This weeks featured photographer is Joe Sobel.  I’ve known Joe for several years now.  In the Winter semester of 2009, Joe and I were in the same photography seminar course at Northern Michigan University.  From the outset of that course, Joe’s work was striking.  He was the most junior of all of us, but...
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As promised last week, here is the second installment of Susannah Benjamin’s photographs.  I’ll keep the writing to a minimum this week and just let you enjoy these amazing photographs. Share this Article
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Susannah Benjamin Today is a rare day.  It’s unique in that I often have difficulties picking only a few photographs from each featured photographer, but I always manage to do it.  Not this time.  You will notice that the title indicates that there are going to be multiple posts on our next featured photographer,...
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As you may have noticed The Photo Playground went on six month hiatus. Life happened and new responsibilities were incurred both academically and personally. This next article will focus on an academic responsibility that I took on during the Winter 2010 semester. It is a project that I had wanted to work on for...
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Editor’s Note: Last October I was admitted into Northern Michigan University’s post-baccalaureate program and as of the beginning of January I have begun my three semester trek towards a B.S. in Art History.  I am really excited to be able to pursue my interests in art and art history.  Because I am attempting to...
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Photos by Simon Bates, Kuopio, Finland. Today I bring a sample of work by Simon Bates, an Irishman living in Finland.  Bates has a BA in architecture and plans to begin work towards an MA in Fine Art next year. What drew me in with these photographs is Bates’ attention to and use of...
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Photos by Chris Jordan, Seattle, Washington. I was first introduced to Chris Jordan’s work about midway through my undergraduate studies.  The series was “Intolerable Beauty.”  My photography professor at the time showed a few of the images via digital projector.  I still remember that particular session of class.  Since my first exposure to his...
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Photos by Paula Aparicio, Argentina. I found Paula’s work while cruising through Flikr.  Her photostream is light with fewer than 200 images.  It was easy to browse and nearly every single image is fantastic; she is definitely not one of those people that posts every single image she captures, unless of course every picture...
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Photos by Neil Richards, Knutsford, UK Today I bring you Neil Richards.  Although not a professional photographer, per se, he is prolific with the camera.  By day he is a web designer and runs several sites.  Jetpac Magazine is an online arts and culture magazine that is downloadable as a pdf.  Both issues are...
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Photos by Clare Dove, Ramsgate, UK Normally I write a little piece on the photographers that I present, but today I’m going to let Clare do most of the talking.  Below is how she explained her work on flikr to me: “The images are mostly taken using my mobile phone camera, which is discreet...
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