Today we feature ‘Isolated Building Studies’ from Nova Photograper David Schalliol.

From the artist: “The Isolated Building Studies are the visual confluence of my interests in urban dynamism, socioeconomic inequality and photography. By using uniform composition in photographs of buildings with no neighboring structures, I hope to draw attention to new ways of seeing the common impact of divergent investment processes on urban communities.”

More here.

David’s print, ‘Christmas Tree, Alley’ is available from the gallery.

All photos © Marian Pislaru

Artist’s statement: “For me, every man is a story. Although I can not read the beginning nor the ending of it, I am extremely lucky to read at least one chapter of the story. Despite the fact these men and women are part of my daily routine I don’t know their names. Should I? I guess I get more than that. I see a driver opening the doors with the pinkie because of his greasy hands, the tidiness of a female driver’s dashboard, a sticker of the driver’s son superhero, food likings, vices, received gifts, music tastes, religious beliefs and so on. Personal objects and habits make you feel more like home. A two by three inches stuffed toy or a four by six inches photo bring the beloved ones back into the driver’s cabin. The man is modelling continuously his workplace to obtain the comfort and the warmth of home, to work easier and to banish the boredom and the loneliness of this job. These seemingly insignificant little things tell me the chapters that compose my story: Personal.”

The Bus (Personal).

All photos © Michael David Murphy

The background to ‘No Flash Corner’ can be found on Michael’s blog. More info here. And there’s also a Flickr group.

More ‘No Flash Corner’.

All photos © Keith Davis Young

Artist’s statement: “X Marks the Spot is a collection of photos defined by their environment. In this case, the environment is TX. I have lived in this state my entire life and can still appreciate its honest, underlying tone of oddity, as well as the character it has.”

Keith Davis Young

Oslo, Norway 2009

Chiba, Japan 2009

Bayonne, NJ 2008

All photos © Jason Koxvold

More ‘Matter’.

All photos © Michael Wolf

Our first pick this week is  Tokyo Compression, a project from Michael Wolf. The project features photos taken on the Tokyo metro during rush hour, documenting how individuals deal with the intensity of the experience. It’s fascinating how many seem to retreat inwards, escaping mentally whilst physically trapped. A compelling project.

All photos © Jonas Eriksson

It has been a while since we featured a photoblog, and photoblogs are somewhat less fashionable these days, but minimodi from Jonas Eriksson is well worth a browse.

All photos © Michael Danner

We continue our peak at the Hereford Photography Festival by featuring a series from Michael Danner - who is one of the photographers featured in the headline exhibition ‘Twenty’.

More ‘Blue Suburban Skies’.

All photos © Al Vandenberg

This week we switch our focus to the Hereford Photography Festival. Al Vandenberg is one of the photographers selected for ‘Twenty’ - the headline exhibition celebrating 20 years of the festival.

Al Vandenberg

Today’s selection is ‘How Annie Got Shot’ an interesting article in the FT discussing the status of photography in the Art Market.

The article uses the status of Annie Leibovitz within the art world to highlight the dichotomy between photographers that have attained the status of ‘artist’ and whose work is therefore marketed and prized within the more lucrative art market, as opposed to a photographer such as Leibovitz who, although extremely successful in her own right as a commercial photographer, has not been able to ‘crossover’ as a collectable artist.