Phillip Toledano
location: New York, USToledano was born in 1968 in London, to a French Moroccan mother and an American father. He grew up in London and Casablanca.
He received a BA in English literature from Tufts University in Boston.
Toledano considers himself a conceptual artist: Everything starts with an idea, and the idea determines the execution. Consequently, his work varies in medium, ranging from photography to installation, sculpture, painting and video.
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Ben Jacks
location: New YorkBEN JACKS is a New York based Director, Photographer, and D.P.
His film and photography works live in the intersection of stylized portraiture and documentary reportage. He works in the arenas of Action, Reportage, Youth, and Sport.
Ben brings a cinematic energy and elegance to every project — be it directing branded action films for Nokia, to traveling to the American heartland to shoot editorials for Stetson. His stylized aesthetic often highlights dark yet hopeful narratives, while celebrating the human condition.
Clients include: Nike, Hennessy, Toyota, Reebok, STC, Equinox, SoundCloud, Uniqlo, American Apparel, NOVA, Match.Com, and Russell Athletic.
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Alma Haser
location: UKBorn in 1989 into an artistic family in the Black Forest, Germany, Alma Haser is now based in South East England. She is known for her complex and meticulously constructed portraiture, which is influenced by her creativity and her background in fine art. Haser creates striking work that catches the eye and captivates the mind.
Expanding the dimensions of traditional portrait photography, she takes her photographs further by using inventive paper-folding techniques, collage and mixed media to create layers of intrigue around her subjects; manipulating her portraits into futuristic paper sculptures and blurring the distinctions between two-dimensional and three-dimensional imagery.
Haser has won many awards for her work, including Magenta Foundation's Bright Spark Award for her Cosmic Surgery series (also the basis of a successful self-published book project). Her piece The Ventriloquist won the fourth prize for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery. Alma Haser also won the PDN Photo Annual Award for her Eureka Effect series. Her work has been exhibited worldwide.
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Adewale Agboola
location: Oregon, USThe work of Adewalè Agboola captures gripping, powerful stories of individuals and brands with grace. Goodhomies Studio extends his deep technical understanding of the visual arts and his African heritage to bring critical stories to life.
His work is simply emotionally driven, his skills of capturing emotion in a single image come from his diverse background. He grew up to be well-versed in understanding human emotion and art + storytelling. His vulnerability to culture shock came full circle when he travelled to different countries. He was flooded with emotions, a heavy reminder of how fortunate he is to have his passion as his profession.
He is fascinated by people, he has a genuine love for everyone he meets. His ability to communicate and encapsulate moments from extreme to intimate comes with a deep, natural understanding of emotions. And what it comes down to is letting his photographs speak for themselves because of the beauty and truths they bare for any eye to witness.
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Stephanie Gengotti
location: Rome, ItalyGengotti is a photographer of Italian/French nationality. She has a degree in English and French Translation, a graduate diploma in photojournalism issued by the Scuola Romana di Fotografia.
"The need to establish an empathic and direct relationship often leads her to live in the same house and in the same identical daily routine as the main characters in her stories. A photograph is only the very last act, the catharsis, in a long and slow knowledge path."
Her works have been awarded and exhibited in numerous shows in Italy and abroad.
She works mainly with reportage photography and portrait.
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