Alejandro Chaskielberg - The High Tide

I just came across another helpful website featuring the work of lots of different photographers and artists (www.yossimilo.com), and as I was looking through them all I saw Alejandro Chaskielberg's series The High Tide, and liked it so much I thought I'd post it here straight away.

Here is a quote from the press release, explaining the series:

Interested in the relationship between people and their environment, Alejandro Chaskielberg has lived in the Paraná River Delta region in Argentina periodically since 2007. While there, he observes the daily routines of the local islanders: fishing, boating, and farming. Drawing from his background in film, the artist carefully recreates scenes from his observations and photographs them at night. The light sources used to illuminate the images are moonlight, flashlights, strobes and lanterns, casting them in eerie and surreal light of unnatural colors.
Chaskielberg’s project, The High Tide, depicts life in the remote community of the Delta, where the river tides determine the activities and movements of its inhabitants. Chaskielberg breaks with the tradition of documentary photography by casting real people in imagined situations based on their own lives. In his photographs, everyday reality is transformed into a dreamlike world where perceptions of color, light and space are challenged.

Matthew Brandt

I came across this photographer when I was looking through one of those excellent websites I sometimes find, that are kind of like agents for photographers, this time it was from M + B Art.

His series 'Lakes and Reservoirs' caught my eye in particular because of photos like these:

Then I read the artist statement and biography which explained them a bit more. The best quote from this that sums it up, in my opinion, is 

 “…Whether silkscreening his own photograph of Half Dome in Yosemite—an iconic image of the American West—with Cheez Whiz, Mint Jelly and other pedestrian condiments, or leaving photographs of lakes soaking in the water of their source, his subject matter visually and physically informs the work…”

These are examples from the series 'Taste Tests', the one on the left Mint Jelly and the right Peanut Butter and Jelly.

Heinrich Heidersberger

Legendary German photographer Heinrich Heidersberger worked on a cruise ship, the MS Atlantic, in 1954. He took thousands of pictures of Americans sailing from New York to Havana -- something Americans haven't been allowed to do for almost 50 years. The pictures are now on display in Hamburg.

- Source

Photojojo posted this link on tumblr and I really liked these photos in particular.

More Inspiration

Every now and then I also come across a website with quite a few different photographers/artists that I really like, like Luhring Augustine where I saw Guido van der Werve and Joel Sternfeld's photos and they're always so useful.

Today I found M + B which has loads and loads of photographers, all of whom I really like, and who have given me heaps of inspiration for this photography unit which is greatly needed at the moment. I'm starting to feel more excited about it again, yay, since my enthusiasm was crushed by my stupid teacher making us do completely irrelevant stuff.

I would do more detailed posts about them separately but there are too many I like and I wouldn't be able to choose which ones, so I'll just post some of the different photos.

'Despair film still #3' by Alex Prager

'Vanessa // San Francisco, California' by Mike Brodie

'Sunset Tree Fern' by Lisa Eisner

And there are so many other awesome ones. All 2 of my followers should have a look.