A Source of Photography Inspiration

Karin Elizabeth is a fine art photographer based in Wijchen, The Netherlands. In addition to travel and lifestyle photography, she expresses her thoughts, emotions and experiences through (self-)portraiture and conceptual photos.

Adam Chang is an award winning freelance Art Director/Designer based in Brooklyn, New York who occasionally enjoys photography when he has a chance to get out of the office. He has taken some great photos from all over the world, which you can view on his website.

Katia Romanova began her 365 project last year, and although she hasn’t finished it yet, her burst of creativity between February and March 2012 produced a set of strikingly imaginative portraits. Her photos are grounded in reality, but then with a twist–extra arms, for example, or levitating long hair. Using backdrops of water, trees, bed sheets, and surreal black or white spaces, her models can seem like modern Greek deities, stuck between nature, heaven, and the bedroom.

Fabio Nodari is an Italian based photographer who loves being out in nature and traveling. He doesn’t use photography to reproduce the world perfectly around him, but he believes that his camera is a powerful tool that can be used to interpret what he sees.

Anita Waters learned to love photography as a florist, when she bought her first DSLR to take pictures of her flower arrangements. She’s had no formal training but lots of time to build experience, mostly at the beach where she lives (Australia) and in her kitchen on rainy days, photographing oven-fresh cupcakes, cookies and macaroons.

Diego Arroyo is a passionate photographer based in Amsterdam who travels the world searching for a story behind the eyes of a stranger that deserves to be seen and usually remains unnoticeable. These portraits from a recent trip he took to Kenya reflect that emotional connection Diego looks for.

Growing up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California, Mitchell Derr learned to appreciate nature early on in his life. Photography has been a perfect way for him to spend time in the outdoors and capture everything that it has to offer.

In northern regions, the end of January is usually when you start missing flowers. Snow has fallen, the poinsettias are fading, and Valentine’s Day isn’t quite killing you with flowers yet, so you miss them. It’s also when flower photography seems most amazing, more or less like seeing pictures of starry night skies when you live in the city–its absence amplifies its beauty.

Darla Winn lives in Tallahassee, Florida, and likes two things: photography and good, dark beer. She tends to focus on portrait photography with a touch of conceptual art, giving her subjects ambiguity and emotional depth.

Keith Dotson is a prolific photographer from Nashville, TN, who has a passion for black and white photography. By portraying a subject in the extremes of black and white, Keith hopes to capture its emotional essence. “I’m drawn to black and white,” he says, “because I enjoy the drama and emotion, the texture and power that only black and white images can portray.” As the beauty of his work shows, commonplace objects can become dramatic masterpieces after their colors are stripped away.