A new kind of beauty by Philip Toledano
Friday, March 19
Monday, March 8
Gonzalo Bènard
Having a fine arts background in painting and being a born restless mind, Gonzalo Bénard turned into photography defying any notion of ego with his self-portraits. Operating as non-portraits, his self-representations using his not-to-be-seen body and face, brings us some thought provoking images to challenge the viewer to go beyond and stop watching because what you see is not what you should see. Using mainly b/w in his work and often plain backgrounds, G.Bénard wants this way to avoid distractions of colours, tones and non-essential items to bring the pure concept. Bringing cultural rites and rituals G. Bénard becomes primitive playing a not so obvious game that can be playful with humorous sensuality breaking the usual canons or stereotyped conventions.
Sonny Tong
Sonny Tong is freelance photographer who resides in the heart of Orange County. Sonny shows creativity and natural ability in his work, able to take your breath away with every picture. Despite his young age, Sonny's photography shows a lot of maturity. His photography speaks for itself - Sonny has an eye for fashion photography. Sonny has worked with many models from a wide variety of agencies including Otto Models and Next. Sonny's most popular work is working with model Marco Dapper (from the movie "Eating Out 2").
Domenico Cennamo
Photographer Domenico Cennamo was born in Naples, Italy, and grew up in Rome. He started drawing at an early age and studied at the art college in Rome. Working as a booker in a model agency, he realized that he had his very own ideas about how to photograph the models— and without further ado he decided to become a photographer. His pictures were published worldwide in fashion magazines such as L’Officiel, Hommes, Pref mag, Mate and Zero.
Wednesday, March 3
Biel Capllonch
Barcelona based photographer Biel Capllonch, has been shooting images for nearly 15 years. His body of work is extensive as it is diverse, he has shot campaigns for Ikea as well as covers for LeCool. A master of composition, his work leaves you questioning what is at the periphery of his lens. Both intense and shrouded in mystery his images are quietly chaotic and conceptually well restrained with a calm force of candor for his subjects at hand.
Jay Matthews
Melbourne-based Jay Matthews creates giddy self-portraits based on his obsessions with balloons, donuts, green sludge, beauty queens and maids of honor.
Matthew Burgess
Matthew Burgess is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts (Commercial Photography) at RMIT University, Melbourne.After growing up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Matthew completed a Certificate IV in Photoimaging at the Sydney Institute of Technology before moving to Melbourne to continue his education.
Ignacio Lozano
Ignacio Lozano now shoots tests for FORD models, Basic models and New York management as well as contributing to various magazines as a Photographer and Editor. Ignacio aims to tell a story with his images, working with natural lights and natural subjects, whilst capturing the instant with feeling and expression - creating his own world. Photographers including Slava Mogutin, Steven Klein, Janine Gordon and Ryan Mcginley all influence Ignacio’s work.
Ferran Casanova
Ferran Casanova, born in Barcelona in 1982, discovered his interest in photography when he was a teenager during the time he has been working as a dancer, travelling around the world.
Steven Gomillion & Dennis Leupold
Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold began working together In New York City Dec 2006. Both sharing the same passion and influences in photography, “For us it was like destiny that we met”. They did their first photo shoot together while traveling through South America. Steven having a Brazilian background felt that it was only natural to start in a place known for it’s beautiful people and landscapes. Dennis arrived in the US from Germany 5 years ago and since resides The Big Apple as well. Together they plan to travel the globe and make their mark along side the most respected photographers in the fashion industry.
Alessio Bolzoni
Alessio Bolzoni was born in Crema in 1979. After high school he started studying photography and in 2001 published “N. 20 Fotografie”, a 20-picture book developing the theme of personal identity through research on the body. Since 2003 Alessio has been working freelance contributing to many national and international magazines (Elle, Rolling Stone, D Repubblica, Flair, Crash Magazine, View Magazine, Mood, Mariclaire). He has also started working for his first commercial campaigns. He has been represented since 2007 by the agency 2DM, carrying on with his editorial career based in Milan. 
Takay
Takay was born in Osaka, Japan in 1973. After studying photography at the Visual Arts College in Osaka, he moved to London to work as a photographic assistant. He began shooting his own stories in 1998 for fashion magazines, such as i-D, The Face, Arena, Spoon, Jalouse, and L’Officiel.
Jan Welters
Jan Welters was born and raised in Holland. Passionate by the visual arts since he was very young, he studied at the St Joost Art School in Breda where he left in 1983 to start assisting different photographers, first in Amsterdam and later in New York where he lived until 1989.
Damien Blottière
French photographer Damien Blottière studied Fashion at Duperré Art School in Paris. Interested in images and photography, he first worked as a fashion editor for Mixte, Purple and DAZED & Confused until he decided to concentrate on photography only. But he keeps on collaborating with Bernhard Willhelm, Pierre Hardy or Paule Ka to name a few designers and some int'l fash mags.
Mario Sorrenti
Mario Sorrenti was born in Naples, Italy, but has lived in New York since the age of ten. Self-taught, he comes from a family of photographers and artists. His earliest projects were highly personal black-and-white images assembled in dense diaries. These caught the eye of art director Phil Bicker and led to his first advertising commission with Calvin Klein. His career has featured advertising campaigns for leading fashion houses and beauty brands including Prada and Yves St Laurent and his editorial work is featured in magazines such as W, Vogue and Another Magazine. Sorrenti's photographic vision is underpinned by his interest in the camera as a tool for experimentation and a fascination with the process of making images.
Karim Sadli
Karim Sadli born and raised in Paris. Studied literature and philosophy at the Sorbonne, then moved to London and then graduated from Central Saint Martin's.
Niall O’Brien
Niall O’Brien studied fine art photography in the renowned Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.He has exhibited at a number of Irish and English shows and has many awards to his name, including the Irish Professional Photographers’ Association Rex Roberts Medal and two main categories in the ICI Photographer of the Year Award. In October 2008 Niall was accepted into the top 20 portfolios in the International Portfolio Review, Bratislava. He continues to exhibit throughout Europe.
Bruna Kazinoti
Bruna Kazinoti was born in 1983 in Split, Croatia. She graduated at Royal accademy of Fine Arts in Antwerpe, Belgium. She currently lives between Croatia and Belgium.
Lucy McRae
Lucy McRae straddles the world of fashion, technology and the body. Trained as a classical ballerina and architect her work inherently fascinates with the human body.
Empyrean Photography
As a photography and publishing company, Empyrean distinguishes itself with a unique style of physique photography that often shines with heroic drama or glows with an erotic elegance but invariably originates from an essential reverence for the anatomical and expressive beauty of the muscular male body. This visual approach is sometimes referred to by colleagues and fans as the "Empyrean Look."All who regard the developed male body as an object of beauty is a friend of Empyrean Photography...
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