passionate self-portraits by xxmisa

Impressively creative explorations in self-portraiture are only one of the reasons I was impressed by the works of this young photography enthusiast. When you see XXMISA's works, you see the chronicles of a talent on the road of discovery. Her artistic approaches to composition and post processing will leave you entertained and inspired. And I find her subjects to be insightful and potentially provocative. She's doing great work now; I look forward to watching her grow. And when you see more of works here, you will see that these images are just the tip of the iceberg.

Mark Gellineau

Mark is a photographer in Trinidad & Tobago. He view his captures an artist's first sketch and says they become art when he's had his way with them in my digital lab.

One model who has worked with him says "He has this way of seeing the artistic side of everything, translating it from his creative eye to picture."

He says he loves vintage and creating black&white images. I say his works speak for themselves. You can see more of his work here.

AFROCHIC by Pantherimage

I found Pantherimage's works to be the definition of striking and provocative and include a sampling of one of his sets here. You can see the works I found here along with his statement on his works that I've included in this entry...



"AFROCHIC concept developed and created by PANTHERIMAGE as a tribute to black models throughout the world. I just love the way the black skin shines under the spot light , i just luv the way my sisters pose with such sensuality and beauty. Each shooting session is a new poem...
Peace to all."



"My name is Shakazz and i'm an African photographer based in France.
Check www.afrochic.book.fr"

Jamaican visions...

labelfreementality made a comment about one of the new models for the web portal that reminded of the truly rich and wonderful images of Courtney Chen. And as you look at these images I am sure you can see why.
A Jamaican from St. Andrew, Courtney says that he's had a love of Photography for many years, because it allows him to express the artistic side of himself. You can see more of his images here. He LOVES feedback and feels criticism is the key to learning. On that notion we both agree.

He welcomes all comments, good or bad, he is open to different interpretations. I might be wrong but I see no bad here. What do you think?

chris wilson's henna series...

Remix, originally uploaded by SemperNovus.

Chris Wilson is a "rabid" amateur in photography who finds taking pictures very relaxing and rewarding. Under the name SemperNovus, his is a self-confessed Flickr addict. On his page he's created a set called Henna that is definitely worth checking out.