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Xanti Schawinsky

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Love it

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this is a great collage artist who I know from instagram, edie baker usually uses female sexuality and the male gaze within her collages and they're just brilliant

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These old medieval style paintings depicting imps and demon like creatures really interest me and i love the iconography of them.

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work from an artist I follow on instagram, their drawings are just completely out of this world and to they give this feel of a beautiful black and white 1930s style scifi film like metropolis or something

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work from an artist I know on instagram whose drawings I am absolutely obsessed with because they are just brilliant and so visually pleasing

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I just love everything about this artists work

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Michael Jacksons 'Leave Me Alone' music video

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Michael Jacksons 'Leave Me Alone' music video

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I used to love this music video when I was younger mainly for the collage type style of imagery put together and the playfulness of it. I love anything that repurposes images to kind use them to put their word across I suppose

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Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone (Official Video)

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I really enjoy a lot of tracy emins work and find her honesty really resonates with me she was described as the 'Enfant terrible' of the contemporary art world which is something i personally relate to and really like about her. as it is something I try to do within my own work.

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I came across this photographer through instagram and his work really spoke to me. the subjects he photographs feel close and personal to the photograper and he captures them in a way that feels like youre being given a glimpse into someones intimate life which i quite like. theres a feeling of crystal clear yet unpolished rawness to them which really struck me and I am quite inspired by that.

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i love this photographers interesting and unique style of photographing their subjects and i find the positioning and poses that the models do to be rather intriguing however i feel as though their work takes more of a direction towards fashion photography whereas i prefer a personal approach to my own work, saying that i do take some inspiration in his offbeat style as i try to take that approach in my own photographs sometimes

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Lukasz Wierzbowski discovered film photography when he began to feel exhausted during his third year studying Social Psychology. He quickly realised how playing with poses, patterns and colours in his parent's house or a nearby forest could make him extremely excited. Since then, everyday surroundings have continued to capture his imagination and have become the setting for many of his photos. Having been featured in an extensive number of exhibitions, magazines and zines around the world, we got in touch with Wierzbowski to ask him about the way he works, his sources of inspiration and how he finds the stylish old interiors he likes to shoot in...

Dazed Digital: The atmosphere of many of your photographs is defined by the interiors you shoot in. How do you find these spaces?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: Most of them are homes of my family, friends and friends of my friends. Visiting places of this kind feels like opening a treasure chest - you never know what you will find. Sometimes I ask people I barely know if they have access to retro looking apartments, or if they know somebody who would. The fact that these places are actually preserved, and not just styled to look that way, makes it a kind of time capsule. I know there still are quite a lot of places where time stopped in the 70s or 80s, usually owned by older people. Sometimes I wish I could just knock on their doors and ask them if it would be OK if I used their flats to take pictures, but I'm just too shy to do so.

DD: Who are the girls that model in your photographs?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: There is something about a certain type of attitude I'm attracted to, the daring ability to let yourself go. Beauty doesn't have to be obvious, as I'm more than OK with any type of imperfection. My nieces were my first models and, since our first session, frequently appear in my pictures. Thanks to their outgoing behaviour and curiosity I was able to experiment with the subject of the body. Soon I started asking my friends if they would be OK with me taking photos of them. Some models are booked by agencies or stylists, some I just approach on the streets or on the Internet. Whenever I get a chance to work with someone for the first time, I ask them to forget about all their past modeling experience, to just go with the flow and enjoy the trip.

DD: When taking photographs, do you try to capture an image you already have in your mind or does it happen more spontaneously on the shoot?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: I adore working on the spot. Each shooting resembles a journey and it's based on the connection between me, the model and the surrounding. I try to use any given situation or lightning to the advantage of the photograph. It's about putting a twist to everyday settings, having fun with shapes and objects - playing a kind of a game with the viewer. I never make plans to shoot in advance, as I want to be inspired by the moment. That way I can catch the in-between moments, of pure and natural behaviour, as those interest me the most.

DD: A lot of your photos feel like fashion shoots, do you find inspiration in fashion photography?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: I find fashion to be an amazing source of inspiration. Each collaboration with a clothing designer is extremely exciting. At the same time I don't feel that fashion shoots should necessarily show clothes in an obvious way. It can be based on a mood or little detail. I try to find the balance between all these factors.

DD: How is colour important to you? Do you style the models yourself for the shoots?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: I like playing with colours and patterns. My mother is a seamstress. Watching her buy fabrics, designing, cutting and sewing clothes was always a magic experience. Using her wardrobe seemed natural at the beginning, especially as many of clothes I found there looked much different than the popular stuff seen on the streets or TV. Later on I got access to the huge closet of a now 93-year-old amazing lady and family friend. I felt like being in the candy shop, using original pieces from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Although nowadays I very often use pieces provided by fashion designers, stylists or clothing brands, I quite often use items bought in second hand shops for my personal works.

DD: Are there any photographers who inspire your work?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: I always admired the work of Guy Bourdin, Wolfgang Tillmans or William Eggleston, but there are also many images floating around the web that become my personal favourites. The Internet is a tricky place, and sometimes it feels like everything has already been shown or done. It's filled with huge amounts of images that, instead of pleasure, gives you headache. Often I like to separate myself from all that. I find this kind of visual silence extremely relaxing and mind clearing.

