet environment."

Check it out!

African Photography

Marco Tenaglia Fine Art Photography

Weight Lift 5

Well, my request for photographer's who read this blog to submit their websites resulted in a few emails. One of those who wrote was Ludovic Goubet. His email contains very little personal information about him, so I can't tell you much. The photo I selected isn't really representative of the majority of his work but it was so strange I couldn't resist choosing it.

ludovic goubet

Also, Marco Tenaglia wrote to tell me that he's updated his webpage with new work and toned down the flash intro a bit too. Be sure and go check it out.

As for the rest of you, the invitation stands. Write me and tell me the address of your site. I want to feature the work of my readers, but here's a hint... butter me up a bit. Buy me dinner and a movie before expecting me to promote your site, or at least write a couple of lines of "Hey, I like your blog" or something. Submissions with just a URL and nothing else make me feel cheap.

Anne W. Brigman - What 291 Means to Me

The Source
1907
The Oakland Museum Collection

I would dearly love to see more of the work of Annie W. Brigman. If any of you know where I can find some online somewhere please let me know in the comments section.

Anne W. Brigman

Galerie Georg Gasz

Although technically the work doesn't knock me out, I have to admire the cool human geometries of Georg Gasz's "Blossoms" series.

Galerie Georg Gasz

diversify.nu photography by terry palka

I've featured Terry Palka's photography before, but I just rediscovered her page and remembered how much I like her work.

photography by terry palka

WILLIEDILLON.COM

Self-professed amateur, Irish photographer Willie Dillon.

WILLIEDILLON.COM

HepCat Photography

It's time at long last for another reader profile. Cristen Gallegos wrote to direct me to her new website which features portaits and nudes of Goth subculture models. She is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

HepCat Photography

I'm always interested in posting links to the work of photographers who visit this blog, regardless of experience level, as long as it features figurative work. If you'd like your page featured, send me an email.

Andreas H. Bitesnich Photography

The high style work of Viennese photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich

Andreas H. Bitesnich Photography

Beat A. Von Weissenfluh's photography contains some of the most extraordinary poses I have ever seen.

Beat A. Von Weissenfluh photography

Tim Flach Photography

Superb work by London photographer Tim Flach

Tim Flach Photography

D A V I D * L A C H A P E L L E

Milk Maidens
Galliano Fashion
Paris 1996

David Lachapelle is a creative genius. His outlandish photos and his signature hyperreal style never cease to push the limits of taste or convention.

D A V I D * L A C H A P E L L E

Adri Berger Photography

British photographer Adri Berger, from his Body Worx portfolio

Adri Berger Photography

This link via Joerg Colberg's excellent weblog Conscientious

Photodesign Corinna Holthusen

'In the age of the possible reproduction of the human body, the photography no longer shows what was, but what could be. In my work I search the convergence of: aesthetics, disgust, artificiality, the real and the genuine'

The chilling but fascinating work of German artist Corinna Holthusen

Photodesign Corinna Holthusen

This link via Attu Sees All

CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival

Well I'm back from a really enjoyable visit to Ontario. While I was only in Toronto a short while, I was delighted to find that my visit coincided with the eighth annual CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival. This photo festival features more than 400 photographers in over 170 exhibitions spread all across town. I was only able to take in a fraction of them but I was impressed with the diversity & quality of work that I did see. If you have a chance to visit Toronto before the end of the month, be sure a take in a few exhibits.

CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival

Thanks to reader Rex for tipping me off to this.

Well, I'm on the road again. This time traveling back to my ancestral homeland (Ontario, Canada) to visit my Mom for Mother's Day. So, this is the last post for a least a week until I return. In the meantime, I leave you with the fine work of Romania photographer, Mirela Bratu.


MIRELA BRATU

I've added a commenting feature to this blog. Feel free to let me know what you think of the posts, ramble to others about whether it's "art" or not, or wax philosophic. Now you readers have a voice here, so be sure to use it!

The Web Cave
Gelatin Silver Print
Edition of 20
37 x 37cm
1997

Chinese photographer Liu Ye uses traditional Cantonese Opera costumes and conventions to create stunning allegorical tableaus. I love it when I come across work like this.

Liu Ye

Sensuality and the Nude in Memorial Art - Northstar Gallery

For those of you that like a little art historical context with your nude art, here's an interesting photo essay by photographer Dennis Felty, entitled "Sensuality and the Nude in Memorial Art".

"For several years I have been photographing memorial and cemetery art from around the world. This project explores the conscious and unconscious themes and symbolic content of the art. At issue is of course man's struggle with transcendence and his own mortality. As the project progressed, I began to discover many very sensual images of beautiful young women depicted in the memorial art in the cemeteries I was visiting."

Sensuality and the Nude in Memorial Art - Northstar Gallery

This link via my friend Gerard's excellent blog the presurfer

Untitled Document

Sense of Space: Sleep
2000
80 x 100 cm, Series of 10
photograph of a performance

"Brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang from Shandong co-create installation, performance and color photo/computer manipulated works, in a series of bold reflections on religious iconography, media-as-metaphor, and family ties, typically using their own bodies as powerful tools of artistic expression."

gao brothers

For lots of other terrific Chinese artists, check out the Courtyard Gallery

Frank Horvat * Very Similar

"It is natural, for a photographer, to want to share his visual pleasure with others, in particular with those who brought it about. This is the first motivation for these portraits. The second stems from questions I have asked myself for a long time, about the gap between the partiality of my glance and the present canons of female beauty."

Frank Horvat
Excerpt from artist's statement

Frank Horvat * Very Similar

Norman Montifar-"LARAWAN"

Sleeping Mei
Norman Montifar, 1999

Norman Montifar-"LARAWAN"