Photographer #381: Almagul Menlibayeva

Posted in: 500, 500photographers, Contemporary Photography- Sep 19, 2011 Comments Off

Almagul Menlibayeva, 1969, Kazakhstan, is a fine-art photographer and video artist who works and lives in Berlin and Kazakhstan. She studied at the Academy of Art and Theatre in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her photography is a mixture of nomadic aest…

Photo Portrait News – Portrait Salon de Refusés calls for portrait prize images, Alan Powdrill’s Pipe Up portraits and What’s in a Face?

Posted in: Contemporary Photography, HotshoeBlog, Uncategorized- Sep 08, 2011 1 Comment

“All portraits reveal something of the sitter, the photographer and also of us as viewers, but none reveal a whole and complete being. This is part of the enduring fascination with the photographic portrait which purports to be an exact … Continue reading

Photographer #374: Hellen van Meene

Posted in: 500, 500photographers, Contemporary Photography, Uncategorized- Sep 08, 2011 Comments Off

Hellen van Meene, 1972, The Netherlands, is a portrait photographer who studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Most of her portrait images are of young teenage girls. She is widely known for her exceptional use of light and the sometimes…

Photographer #374: Hellen van Meene

Posted in: 500, 500photographers, Contemporary Photography- Sep 08, 2011 2 Comments

Hellen van Meene, 1972, The Netherlands, is a portrait photographer who studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Most of her portrait images are of young teenage girls. She is widely known for her exceptional use of light and the sometimes…