THE SONIC BLOG Fotografie ist Kunst | Photography is Art

“Fallen angels from heaven, wrapped in sheets garish robots, futuristic knights and princesses. In this way, encased in heavy armor, transmuted by the speed of change, Chinese’s teens take refuge in the imaginary dream, the ones of the epic heroes and characters of Manga and Japanese cartoons.”

Daniele Mattioli is an Italian photographer based in Shanghai. After many China-based assignments and publications, he decided to relocate to Shanghai in 2004.

“Following a collision with a pothole, we became inspired and developed a concept where we could transform the pothole into a prop and find an alternative use for it. We staged a series of guerilla street-level photo shoot, turning craters in Montréal, New York and Los Angeles into objects of fancy.”

I’m really not sure about the “Pothole Project“, but somehow I like the Street Art touch of the projekt. Take a look yourself.

“Off the Grid is a study of thirty families living in Maine without electricity, plumbing or phones. Scattered throughout the Maine woods, these homes are disconnected from the grid of wires and media that bind distant Americans together. Although they have all rejected aspects of the modern world, their beliefs and commitments vary widely – ranging from environmentalism to Evangelisation evangelism to anarchism.” – Keliy Anderson-Staley

Keliy Anderson-Staley, born in 1977 in Massachusetts, lives and works in Astoria, New York.

Corey Presha’s project “Simple Comfort”, a sympathic mix of portrait, landscape and interior, arised from a road trip to his grandmother in Georgia.

Corey Presha, born in 1985 in Suffern / New York, studied Photography at the Rockland Community College in Suffern. He maintains the photography blog Eyes of Artists.

Lorena Endara’s project “A Man A Plan A Canal Panama” focuses on the overdevelopment of Panama City in relation to the historical, economic, and political forces that continually shape the landscape.

Lorena Endara was born and raised in Panama City, Panama. She attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville / New York and earned a B.A. in liberal arts.

Masato Seto’s series “Picnic” shows couples having a picnic in public Japanese parks.

Masato Seto, born 1953 in Thailand, moved to Japan in 1961 and studied Photography at Tokyo Shashin Senmon Gakko.

“These images are based on my own childhood, specifically the transitional period between the ages of 9-15. This period of liminality, when girls are on the threshold of womanhood, can be one of the most defining and vital stages in a woman’s life.”

Anastasia Cazabon, born in 1983, is a photographer from Cambridge, MA. She is a graduate of New England School of Photography and Massachusetts College of Art. Anastasia is co-founder of the photography collective The Exposure Project.

Ross Mantle’s series “In The Wake of an American Dream” is a nice mix of portrait, landscape and interior.

Ross Mantle is a freelance photographer based in Pittsburgh, Pa. His personal work often focuses on the quirks of American life and the unique relationship between person and place.

Via Conscientious

“Hurry Up & Wait is an ongoing collection of images exploring the obscure and anonymous life of America’s trucking culture. Driving for a year in our own tractor-trailer, we focus on the banal repetition and periods of isolation from constant movement on the road.”

James Frank Tribble (b. 1983, South Carolina) and Tracey Mancenido-Tribble (b.1980, New York) are collaborative artists who currently live and work in New York.