Ana Cabaleiro

Ana Cabaleiro is a Spanish photographer who i discovered on flickr. Her photographs have a sense of freedom and spontaneity. The shallow depth of focus, natural light and warm colours make her work seem like hazy memories from a summer road trip, and make me want to go travelling.

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See more of Ana Cabaleiro's work on her website or flickr

Ellen Rogers

Ellen Rogers is one of my favourite artists on Flickr; she is a fashion and portrait photographer who uses entirely analogue and darkroom techniques. I find her work so striking as it is completely different to any work from other contemporary photographers. I particularly love how her work is reminiscent of very early portraiture photography that used hand colouring on black and white prints. Her work also seems to have an other-wordly, mystical quality, created partly by the beautiful models who are often dressed draped in jewels or flowers, seeming like characters from a fairytale. 

See more of Ellen Roger's work on flickr or on her official website

Edward Scissorhands

Tim Burton's films are a big inspiration of mine. I watched one of my favourites yesterday, Edward Scissorhands (1990). What appeals to me most about the film is its imagery; particularly the use of colour. The colours used throughout are an amazing mixture of sherbet and pastel hues. Combined with the eccentric 80s fashion and an emphasis on geometric shapes, I find the film very inspiring. 

Vintage Photo Booth

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I've become more and more interested in vernacular photography, particularly from pre-1970. The photograph above reminds me of Paolo Roversi's work, with the very shallow depth of field, mottled backdrop, soft glowing light and the dreamy gaze in the model's faces. I find it interesting how the subjects in the image appear so relaxed and unfazed by having their photograph taken and appear incredibly model-esque in comparison to typical photo booth images.