
We're always on the lookout for up-and-coming photographers with their own distinct style, and Boooooooom is always a good place to look. That's where we found the romantic, muted work of Nishe, aka 27-year old Magdalena Lutek of Poland, who works by day as a graphic designer and spends her free time capturing beautiful photos on both film and digital. "Photography has been my biggest love......read more
In 2011, Hungarian graphic designer and photographer Bettina Gal packed up and moved to Denmark for half a year. Luckily for our eyeballs, she documented her stay in these photos posted to Behance, which we had to post since we are suckers for epic landscape photography that incorporates smart type design. The photos feature simple Danish words and phrases ("love," "sorry," "see......read more
Blurring the distinction between contemporary photography and painting, this new selection of photos from Christy Lee Rogers captures a barrage of bodies being submerged in tropical Hawaiian waters at night. The images show a mastery of the chiaroscuro qualities of light, recalling the classic Rubens masterpiece, Massacre of the Innocents. With the subjects bent and distorted, bathed......read more
Bay Area fine art photographer Caren Alpert brings together her interests in food, science, and art to create these vivid, incredibly detailed images of food. Shot with a scanning electron microscope, the photos render common eats as abstract, otherworldly landscapes. "Because I’m a science geek at heart, it’s not such a far leap to explore food in a way that no one else has,"......read more
There are a few places on Earth that feel decidedly unearthly, and caves happen to be one of them. Australian-born photographer John Spies, who has been living in northern Thailand for thirty years, spends plenty of time underground exploring caves in his adopted homeland. As a cave explorer, photographer and guide, Spies has visited 85 caves, discovered incredible formations, documented......read more
Acclaimed photographer Camille Seaman, best known for her award-winning works depicting polar icebergs, headed inland to the prairies of the Midwest to capture a different incredible natural phenomenon: thunderstorm clouds. For the latest entry into Seaman's storm oeuvre, the artist traveled to western Nebraska, where, with the assistance of professional meteorologists, she followed the......read more
For several years, San Francisco-based photographer Michael Light has been flying his own lightweight aircraft to document the American West from the air. His latest book, LA Day/LA Night, shows off the beauty and horror of the City of Angels in equal measure. Whereas the nighttime photos carry a celestial, almost heavenly feel, the daytime images -- a selection of which are shown here -- are......read more
If you read new school arty blogs like Dazed Digital and Booooooom!, then you've probably seen -- and obviously loved -- Beth Hoeckel's mind-bending mixed-media collages. It's amazing work. But with summer here and our wanderlust in full effect, it's Beth's gorgeous travel photography that recently caught our eye. From her base in Baltimore, Beth hits the road often, shooting her adventures on......read more
In this photo project commissioned by the women's fashion mavens at Aritzia, globetrotting photographer Randy Martin continues with his gorgeous depictions of lonely figures in epic landscapes [previously]. The project took Randy and one of his best friends to far-away lands such as Kashmir, a place that Indians call "Paradise on Earth." As he explains: It's not frequented by tourists, and as......read more
The springtime bloom of sakura (ornamental cherry blossoms) is one of nature's most dazzling spectacles. Kobe-based photographer Takeshi Suga adds some wooziness to the equation with "Sakuramadelica 2012," a collection of super-saturated, dream-like shots of cherry blossoms in full bloom. The effects are slightly disorienting, as the familiar springtime sight is presented in a blurry and surreal......read more