Josh Greet’s photos have a Euro goth post-punk feel to them that is really great. The black metal pet rat funeral is pretty awesome too, whats with punks and their rats?? He is currently undertaking a degree in photography at the Plymouth College of Art check his website for more of his work here.

ruud van empel images focus on children in both quasi natural settings.  His cibachrome method produces such vibrant images. His  depiction of a black Venus is amazing.  With their super dark skin, is seem to be a study in contrast.  Then there are his brothers and sisters portraiture. The children seem so perfect they are not real but they are beautiful to look at. I’d describe Emples’ work as daring, fresh and beautiful. The art world would agree.  One of his pieces, (world #17 2006) recently sold at auction for over 116, 500 dollars!

By Martha Raymond

In photographer Charlie White’s ‘The Girl Studies,’ a girl is place along side a male to female transgendered for comparison.    In his short film OMG BFF LOL we see entertaining cartoon characters shopping at the mall.  The characterization is so dead on and they are so, like, shallow you can’t take your eyes off them.

By Martha Raymond

Elizabeth Weinberg lives in Brooklyn, New York, with two cats, a bicycle, and a moped. Her work spans many themes including portraits, and  fashion and  documentary photography.Elizabeth has also done commercial work for Nylon+Casio,  and Sony. She is also working on 3 different projects entitled Abigail, Of Recklessness and Water, and Rattland, check out her website here for more info.

“Touching Strangers” is an ongoing photo series by photographer Richard Renaldi. In each of these photos the artist has asked perfect strangers to pose together all while touching each other in some way. These photographs could evoke different emotions like  love, sex, friends,  and family,  depending on who is looking at them.

Remember in the 80’s when you’d take your camera, loaded with actual film, on those long road trips? Remember how it’d take weeks, sometimes months to develop the film. Director and photographer Neil Krug’s images feel like those days, using Polaroid film and his beautiful model/girlfriend Joni Harbeck. Good photography captures the feeling of a moment and Krug’s images do just that. Krug has also directed a few music videos for groups such as Ladytron and Ratatata.

By Martha Raymond

Paris based photographer Estelle Hanania seeks to capture moments when her fellow human is acting contrary to current societal customs and taking communion with nature.  In a collection called Parking Lot Hydra, we see some men in Switzerland clad in hand made suites of  organic materials in the midst of actual trance work.  The festival, where the goal is to embody nature, takes place every year but gathers little international attention.  I just wonder, does National Geographic know about this?

By Martha Raymond

Illustrator and photographer Katty Bouthier spoke to us about her art and why the art, not the format always come first.

Sick Of The Radio: You seem to be inspired by nature.  What are your views about the state of the natural world?

Radamés “Juni” Figueroa has proven that sneakers make great planters.  I wonder if the pot plant he’s growing smells like a stinky foot.  But would you smoke the “sneaker pot” –that’s the question.  Would I smoke it?  Sure I’d smoke it; in the name of art. And then after smoking, you and I could better appreciate his painted roof tops of animal hide.  And we’d totally understand the meaning behind his display of hanging clothes.  The secrete invasion of space aliens whom were engineered by the Russian mafia do take over the world and turn every one into Laundromat dwellers… Whoa.
By Martha Raymond