Barbara Kasten was born in 1936 in Chicago. She recieved her MFA at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. She was originally a painter and sculpture and later became a photographer to shoot her "environments". With a heavy influence by the Constructivism she explores modes of reorganizing the visual environment. Using geometric shapes, mirrors, glass, lighting gels and a lighting crew recruited from the film industry, she creates abstract interpretations of interior spaces and architectural details. "My thoughts behind the work touch upon perception of where and what we focus on, not so much about spatial relationships... I think of this as an event rather than an abstraction." She feels that abstractions are abstractions away from something such as simplifing a form. In her process she starts with a simple form and adds sculptural and lighting combinations to create a new point of perception.
Jean Francois Carly is a London based fashion photographer. His work is described as romantic and surreal with a subtle elegance and vaporous darkness. Almost every fashion magazine has featured his photography at some in time. These are some of his photos from his Snake series. Here models were stripped naked and given only live snakes to use as accessories. Touché to the models for not freaking out while venomous creatures latched on to their bodies.
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