Reed Young writes about his series 'The Italians' "On assignment, spending weeks and months traveling through Italy, I used my free time by photographing the strangers and characters I met. Being a big weird American, the Italians forced me into a new style: these portraits were taken with one light, each person usually giving me less than 5 minutes."

Below is an image from his 'The Italians' series:

Canon 5D

Clare Strand’s images are conceived, researched, developed and resolved through a highly unusual and personal sensibility, using a clear and decisive method of production unique to each project. Strand belongs to the everyday, yet her images evoke the mesmeric, the talismanic and the unsolvable.

Below is an image from her 'Gone Astray Portraits' series:

 5x4 camera with Polaroid type 55 

Tim Richmond’s work exists within the landscape of a certain type of cinema. Wherever his inspiration takes him, across the USA, throughout Europe or his native England, his photographs are imbued with narrative strands.

Below is an image from his 'Love Bites' series:

Ebony 23 with Kodak Portra

Melissa Ann Pinney writes about her series entitled 'White dress project' "It was a tradition at the Academy of the Sacred Heart for Girls in Chicago to wear white dresses for graduation long before I attended high school there. When my daughter was getting ready for 8th grade graduation in 2009 I wanted to make a book of portraits for the class. I photographed each girl in the dress chosen for the ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton."

Below is an image from her 'White dress project":

Mamiya 7II with Kodak Portra 400

US photographer Adam Ekberg writes that in "calculated performances that intersect with photography’s documentary potential, I explore ephemeral occurrences. Making such humble events happen is alchemy of sorts, the transformation of the mundane into the poignant."

Below is an image entitled 'An aerosol container in an abandoned peach orchard 2012':

Alinka Echeverria writes "Fifty five years ago, young men from impoverished rural areas in the highlands of Cuba rose up against the dictator, Batista to join Fidel Castro’s rebel army. They had no weapons, supplies, nor guarantees of survival. Triumph seemed like a distant possibility, yet many claim they had nothing to lose. My project revisits the history of this remarkable revolution through the personal biographies of men, who despite dedicating their lives to their leaders, have remained anonymous and have never held positions of power."

Below is an image from her 'Cuba 1959: The Second Front' series:

Bryan Schutmaat was born in Houston Texas in 1983 and currently is based in Brooklyn, New York.  He writes about his 'Grays the Mountain Sends' project that it "combines portraits, landscapes and still lifes in a series of photos that explores the lives of working people residing in small mountain towns and mining communities in the American West."

Below is an image from his 'Grays the Mountain Sends' series:

4x5 field camera with Kodak Portra