Emily Detrick considers herself an artist who uses photography as a tool to communicate an issue visually. She struggled with the decision to study psychology or photography, until she realized she could combine the two and use each to aid the other. Now, living, working and attending SCAD in Atlanta Emily is creating work that focuses on societal issues and psychological problems. Emily aims to start conversations and encourages her audience to reevaluate the way they perceive themselves in relation to society. With that said, Emily has penned an open letter to society complete with visual pieces that can aid any wayfarer on their path to greatness.
Photographer Urban Outlaw gives us an in-depth tour of Sheffield’s best street art featuring the work of street artist Phlegm. Take a sip of this tea, and travel overseas with us to a place where the motto should be, “go big, or go to Paris.”
You couldn’t tell by looking at his surreal work, but photographer Tyler Hebert describes himself as a realist. To be fair, he also follows that up with “…dreamer and a visionary.” The Lafayette, LA based photographer has crafted edgy, eye-popping imagery for fashion clients since he picked up the camera in 2007. At 24, the horizon for Tyler looks limitless. Take a closer look at more of his work below.
I once read that every thing and every one is essentially perfect. We are exactly how we were always meant to be, “perfect” only because our imperfections define us as so. Literally and figuratively, where we stand now is a product of what we have done to bring ourselves here. What is and what will be seen by our eyes and our eyes only exists for our viewing. Why we are attracted to certain things and not others is beyond our control, but falls under the same obvious circumstances.
The lights are dimmed and the mood sustained by the persistent grey of a Brooklyn sky; A short-lived drizzle creeps slyly down the whitewashed windows, peering inside upon a half robed woman. Her Ink smudged fingers return to the photograph whose accidental stain of yesterday morning’s coffee leaves aromatic pleasantries adrift in the air. The photograph is one of her eighth grade self, bare-faced with an expression of stark mystery, almost reflectory of the one she is boasting now sitting before it. Silently, she pauses in recollection of the sensation she attained at that time, when the camera was fresh to her hands…
Paved by the old and trudged upon by the present are the streets that stand for the sake of our heavy footsteps. The new world is what has become of the old; the present, a representation of the evolution, or maybe antithesis, of the past. Either way: what and whomever has at one point walked, breathed, or merely stood upon its grounds still remains… always have and always will.
11. Instagram & The Death of the Photographer
Want to be a Photographer overnight? There’s an app for that. Want your snapshots of meaningless nights of binge drinking to look like it was taken on the set of Mad Men because you ‘like really love‘ that vintage look? There’s an app for that.
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