Outstanding Photographers: a curated collection

"Springtime Blues" Wisconsin Horizons By Phil Koch. Master of the echo, Phil Koch's "Horizons" series frequently splits the frame in roughly equal parts, with the lower "earthly" segment reflecting what's going on above. Here, the smooth, ice-covered rocks reflect the orderly altocumulus clouds above in contour, tone and pattern. Phil's profile page [ https://phil-koch.pixels.com/ ] has many more examples of his creations, and a few surprises mixed in there, too. Phil says: "I created the series of Horizons in 2010 as photographic journey through the landscapes of Wisconsin. I rarely shoot in the same location as the sun rises and find the meadows that most just drive by without a second thought as the best place to wait and watch."

John Suler's Flickr Albums page (partial view) John Suler's perceptions are well worth your time considering. He is both observing and participating in the world of cyber photography. "It's a composition, stupid!" He wrote (perhaps with your help if you commented) a book that strives to take full advantage of social media. On Flickr John describes the project: "My whole photostream is an ongoing meditation on photographic psychology: how we create, share, and react to images, especially concerning digital photography and online photosharing, like here in flickr. "This set in Flickr contains some of my more highlighted aspects of Photographic Psychology, including essays that appear in my online book "Photographic Psychology: Image and Psyche." It’s a book about the design, interpretation, and psychological impact of visual images based on photography. As a psychologist, I will bring ideas from my field into this explorat...