The work of Laura McPhee can be found here:

http://www.lauramcphee.com/

Some truly strange things happening in strange places, with that excellent color, light, and composition.  

You can view the whole series (20 images) on my website, www.ShapesIndustries.com under the Photography tab.

Originally referred to as “Exotica Photo Tripping,” Anywhere But Here (Volume One) is a compilation of sorts, with each image selected for its adventurous appeal and elusive exact location.

When I go on photo trips, I’m usually drawn to places that feel foreign. Minnesota has a lot to pick from in this respect, but riverside and industrial parks are the best. 

Anywhere But Here is my answer to aimless shooting, for when I don’t feel like working on a project or I simply need to get out of the house, hence Volume One. There’ll be more of this to come. 

“Anywhere But Here (Volume One)”
Completed Early 2013 - Photography Work - Shapes Industries

The work of Frank Hallam Day can be found here:

http://frankhday.com/

More exotic, strange, and very well lit photographs.

Lex Thompson’s work can be found here:

http://www.lexthompson.com

Little monuments, moments of silence.

Grant Ellis can be found here:

http://grantellis.com/

Something a little adventurous, a little fun, a little odd.  

There’s a lot of variety in his subject matter, to the point where I imagine Grant Ellis as wandering around the world, shooting whatever comes his way.  I don’t see it as held together by an underlying signature, but instead a dedicated vision of inconsistency, of adventure and intrigue in a thousand separate details. 

Dustin Shum’s work can be found here:

http://www.dustinshum.com/

This is one of the better perspectives of China I’ve seen, I love all the little strange things that Dustin Shum focuses on in the landscape.  The colors and composition are also brilliant, so that helps quite a bit.

The work of Lukasz Biederman can be found here:

http://biderus.webd.pl/Indexhibit/

I’ve been meaning to share these photographs for some time, but somehow they escaped my attention.  I love these.  I love the colors, the strange exotic quality they have, and the variety of subject matter.

More Kevin Cooley:

http://www.kevincooley.net/

Places made easy on the eyes.

You can find more of Andrew Emond’s work here:

http://www.andrewemond.com/works/objects-of-consequence/index.php

Spot on color in quiet environments.  Fantastic places of dirt, steel, and sweat.

You can find the work of Andrea Gjestvang here:

http://andreagjestvang.com/

I grew up with baby hands, living in the city for my entire life.  These “nowhere” places attract me.  Maybe because they are different, maybe because they seem romantic in the sense that survival means something else, requires something else.  Maybe because no one there has baby hands, or at least they shouldn’t.

I think there’s something missing from my lifestyle, something these people in these photographs are intimately familiar with.