Nick Knight’s Paradise Lost is unsettling precisely because it redirects violence toward something we are conditioned to treat as harmless. Roses, symbols of romance, devotion, and ceremony, are shown being shot through the head. The gesture is abrupt and wrong-feeling, not because flowers are rare or fragile, but because they are culturally protected from this kind of outcome.
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Shae DeTar’s Colored Photography
Hand colored photographs by Shae DeTar, a mixture of a drugged 60’s and Dr. Suess. These day-dreamlike images capture you with their bold/pastel colors and unusually beautiful content. These are few of her ongoing series. source:
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Moving Portraits by Romain Laurent
The power of a gif. These photographs still hold the valor of classic portrait photography with a subtle twist of animation. They still feel as if you could hang them on the wall, I’ve seen technology create paper thing lcd screens. So In the near future I believe we can actually have tangible albums and framed moving photographs. Visit his website via Photorest
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Boxers: Before and After the Fight
Young boxers retake the same portraits after their boxing matches. At first you don’t see much of a difference, but the longer you compare the more you see has changed within the two. Flushed, tired, and some bleeding. Nicolai Howalt – Boxers: Before and After the Fight (2012)
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Ben Alper – Background Noise
Ben Alper’s Background Noise is a photographic series rooted in nostalgia, memory, and subtle unease. Drawing from what appear to be family archives and childhood moments, Alper revisits familiar scenes and places that feel deeply personal yet universally recognizable. These images suggest backyard gatherings, domestic interiors, and quiet pauses from earlier years, moments that might otherwise remain untouched in personal albums
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Ekaterina Bazhenova Photography Series
Ekaterina Bazhenova’s latest photography series captures solitude and abandonment with a quiet, haunting intensity. Each image explores moments of desolation and human fragility, creating a visual meditation on the tension between vulnerability and resilience. The work feels intimate and unflinching, as if the camera is bearing witness to the spaces and states we often ignore.
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Alexey Kovalev – Humble Days (2009-12)
Alexey Kovalev’s series Humble Days, created between 2009 and 2012, is a quiet exploration of everyday life and overlooked spaces. The photographs focus on humble locations and ordinary people, capturing moments of simplicity, stillness, and understated presence. There is a patience in Kovalev’s approach, a sense that the work unfolds over time, allowing small gestures and subtle details to emerge with clarity.
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Mystic Worlds: Photos by Marcus Moller Bitsch
Marcus Moller Bitsch’s Mystic Worlds is a photographic exploration that transforms curiosity into visual storytelling. The series emerged from a desire to experiment and learn, to take ordinary days and turn them into images that resonate beyond the moment. Bitsch approaches photography not simply as documentation, but as a way to explore perspective, mood, and the unseen details that give life depth.
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A Mermaid Love
Anton Konashuck’s A Mermaid Love tells a story both magical and haunting. The series captures a love that is unconventional, set against a world that is both fantastical and unsettling. At its center is a mermaid rescued from pollution by a man, a narrative that immediately draws the viewer into a space where wonder and realism collide. Yet the series is careful to remind us that not all stories conclude with happily ever after.
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David Szauder’s Glitches in Memory
David Szauder’s series Glitches in Memory explores the fragile and fragmented nature of recollection through a striking blend of vintage photography and digital distortion. The German artist uses portraiture to examine how memories warp over time and how fleeting moments and passing acquaintances can shift in clarity and meaning. The work feels both intimate and unsettling, capturing the human impulse to hold on while acknowledging that preservation is never perfect.
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Bing Wright’s Shattered Sunsets
Photographer Bing Wright‘s project series called “Broken Mirror/Evening Sky” features a collection of distorted photographs that capture the reflections of sunsets on shattered mirrors. It’s beautiful seeing a common photograph that is also referred to as a cliche looked upon in a smashed point of view. A normal sunset makes your eyes dance around with beautiful colors, but the cracks and distortions give a darker more curious feeling. source:
