Miroslav Hvozdenský

Born in Slovakia but working and living in the Czech Republic. Miroslav Hvozdenský finds photography a fast way of communication. A good way to express his ideas, and it is certainly easier to push the 'undo' button on your computer than fixing a painting.
Miroslav will hold of on painting until  his retirement, when there will be plenty off free time .
He shoots a lot of advertising stuff, photo montages and commercial retouching.
Miroslav Hvozdenský: " I passed through landscapes and experimental photogrphy but, I have settled down by shooting people (they inspire me more) and photomontages, where the wold has no borders and only your fantasy matters." (sic)

 

June Yong Lee

Born in South Korea, but now working and living in the United states. Photographer
June Yong Lee develops an interest in the human skin after seeing 'Silence of the lambs'. Resulting in a series of flattened torsos, skin without bones. A bit creepy, but fascinating as you start to understand June Yong Lee's intentions. What can the skin reveal, there is a unique history captured in every skin.
Lee; “Bodies record personal stories that often differ from how we remember them. Memories are, like scars on skin, fragile; skin reflects who we are and tells stories that we might not always recognize.”
Lee circles his model, meanwhile taking shots with his digital camera. Later, using photoshop, he sticks them together, the result is the stretched two dimensional skin of a 3D model.

Emil Schildt

Emil Schildt is autodidact, got his first camera when he was 22 and now teaches at the Vraa Folk High School in Denmark.He doesn't consider himself to be a photographer, but an image maker. The camera is merely the starting point. He keeps to the analogue, and loves the old techniques, but prefers the liquid emulsion.
Emil Schildt;"Liquid emulsion has been my favourite method for years.
 But I have also been using Cyanotype, Photopolymer gravure, Van Dyke’s, and lately I have done a lot of Bromoils. As I have not been able to get good bromoils the “normal” way, I discovered that using my beloved Liquid emulsion, I got exactly what I wished for.
 The “built in” imperfections are perfect for my types of images. But as I have used liquid emulsion for many years, I can apply the emulsion quite nicely should I wish to."
 Emil Schildt was born in 1958 in Denmark.

Duong Quoc Dinh

Duong Quoc Dinh; an award winning Vietnamese photographer returned to his first passion, 'painting'. And familiar with the bare female form he decided on what his canvas would be.
His first canvas was his wife and soon other women followed. His first submission, entering his new style photography into an international contest, was impressive enough to win another award.
"The line between nudity and pornography remains blurry for many in Vietnam," Dinh Says, "If a photographer isn't qualified enough and he doesn't have a proper concept of beauty, he can easily cross that line!"

“Photography created my international reputation,” Dinh says. “But painting is my life.”

 Duong Quoc Dinh at work on a female canvas.

Kim Joon

Photographer and digital artist Kim Joon was born in Seoul. Despite his international success he still lives and works in the largest metropolis of South Korea. His digital prints and videos are more sculptures than photographic images. Kim Joon is very interested in the human skin and tattoos.
Kim; "I see skin, or in some cases the monitor, as an extension of a  canvas".

KIM Joon | Interview by Korean Artist Project from OPIOM Gallery on Vimeo.