DD: Your work seems to focus on the human body. Have you ever photographed objects in the same way?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: Some time ago I created a site called Magnetic Elements, which was a clumsy and eclectic scrapbook of things I witnessed every day, places I went to and experienced.

DD: What have you been working on recently?
Lukasz Wierzbowski: For the last few months I've been working on two books that are going to be released soon. One of them is based around a certain theme, with a working title " Mutations ", and the other one is more retrospective. I'm super excited about it, especially as a long time has passed since my last book. I'm also working on a few commissioned projects and collaborations - so there is always quite a lot going on.

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Lukasz Wierzbowski discovered film photography when he began to feel exhausted during his third year studying Social Psychology. He quickly realised how playing with poses, patterns and colours in his parent's house or a nearby forest could make him extremely excited.

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I really enjoyed this article and resonate with this photographers work as they mention in the article when talking about their book “I don’t have a specific message or agenda. The book has come out of my own curiosity and maybe my own attempt to make sense of the world around me — or a way of giving things meaning,” and “I hope it evokes a sense of curiosity and wonder in people, as it’s supposed to be open for people to read in their own way. I’m not dictating anything, rather I’m pointing the viewers in a direction. Of course there’s messages in there that I’ve thought of and I trust that it’s apparent enough to read it. But if people see something else, that’s alright too.”

which is something i try to do within my own work too, highlighting the curiosity of life in a way and encapsulating it within a moment.

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Albert Elm is a photographer whose career has taken him to enviable heights over the past couple of years. After studying at Fatamorgana school in Copenhagen and graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 2015, he then went on to assist Magnum photographer Jacob Are Sobol. His work has been published in numerous established magazines, such as Photoworks, Vice and the British Journal of Photography, alongside various exhibitions across Europe. After publishing his first book in 2014, titled Elsewhere, Albert moved on to further ventures and placed his inquisitive mind on to his second photography publication.

What sort of life is this is Albert Elm's ongoing photography series that has captured his thoughts, questions and observations of the world around him for the past eight years. The first photograph was taken in 2009, where the whole thing unintentionally blossomed into a personal exploration through the means of photography. "At that time I didn't know that I was working on a book, or that it was going to be called What sort of life is this, I just began to work with a 35mm point and shoot to get into the essence of what photography meant to me," Albert tells It's Nice That.

The images throughout depict a hyperreal - although scarily honest - representation of life. Albert is drawn to anything he finds "bizarre, beautiful, odd, ugly and interesting", or something that he thinks "tells a 'useful' story about living, or at least questions it". After finding his muse, he then imprints a harsh flash infused with the grainy outcome of analogue film onto the subject, resulting in a mysterious depiction of that moment in time. "I don't have a specific message or agenda. The book has come out of my own curiosity and maybe my own attempt to make sense of the world around me - or a way of giving things meaning," says Albert. "I hope it evokes a sense of curiosity and wonder in people, as it's supposed to be open for people to read in their own way. I'm not dictating anything, rather I'm pointing the viewers in a direction. Of course there's messages in there that I've thought of and I trust that it's apparent enough to read it. But if people see something else, that's alright too."

By keeping the format and curation of the book simple, the disjointed layout and misplaced segments in parts plans to draw a feeling of unease and a thirst for answers. Photography acts as a powerful tool in this way; to enable the viewer to decipher their own meanings and emotions, rather than take in exactly what is given by the person behind the lens. Albert plays on this concept in his book: "I thought that no matter what, people would read it their own way," he explains. "I think that's the power of photography and images in general; that it plays with one's imagination. But it's challenging to find the balance between being mysteriously open to interpretation and then being oblivious and demystified. I think the story is stronger when the surprise and mystery isn't ruined by too much explanation."

Set to release over the next month, What sort of life is this has been formed as a platform for Albert to channel and capture his understandings of everything around him. For this photographer, it's an organic process and, like anything, is riddled with fun and unexpected surprises. "I think photography has become a way of thinking for me. When I was younger it was a way of dealing with restlessness. It still is," says Albert. "I think a simple idea like 'how does this look photographed' keeps me going and every film I process and scan is full of expectations and surprises. It's like being an obsessed gold digger. You never know what's coming - It might be worth a lot. I guess it gives my life purpose."

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Albert Elm tells us why being a photographer is like "being an obsessed gold digger"

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Albert Elm is a photographer whose career has taken him to enviable heights over the past couple of years. After studying at Fatamorgana school in Copenhagen and graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 2015, he then went on to assist Magnum photographer Jacob Are Sobol.

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ive always really loved the fluidity of scatter within an exhibition especially within wolfgang tillmans works and it is something i prefer to do within my own work also as i dont think everything has to go in a linear order

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'I’m not Really Interested in Photography - I’m Interested in Art’ - Nan Goldin I Interview

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German-born, international in outlook and exhibited around the world, Wolfgang Tillmans spent many years in the UK and is currently based in Berlin. In 2000, he was the first photographer and first non-British artist to receive the Turner Prize.

Alongside portraiture, landscape and intimate still lifes, Tillmans pushes the boundaries of the photographic form in abstract artworks that range from the sculptural to the immersive.

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wolfgang tillmans: 'what art does in me is beyond words'

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Wolfgang Tillmans: 'What art does in me is beyond words' - TateShots | Tate

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German-born, international in outlook and exhibited around the world, Wolfgang Tillmans spent many years in the UK and is currently based in Berlin. In 2000, he was the first photographer and first non-British artist to receive the Turner Prize.