Distinctive Deviants and their Styles

What makes an image instantly recognisable, as been taken by a particular individual? Like the way a Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams, Klein, Sugimoto etc image is recognisable. Some of the key factors include subject choice, the manner in which the subjects are photographed & processed and the amount of exposure the photographer has received previously through various outlets.

Bill Henson said that the best subject is one that can be returned to, as each day it will have something different to tell you. Everyone has a way of looking at the world, a way of visual conversing with it. Each of the deviants work presented here has returned to the subject building a body of work that through the way they have conversed creating a distinctive and recognisable style.

Some people arrive at a style through extensive experimentation over a number of years slowing refining it, others find it after the first shot they take with a camera. Either way what is arrived at is distinctive and reflective of that individual. The post processing only adds to this point.

What follows is a selection of deviants who have developed a style and body of work that will stand the test of time.

Enjoy.

Stateless


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Levi’s body of work focuses on everyday urban environments devoid of human presence. Those places (car parks, suburban sidewalks, shopfronts etc) that we may well pass without as much as giving a thought to and why should we? Levi provides an answer through inviting compositions combining shadows, strong geometric forms and leading lines to re-envisage, that which surrounds us. Levi also shots using film, all the more respect to him.

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hotburrito2


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The Indian Ocean, beach sand, reflections and random objects combine in a way that is often surprising, though none the less stunning in hotburrito2’s work.



cubemb


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Myles’ use of minimalism and clean lines to represent his subjects is a theme that flows through his work. His cube face series gives is not neither the first nor the last of it’s kind though executed in a manner that sets it apart.
Cube Face series

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78-stone


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Laura’s work has an instantaneous impact on the viewer through the combined effect of the distinctive look and feel of the Polaroid film and subject matter, giving a voice to the often neglected animal kingdom, which is not so far removed from us.



foureyes


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Bernie’s seascapes and cityscapes reflect the interaction between humanity and nature. The various cloud forms play a pivotal role to create images not found anywhere else.



michelrajkovic


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Michel combines the ethereal feel of Hiroshi Sugimoto’s work between the interplay of horizon, with that of the man made environment, using a high key approach producing stunningly ethereal results.



ohyouhandsomedevil


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The Stranger’s series by Kresimir’s, forms just one small part of this amazing photographers body of work though an important and distinctive one. The technique used to the produce the images is still a mystery and I think that’s why it works.



ivan-suta


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Ivan’s work is minimalism at it’s best and most colourful, no matter what the subject he points his camera at.




ramdam-project


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Damien’s architectural photography of skyscrapers using a low key approach, boarders on otherworldly through the use of a low key approach.



pakpao


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Pakpao’s exploration of the underwater world, our relationship with it and to ourselves, is something like is stunning to behold. Pakpao’s low key approach gives the images a distinct quality that illuminates his subjects.



skiphunt


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Vibrant and strikingly complementary colours whether it be humans, animals or animate objects permeates every pore of Skiphunt’s work.



thedynamiclight

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Adonis’ landscapes standout from the pack for a variety of reasons. Adonis makes the most use of foreground, middle ground and background packing it with detail and a thorough understanding of the nature of light.




nilgunkara


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Nilgunskara’s snowscapes are high key minimalism at it’s ethereal best.


paikan07


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Sébastien use of wide angle and fisheye lenses to accentuate vanishing points is striking in his architectural work.


bQw


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There are photographers who hover the streets looking for the decisive moment Brian’s work seems to find it more often than not. Black and white is the world that his subjects inhabit bringing into focus his understanding of form and composition.



incredi

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Beata’s macro work forms just a part of her extensive body of work though none the less a stunning one. It makes you want to pickup a macro lens and start exploring the world in a new way.




ideoda

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Ida’s abstraction of the urban environments she finds focuses on geometric forms and strong diagonal, horizontal and vertical compositions.



avotius


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Colin use of colour within his street photography/photojournalism is


ltmusicphotography



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Elleni’s has covered some of the biggest Australian and international acts retaining all of the energy that was present at the time they were captured, using a range of interesting perspectives composition and close attention to stage lighting. It’s almost as good as having a ticket to the gig…………almost.


grebille


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Sebastien’s Feel Harmony series forms a body of work with the performer literally and metaphorically under the spotlight, using a low key approach to produce stunning images of the artist in their element.



rk2901


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Roxana, ever the queen of textures continually manages to discover surfaces and colours that one does not expect to find, while creating compositions and striking colour schemes that stand alone as works of art.