Brainstorming in a Bathroom Brought New Ideas to Michael Marrero

“A bathroom is private, it’s the most personal space in a home, and every person has their own particular relationship to it,” clarifies commercial photographer Michael Marrero about “The Bathroom Series.” Locked in a house for 6 hours and given a confined space to shoot in, he and his team came up with some witty… Continue reading Brainstorming in a Bathroom Brought New Ideas to Michael Marrero

Photographer Develops Found Film, Revealing Unseen Personal Moments

Craig Atkinson has been collecting undeveloped film from long-forgotten cameras found in secondhand shops. Not always successful, but the quest has yielded never-before-seen personal photos that get archived in a series titled “Someone Else’s.” Atkinson’s background is in Fine Art and he is also the founder of Café Royal Books, an independent publishing company based… Continue reading Photographer Develops Found Film, Revealing Unseen Personal Moments

Role-Reversal Photo Series Challenges Traditional Gender Stereotypes

Photographer Eli Rezkallah challenges gender stereotypes in his ongoing series, “In a Parallel Universe.” The first subject of the series was gender reversal recreated through vintage advertising to show the disparity between traditional roles assigned to men and women. Rezkallah is a fine art photographer and the founder of Plastik Studios and Plastik Magazine, based… Continue reading Role-Reversal Photo Series Challenges Traditional Gender Stereotypes

Explore a Photographer’s Ongoing 6-Year Timelapse of New York City

Photographer Joseph DiGiovanna is in the midst of a project to timelapse the New York City skyline continuously for 30 years. Six and a half years in, he has launched a website that allows visitors to pinpoint and explore any day since he started. PetaPixel featured DiGiovanna’s project in 2019 as part of photographer Emeric… Continue reading Explore a Photographer’s Ongoing 6-Year Timelapse of New York City

Documenting These Odd Phobias was Pretty Fearless for Anna Hoormann

“I found so many bizarre phobias,” says Anna Hoormann about her research into things that people are oddly scared about. What started as a mid-term university project became a fascination with some of the most unusual things that frighten humans today. Are we really human if we’re not even remotely scared of anything?

Artist’s Photoshopped Photo of Beat-Up Kate Middleton Sparks Outrage

Photos of Kate Middleton and other high-profile women have been heavily Photoshopped as part of a domestic violence campaign on Instagram, which has sparked anger from some users while others have praised it for raising awareness. The man behind the graphic campaign is aleXsandro Palombo, an Italian multimedia artist. Palombo’s work has been exhibited at… Continue reading Artist’s Photoshopped Photo of Beat-Up Kate Middleton Sparks Outrage