Jean Yves Lemoigne: Pixelated People & Pictograms In Photography

French photographer Jean Yves Lemoigne has an impressive and large portfolio of work. Having shot commercially for several impressive clients and agencies, he is clearly very talented. But two of his series in particular stand out, I Am A Pictogram and his editorial, PIXXXEL for the french magazine Amusement, a videogame and lifestyle magazine, because of their interesting interpretation of the main figure within them.

The computer has altered the way we look at things and in these two separate series of photos, the main subject is represented first as a pixelated figure and then as a pictogram-- placing virtual and cyber iconography into realistic environments.

Take a look (click on the images to enlarge):

PIXXXEL:






His Pixxxel editorial (the above shots) is a statement on the popularity of porn on the internet. According to the the photographer; 28, 2598 people click on a pornographic site on the internet every second. 35% of downloads, over a billion and a half images and videos, are pornographic and in 2006, 12% of all websites (about 4.2 million URLs) were of pornographic content. That's a lot of pornographic pixels!


Above: Amusement Magazine's 3rd issue, in which the Pixxxel editorial ran

I Am A Pictogram:







His traditional work is absolutely stunning as well. Below is one of my favorite images from his personal Urban Legends series:





His photo work is represented by Carole Lambert and his film work by Wanda

Martin Klimas' Exploding Photography

Martin Klimas, a Dusseldorf Photographer, likes to blow things up. And I don't mean enlarging them, I mean literally making them explode. While he has a large portfolio of work, he has two series in particular that have unusual energy for still photography.

Below are images of his series of ceramic or porcelain figurines caught in the act of combusting.











And his series of flowers in exploding vases, expelling water and movement as the flower stays still and stoic.







To see all the photos from these series and more, check out his work at his site here.

Julian Wolkenstein's Unusual Photography

Photographer Julian Wolkenstein has shot a lot of images you are probably familiar with. Having photographed large ad campaigns for food, cars, airlines and more, you've come across his commercial photography for everything from Sony and Vodaphone to Snickers in many international publications.

While he's an adept portraitist, landscape and commercial photographer (his work is really beautiful), it's his non-commissioned work that I find so interesting because it is both simultaneously beautiful and bizarre.

Take a look:

People as pets:




Horses with hair:




Yawning people portraits:




See all his work here.