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"Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed."                                                                                                                          Khalil Gibran Is photography art?  I think it is. These pictures tell an affective story. Boy from Little Yugoslavia Serbia Children In Little Yugoslavia Bosnia Years Later Filip Horvat Photography Quotes from Brainyquotes.                                                                         ...

Gyre II, 40x56 and 60x76. Depicts 50,000 cigarette lighters, equal to the estimated number of pieces of floating plastic in every square mile in the world's oceans.  Chris Jordan is an artist based in Seattle, Washington who is best known for his large scale works depicting mass consumption and waste, particularly garbage. He has been called "the 'it' artist of the green movement". Many of Jordan's works are created from photographs of garbage and mass consumption, a serendipitous technique which started when he visited an industrial yard to look at patterns of color and order. His industrious passion for conservation and awareness has brought much attention to his photography in recent years. Jordan uses everyday commonalities such as a plastic cup and defines the blind unawareness involved in American consumerism. His work, while often unsettling, is a bold message about unconscious behaviors in our everyday lives, leaving it to the viewer to draw ...

Visit msnbc .com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy Kerry Skarbakka is a visual artist working in photography and video. He received his B.A. in Studio Art with an emphasis in Sculpture in 1994 from the University of Washington School of Art. In 2003 he completed his MFA in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago. Artist's Statement (partial) - "Philosopher Martin Heideggar described human existence as a process of perpetual falling, and it is the responsibility of each individual to catch ourselves from our own uncertainty. This unsettling prognosis of life informs my present body of work..." - source, Kerry Skarbakka Website Link Kerry Skarbakka Website

Title: Düsseldorf 4 (Museum Kunst Palast) 2006, Medium: c-print mounted between plexi, Size, h: 30 x w: 37.5 in / h: 76.2 x w: 95.25 cm, Edition/Set of 6, Copyright © Spencer Tunick Spencer Tunick (born January 1, 1967) is an American artist. He is best known for his installations that feature large numbers of nude people posed in artistic formations. These installations are often situated in urban locations throughout the world, although he has also has done some "Beyond The City" woodland and beach installations and still does individuals and small groups occasionally. Tunick is the subject of three HBO documentaries, Naked States[1], Naked World[2], and Positively Naked[3]. His models are volunteers who receive a limited edition photo as a reward. - Wikipedia Link Wikipedia Link Artist's Website

Abelardo Morell, Professor of Photography at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, explores spacial issues with the camera obscura and brilliant use of juxtaposition. Link web site