Jay Lefor was born in 1971. He photographs liquid as it swirls, pulsates, and pops, stirred by a sound recording of his brain waves, Jay probes the internal workings of the human body to make great Photographs. He graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana in 2000. Sorry I could only find one image.

Born in Nová Paka, the Czech Republic, on 5 May 1911.He studied under his father, the photographer František Hak. Between 1925 and 1931 Hak worked as a photographer in Prague and Bratislava. The 40’s and 50’s he worked in the film industry. From 1942- 1948 Hak associated with the Prague-based Group 42, which united avant-garde Czech photographers. This group was influenced by civilism, cubism, futurism, constructivism, and surrealism.Miroslav Hak died in Prague on 29 June 1978.

Lois Greenfield

Lois was born in 1949 and began taking photographs in the late 60's. She taught herself everything she needed to know about photography and wanted to be a photojournalist for National Geographic. She was assigned to cover a dance concert and set out to master the art of capturing the unpredictable movement of dancers on film. This became her passion and she eventually set up a studio and invited dancers to join in her experimentation.

Two books have been published showcasing her work "Breaking Bounds"(1992) and "Airborne"(1998). In 2006, the Southeast Museum of Photography organized "Resonating Fields", a touring retrospective of her classic black and white work of the last 35 years. http://www.loisgreenfield.com/index.html

E J Bellocq

E J Bellocq was born to a rich white Creole family in 1873 in the French Quarter of New Orleans. He started off as a local amateur photographer before going professional. E J took pictures mostly of ships, machinery for local companies and recording landmarks.

Bellocq also had a hobby of photographing opium dens and prostitutes in the red light district. He kept his images well hidden in a sofa. E J passed away in 1949. Most of his negatives where destroyed after his death. His Prostitutes of Storyville negatives were found years after his death.

http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/index.php#mi=&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=5&at=1

Robert Polidori

Robert Polidori was born in Montreal in 1951 and he lives in New York City. He is a regular contributor to the New York Times, and his work has been shown in Paris, Los Angeles, and Brasilia. He has wonderful work, especially what he captures with abandoned places. He captures detail and light really well.

I can't seem to find his own website, but this site gives some information about him, http://www.theglobalist.com/photo/chernobyl/polidori.shtml

Don Cameron

Don Cameron has been specializing in large format photography for high-end commercial use since 1975. In 1982, Cameron started to take black and white photography to relax with and then he started to do solo-exhibits of his work and now his work has been shown at the United States Embassies around the world.

He works well with lighting, and the longer exposures he uses really softens and makes his images almost surreal. He mostly shoots landscapes and he uses black and white film. This is his website, http://doncameron.com/

Toni Frissell

Toni Frissell was a photographer for nearly 40 years, she photographed a wide variety of subjects, she is best known for her fashion photography, and photographing famous people like John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Winston Churchill, and Eleanor Roosevelt. She was also a staff photographer at Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Sports Illustrated. There is a large source of her images and some background information here, http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/090.html

These are a couple of her photographs, I thought the underwater photos of hers were pretty awesome.

Phillip Toledano

Phillip Toledano work has been in Vanity Fair, Esquire, The New York Times, amongst others. His work varies in medium, from just simple photos to installations. He believes photos should be like unfinished sentneces. There should always be space for questions. I feel like that's an interesting way of looking at what a photo should be, and his photos certainly leave you space for questions.

In his series of work, "Hope & Fear" he creates installations and uses models to achieve the desired look he wants to get. They are interesting and very inventive. If you like what you see, check out his website, at http://www.mrtoledano.com/

Justin Kimball

Justin Kimball

Justin Kimball was born in 1961. He received a BFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, and an MFA from Yale University School of Art. Since 2001 he has been a professor of art at Amherst College. He has many awards,

2008	John Gutmann Photography Fellowship. Nominee, The San Francisco Foundation.
2005	John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund. Harvard University
2003	Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Barbara Karant was born in 1952. She is known in the design, art, and architecture communities for the artistic beauty and the level of photographic quality she demands in her work. In her spare time she is passionately committed to working to educate the public on living with retired racing greyhound. She is still alive. I really enjoyed looking at her photographs.

