Jim Goldberg

Above photo by Jim Goldberg. More to come on this.

Gustav Gustafsson

Gustav Gustsafsson's photos are fashionably stark and simple, even when they portray a spontaneous catastrophe like a house on fire.  See more of his ultra cool work here.

Will Govus

Will Govus has it. "It" being the eagle eye for scenes that create photographs that carry with them a Benjaminian aura of epic proportions. Maybe my use of the word "aura" as described for us by Walter Benjamin, is a bit of an oxymoron in this case, considering that Benjamin's idea of the aura hinged on the notion of the one-of-a-kind work of art, and I'm looking at the images on the internet, but in our post-Google age, I think the idea of the aura has morphed into another monster, the notion of which we have yet to pin down (maybe this is something for our 21st century art theorists to tackle?????). 

If there is a 21st century aura for the photo-hungry to imbibe, it is to be thoroughly enjoyed in Govus' haunting color photographs. His images are not as elaborate or as carefully orchestrated as those of Gregory Crewdson, nor do they project such seediness as Brassai's Parisian Alley ways, but Govus's images are equally thought-provoking, with a similar sense of mystery and otherworldliness. They lure us into a world in which we are able to quickly identify the seemingly obvious similarities between an abandoned chair and a fog-encased teenage boy.

  See more of Govus's work on his website here, or on his blog here or on his Flickr site here.

Igor Omulecki

Images by Igor Omulecki. Igor is Polish. His photographs are worth my time.  

Pelle Cass

Photo by Pelle Cass. Part of her Fugitives series.  One Pound of Nails. 

Alana Celii

Above photos by Alana Celii. 

Chad Muthard

 

Both images above from Chad Muthard's series, Missing Teeth. See more here.