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Tucson, Arizona-based conceptual photographer Katelin Kinney uses her colorful and surreal style to create a miniseries that reflects how her style can translate from static studio scenes to imagery with models, all while achieving one cohesive look.
Mexico City-based Annick Donkers dives into the world of alien encounters and UFO sightings for her photobook Un-Identified. Looking for those with extraterrestrial experiences, Annick toured Mexico and the American Southwest to find first-hand accounts of this close community of believers.
Scott Areman, a fine art portrait photographer based in Atlanta, is skilled at capturing his subjects with an authentic, dynamic, and intimate approach. During a recent trip to Savannah, Scott created a self-assigned project about the people, culture, and architecture of Georgia’s oldest city.
A creative block during the pandemic inspired Luke Copping, a conceptual photographer based in Buffalo, New York, to shoot a fun and light-hearted self-assigned project called the “Messy Food Series.”
Tucson, Arizona-based conceptual photographer Katelin Kinney took full advantage of the landscape around her while working on a personal project for Mike’s Hard Lemonade.
During the pandemic, Los Angeles-based still life photographer John Cizmas deepened his relationship with his yard while watching the details of his various flowers and plants change as they grew and developed. This series as a way to remember the special experience.
Brian Riedel, an architectural photographer based in Hazle Township, Pa. photographs the timeless style of the historic boutique Townley House Hotel for a self-assigned project.
Whitefish, Mont.-based documentary photographer Kyle Stansbury spent time over the last two years documenting the rich cultural heritage of Montana’s Brash Rodeo for a self-assigned project.
Over ten years ago, while traveling across the U.S. by car, San Francisco-based photographer Saroyan Humphrey took his first photo of a motel television. What started as a way to document his travels grew into a series of Saroyan’s take on the classic American image of a lonely motel room.
Tobin Jones, an award-winning photographer based in Nairobi, created Super Grannies — a collection of NFT trading cards depicting individual members of the Shoso Jikinge self-defense society — to highlight the strength and power the women wield in their everyday lives.
When virtual schooling became commonplace as a result of the pandemic, Milwaukee-based commercial and editorial photographer Kat Schleicher’s intimate family photos turned into a self-assigned project enabling her to document her family’s unique, shared experiences during this pivotal time in their lives.
Minneapolis-based Ben Brewer visits the north woods of Wisconsin to document the annual American Birkebeiner International ski race for a self-assigned project. Ben captured the youthful spirit of 73-year-old cross-country skier Ernie St. Germaine before, during, and after his 40+ kilometer route.
Philadelphia-based photographer Steve Boyle pays homage to former Olympic medalist Florence Griffith-Joyner in a shoot with fitness model Amber Callahan. Steve and Amber shot the retro style fitness shoot at a New Jersey high school track.
Lawrence, Kansas-based Earl Richardson gains a different perspective while enhancing his photography skills through experimenting with drone imagery. He was eager to bring this birds-eye-view to his everyday life, where new angles provided Earl with an unconventional way of seeing his world.
Manchester-based photographer Duncan Elliott visited 200-year-old Stocks Farm in the Midlands of England during hop season to capture the intricacies of cultivating hops over the course of a farming year. This project inspired Duncan to produce a promotional mailer in collaboration with a local brewery and Stocks Farm, which he will distribute in February of this year.
Denver, Colo.-based Doug Gritzmacher revisits his family’s heritage as he spends a day with hay-baling farmers in the mountains of Colorado. His images provide an artistic look at a hot summer day tending crops in a town that sits 7,000 feet in the sky.
San Jose, Costa Rica-based Irene Peña finds inspiration in the colorful flowers that grow in this tropical region. In her latest project, she works with artist Angela Hurtado Pimentel to stage a series from Angela’s paper flora, drawing inspiration from the painterly style of baroque still life paintings.
Las Vegas-based Willy Branlund has been photographing artists over the last fifteen years for his project “In The Beginning”. While his subjects’ crafts and processes are varied, each artisan has dedicated decades to their work, a triumph of the spirit to which Willy pays tribute.
In his mixed-media project Paper Thin, Patrick Heagney uses paper and photography to build imagined worlds meant to mirror the constructed reality of our mindscapes. While some characters worry about the flimsy foundation of their lives others revel at the changes their new perspective has brought about.
Wonderful Machine is a network of photographers and producers who work on projects for publications, agencies, and brands around the world. Here are some of those stories.