Sandy Skoglund

Sandy Skoglund is an American surrealist photographer who was born in Quincy Mass. in 1946. She went to Smith College between 64-68 where she studied studio art and art history. Sandy also went to the University of Iowa where she studied film making, print making and multi media art. In 1972 she moved to New York where she worked as a conceptual artist.

Sandy is known for her repetitive, process oriented art with such techniques as Mark making and photo copying. Sandy became a teacher because of her desire to document her conceptual ideas. Sandy Skoglund still resides in Jersey City, New Jersey.
http://www.sandyskoglund.com/pages/imagelist_fl/imagelist.html

Edward Weston

Edward Weston was born in 1886 in Highland Park Illinois. He grew up in Chicago and started photographing at the age of sixteen. In 1908 he attended the Illinois College of Photography in Effington, Illinois. He began his career working in soft-focus pictorial style, but in 1922 renounced his earlier style and started a new emphasis on abstract form and sharper detail. His works primarily consist of natural forms, close ups, nudes, and landscapes. His career was cut short by the develoement of Parkinson's disease in 1946. http://www.edward-weston.com/edward_weston.htm

Beaumont Newhall

Beaumont Newhall

Beaumont Newhall

Beaumont Newhall was born in 1908. He made many contributions to the photography field. He was the founding director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Newhall was honored by institutions such as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and The Royal Photographic Society. He also wrote many books. Newhall died in 1993.

Bernice Abbott was born in 1898. In 1918 she became Man Ray’s photographic assistant .1925 was a professional portrait photographer. She is known for her detailed photographs of New York. Bernice founded the photography program at The New School for Social Research. She had four US patents for photographic and other devices. She died in 1991.

Miles Aldridge

Miles Aldridge, Born in London in 1964. Grew up in a middle class life with a rebellious streak. His father was an art director who dabbled in photography. His supportive mother and father incouraged him to attend art school. He pursued his career in America and hit it big with Vogue magazine and became a top Fashion Photographer.
Since the 80's his artistic aesthetic has been powerful images that bring a new life and edge to fashion. He enjoys being proactive and playing with controversial issues. Sex is also a big part of his imagery using a lot of nudity in his work as well as bold and vibrant colors.

Clark Little

Clark Little was born in 1968 in Napa, California. He moved to Hawaii during his childhood, where in the 80's and 90's, spend his life surfing. His photography passion began in 2007 when his wife asked for a photo of the ocean. From there on, he would take some of the most unique photographs of the ocean's waves.

"I enjoy the power and beauty of the thick bombs that roll through. Now I can capture some of those heavy moments without getting slammed. Well... most of the time."

http://www.clarklittlephotography.com

Abelardo Morell

Abelardo Morell was born in 1948, in Havana, Cuba. His education includes Bowdoin College, with a bachelor of Art in 1977, Yale University School of Art with a Master of Fine arts in 1981, and Bowdoin College, honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 1997.

Abelardo Morell has done many remarkable photos, but one series I'd like to show is his Alice in Wonderland series. He takes cutout images from the book Alice in Wonderland and places them in different interesting environments He has many beautiful and creative bodies of work, for more information on Morell visit his website, http://www.abelardomorell.net/index.html

Dina Goldstein

Dina Goldstein is a photographer who resides in Vancouver, B.C. She has been featured in many magazines for her work and she has received awards such as the American Photography award she won in 2009, and in 2006 she was awarded with the International Color Award. Recently, in 2009, "Fallen Princesses: Snow White," was a runner up in American Photo image of the Year.

In her series, "Fallen Princesses," she depicts the "happily ever after..." with a more realistic outcome. She began to imagine the "perfect princesses" with real issues that women go through, such as addiction, illness and self-image issues. She definitely gives an interesting side of the issue through photography. This is her website for further information, http://www.dinagoldstein.com/

Horst P. Horst

Horst was born in Germany August 14th 1906. As a teen he was interested in avante-garde art and went to Paris to study. In 1930 he met Vogue photographer George Honningen-Huene and became his lover. Horst began his association with Vogue that year and published his first photograph in the November French edition.

Horst is best known for his fashion photography, but is also recognized for his photographs of interior architecture and still lifes. His career spanned sixty years between 1931 and 1991, during which time his name and work became legendary. His work is included in countless publications and dozens of exhibitions including a current at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC.

http://www.horstphorst.com/index.php