I'm trying to make a concerted effort to broaden my photography knowledge at the moment- firstly because I find it beautiful, and also because I feel there's a lot that any creative can learn from the very pure form of image-making that photography can be. If you have any recommendations I should check out, I'd love to hear about them.
So I've been totally awestruck by Sean Kennedy Santos today. From his website, his work seems to span fashion, advertising and editorial through photography and moving image.
What's really captured me is the bold shapes and composition in a lot of the work. Also there's the lighting, which often mixes natural and artificial light from unusual points. There's this very modern, glossy feel that is so poignant when contrasted with urban environments that we know to be decaying and flat in reality. His work is a little like Gregory Crewdson's in that respect.
Here are a few more of my favourite images. You should look at his beautiful flash website too, the photos aren't really represented well here.
All pictures here are obviously copyright the photographer.
Awesomes!
