Osamu Kanemura

Osamu Kanemura has a unique vision that makes his photographs stand out. It all started back in Tokyo while he was working delivering newspapers across the city. His work portrays the urban landscape without sticking to any composition rules. His photographs capture the architectural madness and chaos of Japan’s capital from awkward spots. Slightly tilted [...]

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Shooting with Freedom of Speech

It’s been almost two months since my last post here in River66 (been too busy with Athens66 and work in general). I do promise to continue posting here though (hopefully really soon). I’m actually planning on a couple of posts for the next weeks. Until then though, I’ll continue with another personal set of photographs. [...]

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Up north near Belle

I guess it’s time to post my first series of photographs. They’re from my last trip a week ago up in Scotland. I tried a different approach with this, perhaps it worked perhaps it didn’t. Anyway, the pictures are mostly a respect to the city that gave us Belle & Sebastian…and for that we trully [...]

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Cindy Sherman

I have been postponing this for quite some time now (I know it’s been a while since my last post). I have downloaded on my computer a number of photos by Cindy Sherman yet never seem to find the time to post them. Better late than never though (I really need to start working again [...]

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Ten most expensive photographs of all time

Continuing on my previous post, I thought it would be quite interesting to post the most expensive photographs ever sold. The list has been compiled according to everyone’s favorite source (Wikipedia). While many will doubt the photographic value of some of these photos, one thing is for certain; photography has entered the art world and [...]

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Andreas Gursky

Gursky’s work resembles that of Wall’s, not in style or technique, but merely on size. Born in 1955 in Leipzig, Germany, he was the son of a commercial photographer, giving him the chance to learn the tricks from a young age. It was at the Staatliche Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf however that he really mastered the [...]

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Jeff Wall

Canadian photographer Jeff Wall has been a real influence in bringing photography into galleries as a real form of art. His work can be characterized simply as contemporary art and resembles more to the basics of painting rather to photography.
He has become famous for the use of large-scale backlit phototransparencies, resembling those of bus-stop advertisements. [...]

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Web photo mag

And on the same note, another excellent free mag is webphotomag, which has one of the best layouts I’ve seen in free press. Each issue includes a set of portfolios and accompanies each photograph with the story behind it. Another great mag, with emphasis on more “classic” photography rather than experimental or contemporary.

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Büro am Meer

As promised (sooner than I expected), one of the free pdf mags that is really worth checking out is Sven Hoffmann’s Büro am Meer. Each issue (with 36 currently available for download) showcases a different portfolio with a unique theme. The quality and ingenuity of some of these issues are really impressive.

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Tribute to Yannis Kontos

It only seems right that my first post is about Greek photojournalist Yannis Kontos, since I’m also Greek and a real fan of both photography and his work. I have seen Yannis work and it is just amazing, combining photojournalism with fine art and a unique way of capturing the subject’s emotions and the scene’s [...]

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